Independent Restaurants

This season's holiday bookings are looking merry and bright

By Lisa Jennings on Nov. 28, 2023

Independent operators are hoping to capitalize on a return of both work and social gatherings, now that Covid is well behind them.

Emerging Brands

Tao Group and Groot Hospitality meet in Miami and more noteworthy openings

By Lisa Jennings on Nov. 21, 2023

Detroit's Book Tower comes to fruition. Fontainebleau resorts brings big name chefs to Miami and Las Vegas. And Marcus Samuelsson's latest opens in New York. Here are the season's noteworthy openings—and some closures.

Operations

They come for the kitsch. They stay for the chicken dinner

By Lisa Jennings on Nov. 10, 2023

Two restaurants in tiny Frankenmuth, Mich., are among the top-performing independent restaurants in the country. It's all about family, nostalgia and abundance.

Premium

Food

Kentucky restaurant puts mutton on the map

By Patricia Cobe on Nov. 07, 2023

Moonlite Bar-B-Q is one of the few restaurants in the U.S. that serves mutton, to the tune of 350,000 meals a year.

Operations

Momofuku Ko to serve its last meal next month

By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 25, 2023

Nov. 4 is to be the last day of service for the Michelin-two-star restaurant created by chef David Chang. But the group hints that something new is coming.

Emerging Brands

Love.Life is dead for now, but the restaurant plans resurrection

By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 20, 2023

The health-focused plant-based concept created by Whole Foods founder John Mackey earlier this year in Los Angeles has closed, blaming poor foot traffic. But a new flagship is scheduled to debut next year.

Operations

Restaurants wade in on both sides of Israel-Palestine conflict

By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 16, 2023

Amid calls for peace, fundraising efforts also offered an outlet for solidarity and action.

Operations

Chef and restaurateur Michael Chiarello dies of anaphylactic shock at age 61

By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 09, 2023

The founder and chef of Napa Valley concepts Coqueta, Bottega and Ottimo was also well known as an author and TV host who advocated savoring life's flavors.

Marketing