Read more restaurant industry stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/36642/restaurant-industry.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:12:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73720/100-no-nos-insulting-to-waiters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlong with the rest of the world—or at least, frequenters of the New York Times website—Lauren Bans read restaurateur Bruce Buschel’s recent “100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do.” And the former waiter is pretty annoyed. “No minimum wage job should ever require a list of 100 Don’ts,...http://www.newser.com/story/73720/100-no-nos-insulting-to-waiters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 9:37:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72863/the-biggest-restaurant-no-nos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe seafood restaurant Bruce Buschel is building will have excellent service—or else. Some staff members, he acknowledges, "will no doubt protest some or most of what follows," but he's the boss, and he presents 50 rules in his New York Times blog. A tasting menu: "Do not take an...http://www.newser.com/story/72863/the-biggest-restaurant-no-nos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 15:30:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70027/10-dirty-restaurant-tricks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRestaurants are known to cut a few corners for the sake of their bottom lines. Slashfood sheds some light on dirty little industry secrets, including: Using cabbage instead of seaweed: An ex-maître d’ at an upscale Chinese joint says the chef assumed his celebrity clientele wouldn’t know the difference. He...http://www.newser.com/story/70027/10-dirty-restaurant-tricks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 12:09:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65149/mickelson-looks-to-buy-waffle-house-franchise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPhil Mickelson has made a bid for SouthEast Waffles, a group of 105 Waffle House restaurants in four southern states, the Tennessean reports. Mickelson’s GS Acquisitions offered to buy SouthEast Waffles out of bankruptcy for $20.2 million. Though neither Mickelson nor his two other partners at GS have any...http://www.newser.com/story/65149/mickelson-looks-to-buy-waffle-house-franchise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 18:08:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64417/in-recession-vegas-eateries-cant-beat-odds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJust a year ago, 25% of the country's highest-grossing restaurants were in Las Vegas—where diners ran up $15,000 checks and tipped waiters with wads of C-notes. But now restaurants are closing, new construction languishes half-finished, and more than 5,000 food industry workers have lost their jobs. "It...http://www.newser.com/story/64417/in-recession-vegas-eateries-cant-beat-odds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 6:14:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63114/twitter-a-delicious-marketing-tool-restaurants-find.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRestaurants are finding Twitter a highly useful marketing tool, allowing for direct communication with customers other forms of advertising can’t provide, the Boston Globe reports. Boston’s Tupelo (@tupelo02139), for example, used a Twitter feed to post updates as the restaurant passed inspections, set the décor and decided on a menu....http://www.newser.com/story/63114/twitter-a-delicious-marketing-tool-restaurants-find.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 15:35:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60200/opentable-brings-false-hope-for-ipos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA hot website goes public, and investors go wild. Shares soar 59% on the first day of trading. “Is this really May 2009?” asks James B. Stewart of SmartMoney. The stock is OpenTable.com, which went public at $20 and is trading just south of $27. "The company seems to...http://www.newser.com/story/60200/opentable-brings-false-hope-for-ipos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 13:21:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60223/tough-times-push-chains-to-try-new-fare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDesperate times are driving chain restaurants to desperate measures—straying from their bread-and-butter dishes and diversifying the menu. KFC now sells grilled chicken, Domino’s offers subs, and McDonald’s dips into the world of espresso coffee, USA Today reports. “This is a defining moment for the industry," says a National Restaurant...http://www.newser.com/story/60223/tough-times-push-chains-to-try-new-fare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 10:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55599/future-of-wine-could-be-on-tap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe trickle of American restaurants serving wine on tap may become a flood when owners realize the benefits, Eric Asimov writes in his New York Times wine column. Serving wine through a keg and tap system identical to that used for beer eliminates a lot of waste, Asimov notes, stopping...http://www.newser.com/story/55599/future-of-wine-could-be-on-tap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 10:07:36 CDT