Las Vegas is home to the top-grossing restaurant in the country, Tao, along with 12 others from our ranking. Newcomer Beauty & Essex opened a Vegas location that mirrors the original in New York City.
The Buzz: Membership in Tao Group's Suite Sixteen club at Madison Square Garden, opening in October 2018, costs $400,000 (Rangers and Knicks tickets included).
The Buzz: The cafe has a new Secret Sushi menu from chef Takashi Takahashi, featuring items such as Hamachi & Salmon Carpaccio and Dynamite Rainbow Rolls.
The Buzz: Emeril Lagasse's Creole steakhouse "brings back a time when lunch was an event, cocktail hour was not to be missed and dinner with friends was a celebration."
Central Florida is expected to be hardest hit by the storm, the second in two weeks. Many restaurants are preemptively closing as they navigate evacuation orders.
The fast-casual bakery-cafe chain still faces more litigation involving the caffeinated energy drinks, which were pulled off the menu earlier this year.
Louisiana Apple defaulted on its loan but no longer controls the 14 restaurants it put up as collateral. The lender hopes to use the Chapter 11 process to claw them back.
