Interview: Why Batali is banking on the bar at La Sirena
In an exclusive interview, Mario Batali tells Restaurant Business about casting a wider net through cocktails. Plus more details about La Sirena—his first restaurant in NYC in a decade.
Little Caesars founder Mike Ilitch dies
The one-time professional second baseman built a takeout empire (and one of the industry's largest family run businesses) with a standing two-for-one deal.
More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.