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Operations

6 trends that reshaped the restaurant industry in 2023

New challenges emerged, especially downtown, while many operators looked back wistfully at bygone times, their hands held out for help on costs.

Workforce

D.C. restaurants reel from a triple dose of woes

Eating places are closing at the rate of one per week because of the one-two-three combination.

Reality Check: The industry's tendency to portray every legislative or regulatory proposal as a restaurant killer is getting very old. Couldn't we be adults and focus on the real effects, like less opportunity?

Suddenly, organized labor seems to be working against its own cause, affording restaurants a puzzling but appreciated wait-and-see opportunity.

They hate the concept but relish the practice because of the control it provides, according to a new report.

Wages paid directly to servers, bartenders and other tipped restaurant employees will rise by 67% over the next five years.

Working Lunch: The Illinois Restaurant Association threw in the towel without so much as making a fist.

After local industry advocates dropped their opposition, a bill to phase out the employer payroll concession is being described as a done deal.

Are restaurant service charges transparent enough? Opinions among the supposed beneficiaries of these fees vary.

The Democratic proposal would phase in the changes over a five-year stretch. The bill is a pet measure of Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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