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Why it’s OK to send restaurant food back

Are you really such a big deal? No. So stop worrying that you’ll make others feel awkward

The Clobster: A Grilled Cheese and Lobster Sandwich is as Good as it Looks

Meals Deconstructed: Bringing Sexy Back With Slapfish

This Is Why Military Members Leave Coins on the Gravestones of the Fallen

The moving tradition of leaving coins on the gravestones of military members can be traced back to ancient times.

What Is the Difference Between Chow Mein and Lo Mein?

If you’ve ever opened a box of Chinese take-out and it turns out to be not exactly what you ordered, you may have mixed up your meins. That’s right, there is a difference between these two popular Chinese dishes—however, the difference is probably not what you think. While it may be easy to assume that the type of noodles is what makes the dish difference, we all know what happens when you assume. Yes, you’re actually incorrect on this oneSo, if not…

If This Dessert Pizza Technically Isn't Pizza, Then What Is It?

If You Truly Love Tacos, You Won't Mind Paying $25k For This One

How to Eat Sushi

Eat only at the best place you can find. Many sushi bars are a bit expensive, but quality usually sucks, so price is no indicator of quality. Ask Japanese people where they go to eat sushi and go thereStick to one or two good places once you find them. Regulars get better sushi and better overall service than casual patrons.The best sushi places I've been to in San Francisco, Mexico City, Zürich, Manhattan, Beverly Hills, Waikiki, Guadalajara, Paris, Moscow, Boston, Columbus…

10 tips for successful al fresco dining

Steven Pike, managing director of guest experience management company HospitalityGEM, gives his top 10 tips to hospitality operators looking to make a success of their al fresco dining.

How to Cook Up a Great Restaurant Floor Plan

The key to designing a restaurant floor plan is deliberate design.

Designing a Modern Fast Food Restaurant

Brandon Agency was posed with a challenge: Design an innovative fast food restaurant of the future, complete from its corporate identity to its interior.

PATIO POSSIBILITIES: Eating out safely has fresh-air appeal

We're still really leery about the risks of dining in, which is why our Takeout Tastings column continues unabated and, occasionally, un-rebated.

Tips for Planning a Perfect Restaurant Dining Room

Every restaurant’s dining room should be unique. It may not seem obvious, but the layout and organization of your dining room supports your branding and subtly influences your customers spending. So be sure that your dining room and seating layouts are strategically designed.

Are bubble dining pods safer than dining inside restaurants?

MIDWAY, Utah (ABC4) – Dining pods — call them globes, or igloos, or bubbles — are exploding in popularity, but are they actually safer than dining inside restaurants? In Utah, one…

Why restaurants have gotten so loud, and how it's affecting what you eat

Restaurants have grown irritatingly loud and it's having an effect on our tastes.

Treat Your Restaurant Menu with a Little Respect

By Donald Burns, Foodable Industry Expert R-E-S-P-E-C-T. We all want it. You want it, your staff wants it, and your customers at times demand it. You may not realize it, but your menu wants it too. Now judging by the design of many menus out there, it's a plea that has fallen on deaf ears. Let's get

Restaurants get creative to keep outdoor dining alive in cooler months

There is a chill in the air as summer winds down. What does that mean for all the restaurants that have been relying on outdoor dining to help them survive the pandemic?

11 San Antonio restaurant patios where you should be dining al fresco now

The weather is perfect now to take your dining and drinking adventures outdoors, so here's your guide of where to go in San Antonio.