Tommy Bahama's real estate hunt
The search for casual-restaurant chain Tommy Bahama's newest unit began way back in 1997
Beverage
The art of crafts
Beer lists go hyperlocal as restaurants partner with craft brewers in their own backyards.
Over 100 years ago, when Restaurant Business magazine was founded as Soda Fountain News, signature soft drinks were the only kind around. Back then, the “soda jerk” was a carbonated confection artist similar to today’s coffeehouse baristas. They juggled jugs of syrups and jerked the handle (and thus the term) of the fountain to dispense soda water, mixing up “phosphates” right in the glass.