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Why 'female friendly' restaurants are making women unhappy

 May 08, 2014

Pundits and social-media observers are loudly wondering if skewing a restaurant toward women is really sexism with bar service.

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: Slow-burns edition

 By Peter Romeo on Dec. 12, 2014

After building for months, new realities emerged for restaurants overseas—and at their keyboards.

Consumer Trends

7 new Instagram-worthy tableside service flourishes

By Heather Lalley on Apr. 17, 2017

From a meat & potato martini to nitrogen-cooled ice cream, operators are adding buzzworthy at-the-table presentations that are ready for their social-media close-up.

Marketing

Texas Roadhouse and Outback Steakhouse square off in Twitter beef

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 22, 2018

The two chains playfully fight it out on social media.

Marketing

The Social Marketing Revolution

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 21, 2009

Guerrilla marketing has taken a decidedly tech turn. Pros: It's cheap and effective. Cons: What's Twitter again?

AGAR Offers Restaurants Ideas for St. Patrick

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 10, 2011

(March 8, 2011)—New England Wholesale food distributor AGAR has developed a number of ideas for restaurant operators who would like new thoughts on...

Food

Asian invasion

By Joan M. Lang on Nov. 01, 2011

Fresh, accessible takes on Asian ingredients and cooking techniques. Inviting, contemporary décor. Friendly, English-speaking service. Westernized trappings like wine and beer, specialty cocktails and desserts that aren’t made of red beans.

Better business: Meet Conscious Capitalism

By Sam Smith on May 01, 2012

Customers are armed with more information about your business practices, and they are acting on their values. If you share their values, great; if you don’t, look out.

Marketing

'Give me mas'

By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 25, 2013

Taco Bell is on a tear to grow from a $7-billion brand to a $14-billion category killer in the next 10 years, CEO Greg Creed told the audience at RLC.

Top Stories of 2013

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 19, 2013

Before you help patrons ring in the New Year, take a moment to consider what restaurateurs chose as the top business stories of the past one. Here are our most-read stories of 2013.

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