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The event highlighted some of the challenges and opportunities in the restaurant industry. Here are some of the most notable things that we heard.

Dine-in restaurant customers will be required to wear a face covering starting Monday.

The measure could give restaurants that missed the first round another shot. But it faces tough resistance in the Senate.

Several Senate elders have put a new proposal on the table. This one addresses some of the issues that killed past efforts.

Restaurant takeout and delivery services, a critical part of restaurant survival during the past two years of the pandemic are expected to remain important elements of the foodservice landscape going ...

Oklahoma City-based HumanKind Hospitality is still trying to figure out how to balance soaring costs with how much its customers will bear.

The pandemic has intensified a long-brewing shortage of truck drivers, often leaving restaurants scrambling to get what they need. But some argue there is no shortage at all, just a lack of pay.

The National Restaurant Association and the Independent Restaurant Coalition both pushed for more aid to help the industry during the pandemic. But differing styles and disagreements between the two may have hampered the effort.

Shortages, delays and soaring costs have become commonplace since the outset of the pandemic. But experts say there were signs of an impending crisis long before anyone heard of COVID.

The Bottom Line: The Melting Pot had its best year in a decade last year. One reason is consumer demand for get-togethers.