Everybody should work at least a month in a restaurant before they’re allowed to eat in one.

10 Fictional Restaurant I Wish Were Real

How many of the 10 have you seen?

The price of your meal is not determined in the way you might imagine? Are you buying the entree of the table next to you as well?

In some kind of misguided attempt to renew their brand, Amy and Samy of the infamous Amy’s Baking Company hired a PR guy and decided to have a relaunch. Since I work right down the street from the res…

Today’s restaurants love automation. Whether it’s conveyor belt sushi, iPad ordering or drones that bring your food right to the table, restaurant owners are always looking for a gimmick that attracts customers and might just save them some money. But back in the 1920s, an inventor in Michigan had his own idea for automating the […]

I sat down today to write about rule five.  As I did so I realized that a preface was in order.  This morning I sat on my patio drinking coffee and reviewing

Posing for a photograph in front of the refurbished front porch of her Chez Panisse restaurant, chef Alice Waters smiles as a passer-by calls out, “Looking good!” It’s true. They do look good — both the chef with the sparkling blue eyes who helped ignite America’s interest in fresh, local…

Long before reality shows and basic cable were creating celebrity chefs, Kansas City had Chef Jasper Mirabile. He was a second generation restaurateur who…