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Minnesota restaurants want break on tipped workers

 Jan. 15, 2015

Restaurateurs are pushing for an exemption to last year's minimum wage increase that would allow them to pay a lower base wage to tipped workers.

Post-NRA Show attitude adjustments

 By Peter Romeo on May 20, 2014

If colleagues attended the NRA Show and you didn’t, grant them some deep-thought time. They’re likely grappling with new necessities that mandate changes in their attitudes and ways of doing business. You may want to sit at their feet and get a download, Grasshopper.

Where smoking is still allowed

Feb. 04, 2015

Despite a renewed interested in smoking bans in several parts of the country, 16 states still allow smoking in bars and restaurants statewide. See which ones.

Was it something I said?

By Bill Main on Jul. 28, 1999

Spending your valuable time in the kitchen because you're always short one line cook? Frustrated that you spend more time interviewing and training employees than running your restaurant? Scratching your head because your servers keep leaving to work for the competition?

'No weapons' sign at restaurant draws fire after armed robbery

May 28, 2014

A N.C. barbecue joint with a no-guns policy was robbed at gunpoint, prompting concealed-carry proponents to spotlight the incident as validation that customers should be allowed to bear arms.

Va. bill would mandate food allergy training for restaurant work

Feb. 05, 2015

A measure already approved by one house of the state legislature would require restaurants to train servers on the fundamentals of protecting guests with food intolerances.

Lone Star, CalPERS settle self-dealing suit

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 02, 2005

Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon insiders have agreed to return $4.7 million to the company to settle a 2001 lawsuit filed by the California Public Employees Retirement System, a major shareholder.

Food groups sue Vermont over GMO labeling

Jun. 13, 2014

The joint lawsuit calls the law “costly” and a “misguided measure” that will create a patchwork of GMO labeling policies across the country.

Restaurant calorie labels less likely to influence poor, uneducated

Mar. 05, 2015

A study found that fewer than one in five patrons makes a decision based on calorie counts, and only 60 percent notice at all.

Should e-cigarettes be welcome in restaurants?

By Megan Warmouth on Oct. 10, 2013

Given that people have such strong feelings about cigarettes, it’s somewhat surprising that restaurant operators are up in the air when it comes to electronic versions.

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