Columbia Restaurant, founded by the Gonz-mart family in Tampa, Fla., in 1905, has survived challenging times that included two world wars, Prohibition and the Great Depression. But today, the ability to thrive as an independent restaurant in an...
Of all the school memories that alumni later recount with a nostalgic fondness, their dining experiences in the cafeteria traditionally haven’t ranked high among them. Anecdotes of mystery-meat casseroles, ossified sandwiches, mushy vegetables and...
During the third season of the acclaimed HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the show’s creator, Larry David, and real-life actors Ted Danson and Michael York were portrayed as they struggled to open a trendy, celebrity-owned eatery in Los Angeles...
Don’t tell Jim Sahene restaurant work is a dead-end job. Once the manager of a lone TCBY store in Little Rock, Ark., he is now chief executive of Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, a Bridgewater, Pa.-based premium ice cream purveyor with more...
NEW YORK Tom Larranaga has been named publisher of Nation’s Restaurant News, succeeding Alan Gould, who has resigned to work with several non-profit and educational groups. Larranaga was previously associate publisher and national sales...
NEW YORK New York City’s Board of Health adopted a regulation today requiring chain restaurants throughout the city to list calorie counts on their menus and menu boards. The law will force brands with 15 or more locations around the...
DUBLIN OHIO —“The beginning of the problem really was when Gordon Teter died.” So says restaurant securities analyst Joe Buckley of Bear Stearns in New York, referring to the late...
With coffee category growth architect Howard Schultz again chief barista at Starbucks Corp., brand strategists say that company and its espresso-driven challenger McDonald’s both must address evolving taste trends to maintain or...
The influence of family can be a powerful motivator, but it was particularly important in the case of Warren Kingsbury, a new franchisee with Peter Piper Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz. He recently signed up to open five Peter Piper...
