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NATICK, MA PATCH: Looking to bolster the equipment in your shop, or in need of additional items for your professional kitchen? The Natick Wegmans closure could actually help you in those instances.
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Lucky Strikes in Manhattan, NY is listing all kitchen equipment and bowling surplus in an online auction during the month of January. This facility liquidation is a sustainable solution to discarding unwanted surplus.
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Shuttered restaurants and supply chain challenges have driven operators increasingly to the second-hand market. Mark Hamstra | Sep 15, 2021 The pandemic has been a perfect storm to drive restaurant operators to the used equipment market. Thousands of foodservice locations closed their doors and were forced to liquidate, while equipment makers are struggling with ongoing supply chain
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Another Lafayette restaurant has closed its doors. Posados Cafe closed abruptly over the weekend, according to a report from KLFY. Employees of the Mexican restaurant were notified when they showed up for work Monday morning, the local TV station reports. Attempts to reach a representative with Posados Cafe were unsuccessful Monday. Posados manager Melissa Guilbeaux told
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Center Cut Steakhouse at the Flamingo closed on Thursday night to make way for a new steakhouse at the 70-plus-year-old resort. Cafe To Go and the Laurel Lounge also closed at the resort to make way for the new restaurant, teased by Caesars Entertainment to open in early 2020. The Flamingo already filed paperwork
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He was recently named by the New York Times as one of 16 black chefs changing food in America, and his flagship restaurant was a Free Press Best New Restaurant in 2018, but the press and accolades couldn’t save chef Max Hardy’s River Bistro, a two-year-old Caribbean-Soul restaurant in Detroit’s Grandmont-Rosedale neighborhood. “Regretfully, and after sincere thought and consideration,
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Fans of the Bill Bateman’s Bistro in Reisterstown will have to travel at least 20 miles to enjoy the restaurant chain’s signature wings and related bar staples. An Aug. 11 post on the Reisterstown location’s Facebook page said that it “will be closing [its] doors for good on Sunday August 18th.” The post did
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While there’s no denying the quality of Bristol’s food scene, the city has still suffered a wealth of closures this year. In recent months we have said goodbye to the likes of Ceres on Stokes Croft, Pigsty on Gloucester Roadand the city’s three Spudulike branches, after the UK-wide chain entered administration. And later this year a
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Chef and reality TV star Tim Love has announced plans to open a new Italian restaurant in Fort Worth. The chef announced the forthcoming debut of Gemelle, a “casual” Italian restaurant on Twitter, and filings with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts indicate that it will open at 4400 White Settlement Road in a
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Making a mark in the hospitality scene is no easy feat. As celebrity Chef Michael Mina debuts his latest venture Prime Grill at Dubai Galleria Mall, the entrepreneur and founder of Mina Group intends to offer UAE restaurant goers with a distinct dining experience. The chef’s renowned restaurant in San Francisco has gained two Michelin
Chef Michael Mina on setting his enterprise apart from its competitors Read More »
Korean fried chicken and beer restaurant chain Left Wing Bar is opening its first American location in Austin. It will be located at Urban Outfitters’ Space 24 Twenty at 2416 Guadalupe Street on campus, occupying what was formerly hot dog restaurant Frank’s counter-service location. Per a representative, it will open in early or mid April.
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The founder of the Pizza Patrón and Wingstop chains Antonio Swad has launched a new “polished comfort food” casual-dining concept in Mesquite, Texas, that is his biggest yet. Swad, who founded Pizza Patrón in 1986 and sold the franchise system and his 11 company locations in 2017 to his largest franchisee, last week
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Once considered by many as Evansville’s “go to” barbecue establishment, the owners of Shyler’s have announced the restaurant will close for good. In 1991, Shyler’s opened near the corner of Green River Road and Lincoln Avenue. It remained there until 2012, when a fire broke out, leaving it closed — and its future
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Quite often you’ve probably come across a good restaurant marketing idea, but put it in the too-hard-basket; it cost way too much money, and you couldn’t be sure the juice would be worth the squeeze. Well here we take a look at Three marketing ideas that won’t break the bank, and will easily increase your
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Customers are starting to “ooh” and “ah” over the interiors at an unusually opulent new bar and restaurant, Commons Club, inside the freshly opened Virgin Hotels SF (only the second such hotel from the corporation best known for its records and jets). Commons Club is the hotel’s headliner, and it’s playing now, but soon it
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Yelp is continuing its evolution from being a user-generated review platform to meeting the needs of diners who want to think ahead, walk in for seating, or get food delivered. The review and business-listing company managed 22 million diners booking directly through the Yelp app, a threefold increase year over year, according to internal
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HopCat, which recently received $7 million in equity funding, is making plans to grow the 17-unit, beer-focused casual-dining chain. “We’re scouting for new locations,” Mark Sellers, HopCat’s founder, told Restaurant Business. “We’ve got the infrastructure to handle a larger footprint. We’ve hired people in anticipation of more growth.” The Michigan-based concept will open
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The Wendy’s Co. has begun investing a planned $25 million this year to strengthen the burger brand’s digital capabilities, company executives said Thursday. The Dublin, Ohio-based company intends to make its restaurants easier to operate and its customers more loyal with the digital platforms, executives said on a fourth-quarter earnings call. “We have
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Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., already the largest U.S. Burger King franchisee, has agreed to buy 166 more Burger King units and 55 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurants in a $238 million merger deal with Cambridge Franchise Holdings LLC, the companies said Wednesday. Syracuse, N.Y.-based Carrols’s proposed deal with Cambridge of Memphis, Tenn., would
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Budget Malaysian airline Air Asia is to open a restaurant showcasing the dishes listed on its in-flight menu called Santan, including chicken teriyaki, Pak Nasser’s Nasi Lemak and a vegetable rice bowl. While food served on-board aeroplanes is often the butt of jokes, Air Asia believes its offering will stand up to scrutiny. The low-cost airline
