Read more restaurant stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3936/restaurant.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:13:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74505/the-tuna-on-your-plate-may-be-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou might suspect a sushi restaurant that doesn’t specify what sort of tuna you’re eating of trying to pawn off an inferior species. Not so. Researchers using novel DNA barcoding technology found that though nearly a third of tuna sold in 31 US restaurants was the prized—and endangered—bluefin....http://www.newser.com/story/74505/the-tuna-on-your-plate-may-be-endangered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74494/pubs-bad-service-leads-to-arrest-of-irate-patrons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTurns out that mandatory 18% gratuity for large parties at restaurants is mandatory enough that skipping it can get you arrested. A Philadelphia-area couple who found service at a pub was so scarce they essentially waited on themselves and their six friends ended up in cuffs when they refused to...http://www.newser.com/story/74494/pubs-bad-service-leads-to-arrest-of-irate-patrons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 11:14:49 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/73406/biggest-restaurant-no-nos-part-2.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBruce Buschel isn't out of touch. "I realize that every deli needs a wisecracking waiter," he writes in the New York Times , "and burgers always taste better when delivered by a server with tattoos and tongue piercing(s)." But at his soon-to-open restaurant, these rules (coupled with last week's) are set...http://www.newser.com/story/73406/biggest-restaurant-no-nos-part-2.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 13:30:32 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/72389/opera-diva-faces-jail-in-ny-cell-phone-tiff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Argentine opera singer could face jail after a fight broke out in a New York restaurant over her cell phone screeching. Soprano Gabriela Pochinki, 41, and her daughter were shouting into a cell phone on speaker and refused to stop after fellow diners complained. Security camera footage shows the...http://www.newser.com/story/72389/opera-diva-faces-jail-in-ny-cell-phone-tiff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 5:34:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72325/worst-food-trends-of-the-decade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAsked to name the decade's worst dining trends, chefs and other food experts couldn't shut up. There were too many (including "mache, water sommeliers, organ-meat entrees, unisex bathrooms, bacon tattoos on chefs, over-flaunted kitchen burns, chefs tables") for Christopher Borrelli to list them all, but he hits the top 10...http://www.newser.com/story/72325/worst-food-trends-of-the-decade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 14:40:55 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/70037/subway-will-soon-have-more-stores-than-mcdonalds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSubway is nearing a milestone: the sandwich chain will soon have more global locations than McDonald’s, Ad Age reports. The chain is expanding so quickly that it's expected to have 31,800 stores by the end of the week. It's probably just a matter of months before it surpasses the...http://www.newser.com/story/70037/subway-will-soon-have-more-stores-than-mcdonalds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 17:30:54 CDT