Peter Romeo

His Streetbird Rotisserie will be the first U.S. restaurant to use the order-and-pay app.

Normally this space deals with gee-whiz developments. But this week’s standout moments were less likely to spin heads than to preoccupy them with a question: What is wrong with these people?

The government report finds that one in five restaurant and hotel employees had used illicit substances in the prior month.

The alleged infractions include basing overtime pay on how many hours they worked for each franchised location instead of total time logged at all of the franchisee’s stores.

Announcements of diversification have picked up fast and furiously of late, be it a new product, new prototype or new concept entirely.

A portion of the public is stuck on the falsehood that a server is only paid $2.13 an hour, plus the few bucks they might pocket in tips.