Photo courtesy of Oscar’s Steakhouse Everyone always wants to know about what’s new in Las Vegas. Over the past couple years, Southern Nevada’s largest city has weathered the challenges of the pandemic, yet things continue to move forward. Between hotel openings and a wave of new restaurants, Vegas has barely […]
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Chefs leave restaurants to work in private homes
MIAMI Melissa Sosa had a 6-year-old at home and a salary as a restaurant chef that hadn’t changed within her son’s lifetime. Forget that she was well respected among her peers and worked in prized Miami restaurants with James Beard award honors, including Zak the Baker, Pubbelly, Sugarcane and, lastly, […]
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The 7 Coolest Indoor-Outdoor Restaurants to Dine at Right Now
Indoors or outdoors? Prior to the pandemic, picking the right seat when dining out was a matter of mood, whimsy, and weather. Not anymore. While dining is (thankfully) back to normal in many parts of the U.S., the way we perceive restaurant layout may have changed irreversibly. We want to […]
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Memorial Day 2021: What’s open? What’s closed? Restaurants, banks, mail delivery and more in the Lehigh Valley
Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed annually on the last Monday in May. It honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. First known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day originated in the years following the Civil War to honor both the Union and Confederate soldiers who died […]
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The Best Restaurants in ATL for Eating Outside with Friends
As every college student knows, this school year has been anything but typical. Besides the academic struggles, it has been difficult to reminisce about the way college life used to be, but my friends and I have been determined to make the most out of the circumstances while being as […]
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Travelers are now booking restaurants and hotels based on their pandemic policies
© Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. Load Error The hospitality and restaurant industries were among those most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 2.5 […]
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American Express is giving $1 million in grants to historic small restaurants
From neighborhood coffee shops to hole-in-the-wall eateries, small restaurants have been among the businesses hardest hit by Covid-19. It’s been estimated that, as of December 2020, 17% of all U.S. restaurants have permanently shut down. Although restrictions on the food industry have eased in some states, many independently-owned restaurants remain […]
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New N.J. restaurant’s futuristic vending machine dispenses full meals, perfect for COVID dining
As I approached the curved wall of glowing glass compartments, I imagined I was about to have dinner on a space ship. “Good evening, Jeremy. Dinner is served,” a disembodied voice should have announced. There was no voice. But there was a box in the middle of the wall with […]
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CA bill lets restaurants offer cocktails to go after COVID
A Bear Dive signature cocktail, a Moscow mule, is photographed Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Mansion Flats near downtown Sacramento. Xavier Mascareñas [email protected] California restaurants would be allowed to continue serving cocktails to go after the pandemic ends under a proposed law introduced Thursday. Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, called the […]
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The 10 Best Italian Restaurants, Ranked
Walt Disney World is home to the most extensive variety of eateries out of all the Disney parks around the world. From the creative, immersive quick service food locations to the sit-down, more upscale restaurants, the entire area is packed with different dining options. However, the most popular are the restaurants that […]
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Yakima Valley restaurants bring the outside indoors to offer seating inside | News
YAKIMA — A number of Yakima-area restaurants and bars that are reopening indoor dining areas at 25% capacity are doing so under new open-air dining guidelines. Concerns about restaurants and the guidelines have generated plenty of phone calls to the Yakima Health District, said Shawn Magee, the health district’s environmental […]
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State’s ‘open-air’ dining guidelines give restaurants more options | Local News
Restaurants have more options for outdoor dining thanks to a recent adjustment to the state’s COVID-19 rules. Earlier this week, the state released new guidelines for “open-air” seating in restaurants. The guidelines permit restaurants to seat patrons inside buildings as long as there is adequate outdoor airflow and ventilation to […]
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Defiance of virus dining bans grows as restaurants flounder
FILE – In this July 2, 2020, file photo, service Industry workers and supporters hold protest signs in front of Allegheny County offices in Pittsburgh. As coronavirus deaths soar, a growing number of restaurants in states across the country are reopening in defiance of strict COVID-19 rules that have shut […]
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25 N.J. restaurants we can’t afford to lose to COVID
It’s been a brutal 10 months for Garden State grub. New Jersey has lost dozens of restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic. Some stood for decades, others were just starting their culinary journey — neither could make ends meet amid the crippling shutdowns and restrictions. Earlier this month, Esquire listed five […]
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2020, a nightmare for restaurants and food suppliers, may have permanently altered how and what we eat
There were moments, early in the pandemic, when Joseph Musillami wasn’t sure how the family business would make it. Purely Meat Co., a commercial butcher in Chicago’s West Humboldt Park neighborhood that supplies mostly high-end restaurants, saw sales plummet 75% when the state banned indoor dining in March. It halted […]
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How 11 iconic N.J. restaurants plan to survive the terrifying pandemic winter
Visiting an iconic New Jersey restaurant is as much a history lesson as it is a meal. The Garden State is overflowing with diners, delis, pizzerias and eateries that tell New Jersey’s story just as well as many museums. They have been in business for decades (some since the Spanish […]
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Couple’s mobile dining room helps support restaurants, drive new business during pandemic
One Illinois couple has taken curbside dining to a whole new level. With a spare Ford Transit cargo van — freed up from a nature education business that’s stalled amid the pandemic — Kim and Doug White came up with a unique way to use it to support local restaurants […]
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Restaurants Undergo Massive COVID-Era Redesign
Restaurants Undergo Massive COVID-Era Redesign McDonald’s and other quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have had to rethink their business models in the pandemic’s wake. The typical Hollywood portrayal of the fast-food drive-thru experience includes an unintelligible conversation with a clerk, made worse by a lousy speaker system and an outdated menu that’s […]
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Couple converts van into mobile dining room to visit their favorite restaurants
Winter weather has made outdoor dining more difficult, but one couple in Illinois have come up with a creative way to keep visiting their favorite restaurants while staying warm. Doug and Kim White converted a transit van into a private dining room, purchasing a table and setting up folding chairs […]
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NYC restaurants coming up with creative offerings to stay in business
New York City restaurateurs are concocting novel ways to drum up business during the holidays, even as a looming COVID-19 lockdown threatens to shutter their venues citywide for the second time this year. The Tao Group — which was forced to close many of its high-profile hangouts this spring because […]