10 helpful tips for restaurateurs

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Chicago Tribune’s Phil Vettel gathered 10 tips for restaurants to follow. Among them: Keep regulars happy; pay attention to basic service; and pay attention to feedback. 1. Assign not the job of the hostess to the unworthy. 2. Prepare for guests a pleasant table. 3. Honor thy regulars. 4. Work well the service fundamentals. 5. […]

Peanuts come off the menu

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/dining/11peanuts.html “The immediate response has to be, rip it off the menu,” said Johnny Iuzzini, pastry chef at Jean Georges, who checked the Food and Drug Administration’s Web site daily until the restaurant’s Bronx-based nut supplier, Bazzini, was completely cleared. Hundreds of products containing peanut butter have been recalled, all of them involving the products […]

Weak economy effects casual dining

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From CNNFN: Complete article. Economic weakness and food inflation are hurting casual dining restaurant chains as families shun moderately-priced restaurants for cheaper alternatives. Restaurants claimed a big casualty Tuesday, when S&A Restaurant Corp., owner of chains including Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern and Steak & Ale, said it filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The private company, […]

California signs law banning trans fats in restaurants

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Most California eateries must stop cooking with all but small amounts of the substances by 2010. California became the first state to require restaurants to cook without artery-clogging trans fats, such as those in many oils and margarine, under restrictions signed into law Friday by the health-conscious governor. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a physical-fitness advocate and […]