From 2005 to 2008 he also wrote the Kitchen Dish column for The New York Sun, covering restaurant openings and chefs’ career moves in New York City. A magna cum laude graduate of Tufts University in ...

Chef Eric LeVine was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., but he has spent much of his career operating restaurants in suburban Long Island. That changed last month when he debuted two restaurants at ...

Restaurateur Francis Miranda and “Top Chef” winner Mei Lin recently opened 88 Club in Beverly Hills, Calif. The restaurant was designed by local firm Preen and features 44 seats in the dining room and ...

Twenty-seven years after making its debut, III Forks is reinventing itself. The steakhouse opened in Dallas in 1998, occupying a massive space measuring more than 20,000 square feet until 2020, when ...

Bite-sized and built for snacking, popcorn chicken is making a comeback on restaurant menus with new global spins and bold coatings. Popcorn chicken’s crispy texture and grab-and-go format make it a ...

Overthrow Hospitality, which operates 10 vegan bars and restaurants in New York City’s East Village and one in Los Angeles, has moved and reenvisioned its natural wine bar concept Soda Club. Now in a ...

A division of FB Society plans a 35,000-square-foot food offering, called Shaver Hall, in New York City’s former Lord & Taylor building, the company said. FB Society said Shaver Hall, which is ...

Lots of LTOs and permanent menu items launched recently, as innovation accelerates. Bret Thorn, senior food & beverage editor of Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality, started with the ...

North America’s 50 Best Bars are in. The new ranking was announced at an awards ceremony on April 29 at the JW Marriott Parq Vancouver, naming the top bars across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and the ...

Thompson Restaurants, a division of Thompson Hospitality, is about to launch its Thompson Table Rewards Program, a new loyalty initiative. The Reston, Va.-based company, which owns such restaurants as ...

City Roots Hospitality and restaurateur Guy Vaknin plan Reverie, a vegan dessert and cocktail bar, to open in May in New York City’s Williamsburg. The opening is planned for May 14 in Brooklyn, N.Y., ...

Tory McPhail, who spent 19 years as executive chef of New Orleans culinary landmark Commander’s Palace, has returned to the South, this time to the Florida panhandle, where he serves as culinary ...