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Deal between sushi giants highlights "grocerant" trend

by Renata Sago
Jul 3, 2019
It just might be that the American grocery store is the new mall food court.
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Tampa International Airport is inviting nonflyers to dine at its terminals

by Bradley George
Jun 18, 2019
You no longer have to be passenger to eat beyond the security checkpoint.
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Rebranding a Southern city with food to the fore

by Irina Zhorov
Apr 26, 2019
Charlotte, North Carolina, wants visitors and potential residents to see it as a culinary capital.
A group of chefs from Charlotte, NC, cooked at the James Beard House in New York as part of a rebranding campaign for the city.
Clay Williams, courtesy of the James Beard Foundation
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Government shutdown 2019

Restaurants feel the pinch as shutdown drags on

by Janet Babin and Leila Goldstein
Jan 22, 2019
... but some owners reach out to help furloughed federal workers.
Restaurants, which often operate on single digit margins, are feeling a decrease in business due to the government shutdown.
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Did someone say avocado bar?

by Adriene Hill and Maria Hollenhorst
Dec 25, 2018
A conversation with the co-founders of Avocaderia, the world’s first avocado bar.
New York City's Avocaderia is the "world's first avocado bar."
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Would you like some earplugs with that appetizer?

by Kai Ryssdal , Phoebe Unterman and Sean McHenry
Dec 4, 2018
Some noisy restaurants ring in at a decibel level that over a long period of time can cause hearing loss.
Popular restaurant design elements like hard, minimal surfaces, open kitchens and attached bars are responsible for restaurants' climbing decibel levels.
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How delivery apps are changing the restaurant industry

by Sam Harnett
Nov 19, 2018
"We have to adapt every single thing we do," one eatery owner says.
Sara Deseran and Joe Hargrave have made changes to their restaurant to adapt to third-party apps.
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Hot pot IPO heats up the competition

by Justin Ho
Sep 24, 2018
Haidilao's IPO comes at a time when hot pot chains are expanding globally.
Yu Li’s Tang hotpot offers a range of premium menu items, as the hot pot world gets more competitive.
Tang Hotpot
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Is it the end of the celebrity chef restaurant?

by Kai Ryssdal , Bennett Purser and Barbara Platts
Aug 10, 2018
High rent prices, a need for downsizing and even sexual misconduct allegations have driven high-profile eateries out of business.
The grand opening of Thomas Keller's Bouchon in Beverly Hills, California, in 2009.
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Divided Decade

Lessons from the financial crisis: risks, regrets, and learning to say "this is enough"

by Stephanie Hughes
Aug 1, 2018
Chef and entrepreneur Peter Hoffman says there are risks he didn't take, "but there’s also the work towards coming to accept that — this is enough."
A view of chef Peter Hoffman outside his former restaurant Savoy.
Courtesy Peter Hoffman
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