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Going out to eat is costing you more. Prices at full-service restaurants are going up, according to the US Department of Labor. Experts say increased expenses such as rent, insurance, and labor are getting passed on to consumers. In December, prices at full-service restaurants were up 0.5 percent from the prior month on a
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Two titans of Detroit’s restaurant industry are teaming up for new project in Birmingham. Chefs Takashi Yagihashi and Luciano DelSignore are planning to open Pernoi, a French, Italian and Japanese restaurant at 310 E. Maple, where upscale American restaurant Cafe Via was before closing last March. DelSignore says Pernoi will be “extremely contemporary”
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River North goes from champagne to milkshakes at the end of month when JoJo’s Milk Bar opens to replace Coco Champagne Lounge. February 28 is opening date at 23 W. Hubbard Street, and JoJo’s will have those Instagram-friendly desserts including spiked and over-the-top shakes, cookies, ice cream popsicles, and more. The group behind Shore
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Long Beach arrival Popular Southeast LA chef Thomas Ortega (Amor y Tacos, Playa Amor) is adding another new restaurant to his repertoire this week. It’s called Amorcito Taqueria, and it opens inside the LBX Hangar property in Long Beach, a mixed-used development stuffed with other restaurant ideas. Unlike Ortega’s sit-down restaurants, Amorcito taqueria is
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Downtown Austin restaurant Boiler Nine Bar + Grill is closing this month at 800 West Cesar Chavez Street within the Seaholm District. Its last day of service will be on Saturday, February 23. Boiler Nine’s management company La Corsha Hospitality Group said that the reason behind the shutter is because of “unpaid management fees”
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San Antonio chef Jason Dady opened his first-ever Austin restaurant this weekend. Chispas, which focuses on casual tacos and margaritas, is now open, although under limited service and hours for now, at 214 West 4th Street as of Sunday, February 17. Dady’s Austin venture is all about casual tacos. The menu’s varying options feature classics
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Eight restaurants are participating in Winchester Restaurant Week, giving ambitious diners an opportunity to try a new place every day of the week if they like. The special week of menus begins today and runs through Saturday. Here’s how it works: participating restaurants offer three courses for $30 per person. The restaurants
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The next five years for delivery will look a little different than delivery’s early days. Right now, the delivery market also is still in a novelty stage, where customers are paying for the experience, Scott said. As customers move into the stage of knowing that this is something that they want, they’re going to start
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The Homestead Restaurant LLC, the Jacksonville Beach restaurant that closed last year after six months in business, filed a petition for a Chapter 7 liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The restaurant, which revived a historic local institution, opened in April and closed in October. No reason for the closing was given in the petition
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We’ve all noticed it: Restaurants are always getting more and more expensive. A high-end dinner for two can easily add up to over $100, even without second drinks or dessert. Bottles of wine that retail for $15 are going by the glass for that price or more. Understandably, guests are increasingly frustrated. In response to
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FAT Brands Inc., parent company of Fatburger and Buffalo’s Express, announced the development of 10 new co-branded Fatburger and Buffalo’s Express restaurants throughout California, Arizona, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. All locations are slated to open in 2019. Fatburger, the beloved Hollywood burger chain, founded by Lovie Yancey, maintains and upholds its unique culture and
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Are you thinking about opening that restaurant you’ve dreamed about owning for years? Good for you. We won’t go into the industry’s failure rate, the hours you can expect to work, or the labor shortage that looms larger than ever—you’ve undoubtedly heard the negative news more than once. What we will do is let
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In another example of a restaurant being open one day and suddenly closing the next, the Shore location of celebrity chef Bobby Flay’s burger restaurant has unexpectedly closed. The Asbury Park Press reports that just yesterday, a sign was spotted in the window of the Monmouth Mall’s location of Bobby’s Burger Palace with
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The losses the city’s restaurant scene sustained this month were significant. Central Table, the remainder of the much-ballyhooed Central Table Food Hall, ceased operations earlier this month. Affton barbecue institution Phil’s Bar-BQ will close its doors on December 30th after 57 years of serving quintessential St. Louis-style barbecue. Though its tenure was not as long,
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It’s no secret that the Coachella Valley restaurant business is tough. Tourist season is short, temperatures sky-rocket in the summer, and inventory space is tough to manage. While the local food scene is always full of surprises, this year we said goodbye to a few favorites. Here are some of the
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Rent-A-Center, a rent-to-own furniture and electronics company, is liquidating twenty-one (21) service locations. The contents are currently being auctioned online by Advanced Auction Company an affiliate of TAGeX Brands. Bidding starts at $1.00 with no reserves. Rent-A-Center engaged TAGeX Brands to support the project. “Rent-A-Center is a fantastic company taking
According to Fast Casual, here are three key mistakes restaurant brands are making in onboarding, upskilling and preparing their labor force for work, and a few ideas on how to fix it. Problem 1: Employees are bored The reality is, employees have grown bored with training. Outdated learning management systems, which a majority of
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According to Eater Atlanta, Chef Hugh Acheson’s Achie’s inside the Omni Hotel at Battery Atlanta adjacent to SunTrust Park in Cobb County closed after just ten months, Tomorrow’s News Today reports. The reason behind the closure is unclear, however, an inside source tells Eater Atlanta the decision to shutter the restaurant was likely the hotel’s.
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According to Nation’s Restaurant News, In-N-Out Burger, the Southern California burger chain known for its cult following, earned high scores in nearly every consumer satisfaction category of this year’s Consumer Picks survey. The 70-year-old brand perennially ranks high on various consumer surveys. In the Consumer Picks survey, In-N-Out scored especially high on
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