Joanna Fantozzi Whether you call it the next generation of the automat or “that robot restaurant with the hummus bowls,” Mezli is claiming to be the world’s first fully automated restaurant and it ...

Will delivery still be king in a post-COVID world? When normalcy returns, don’t expect customers to shift completely back to in-house dining: delivery has become an essential growth driver ...

When you think of restaurants investing in sustainable practices, checking off green-friendly boxes like compostable packaging and energy-efficient equipment, or even zero-waste promises might come to ...

The Starr Restaurant Group will expand Pastis, its New York City-based brasserie, to Nashville, Tenn., this summer, the company announced this week. Pastis was founded by Keith McNally, who is behind ...

How much a restaurant marks up wine may change if a proposed 25% tariff on European wines goes through. This, experts in the industry said, could cripple the independent scene and make the most ...

These days it’s difficult to use social media, watch the news, or listen to a podcast without hearing about AI. Artificial intelligence is becoming more mainstream every day and is employed across ...

There’s a fine art to upselling. Whether it’s suggesting the perfect red wine to accompany a juicy steak, an amazing appetizer to get a group’s appetite geared up for more or the ultimate dessert that ...

Wild Eggs, a breakfast, brunch, and lunch destination with locations in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, has acquired St. Louis-based Crazy Bowls & Wraps. As part of the deal, a Wild Eggs location in its ...

Hollywood comedians/actors Cedric the Entertainer (“Barbershop”) and Anthony Anderson (“Blackish”) have teamed up to open a fast-causal barbecue restaurant together in Los Angeles. AC Barbeque, which ...

Diners who enjoy poring over a menu to strategize their order before dining will be in for a surprise at San Lorenzo, the newly opened Italian restaurant in Miami. The restaurant serves a $140 ...

A San Francisco-based start-up is expanding a system for providing restaurants with reusable to-go containers that functions in some ways like other recycling services. Dispatch Goods, which has been ...

Since 2010, COJE Management Group has been running successful, high-energy restaurants in downtown Boston and the neighboring Seaport District, with cuisines ranging from French to Cuban to ...