Latest Restaurant Headlines
All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Police: Famous Italian Restaurant in New Jersey Suffered Fire Damage
Jan 26 2018 // Firefighters say a near-century-old New Jersey Italian restaurant suffered damage in an afternoon fire. Freehold fire officials say Federici’s Family Restaurant suffered smoke and water damage after a fire broke out...
Iowa Hospitality Industry Seeks Dram Insurance Law Changes
Jan 24 2018 // The Iowa Restaurant Association reported it is asking state lawmakers to pass dram insurance reform that would make it possible for restaurant and tavern operators to secure better policies to help compensate innocent...
How Sex Abuse Culture Threatens Restaurant Industry and What It Can Do About It
Dec 21 2017 // That there’s abuse behind the scenes in restaurant isn’t news. Within the chef community, the news is that people are surprised to hear about it. The true scale of the issue has yet to be revealed, though...
Trump’s Labor Board Overturns Obama ‘Joint Employer’ Rule
Dec 15 2017 // A U.S. labor board on Thursday overturned an Obama-era ruling that had made it easier for unions and workers to hold companies accountable for practices of contractors and franchisees, a decision welcomed by business...
Female Workers in Massachusetts Sue McCormick & Schmick’s
Dec 14 2017 // Female kitchen workers at the McCormick & Schmick’s seafood restaurant in downtown Boston were subjected to constant groping and lewd comments from male supervisors and co-workers, and their complaints to the...
Argo Partners With Front Line Safety on Restaurant, Grocer Safety Products
Dec 4 2017 // Argo Insurance, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., and an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, has partnered with Front Line Safety to offer services to its...
Some Businesses in Dickinson, Texas, Still Recovering from Harvey
Nov 22 2017 // Some Dickinson business owners are getting back on their feet — or trying — after flooding from Hurricane Harvey swamped more than 80 shops, restaurants and offices. The Galveston County Daily News reports Keith...
Family Claims Safety Hazard Killed 5-Year-Old at Atlanta Rotating Restaurant
Nov 20 2017 // The family of a 5-year-old boy killed when he became caught in a rotating Atlanta restaurant is suing the company, saying it failed to prevent a “longstanding safety hazard.” The lawsuit comes after Charlie...
Judge Sanctions Kansas Pizza Restaurant for Gender Discrimination in Job Offerings
Nov 14 2017 // Two teenagers whose firing from a Kansas pizza restaurant prompted a national discussion on pay inequality should receive back pay and the corporation that owned the restaurant must implement policies to ensure it follows...
Popular Massachusetts Restaurant Destroyed by Fire
Nov 9 2017 // A fire has destroyed a popular restaurant in Massachusetts that just celebrated its 50th anniversary in business. Officials were called to Jamie’s Pub in Scituate, Mass., around 4:20 a.m. Sunday. Fire Chief John...
Why Is THAT Excluded?
Nov 1 2017 // Exclusions. Insurance policies are full of them. I’ve been reading some policy forms lately. Some to study, others because they’re interesting to me. It’s kind of a sick hobby, I’ll admit, but...
Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations, Besh Steps Down from New Orleans Restaurant Group
Oct 25 2017 // New Orleans celebrity chef John Besh stepped down from management of the restaurant group that bears his name after a newspaper reported that 25 women who are current or former employees of the business said they were...
New Jersey Court Nixes Class-Action Status for TGI Friday’s Drink Suit
Oct 11 2017 // A lawsuit accusing restaurant chain TGI Friday’s of violating consumer fraud laws with its drink pricing can’t go ahead as a class action that could have included millions of members, but a similar case...
Why Restaurants Are Underinsured
Oct 2 2017 // Restaurants are probably one of the most underinsured classes of business in the industry. Competition, inadequate pricing, and owners refusing to buy needed coverages are some of the reasons cited by specialty brokers in...
Mexico Calculates Economic Cost of Quake; Insurance Covers Small Part of Losses
Sep 27 2017 // Mexican government officials are still tallying up the economic losses of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that caused widespread damage in the capital, but for the manager of a downtown restaurant it is already all too...
Gas Leak at West Virginia Restaurant Sends 7 to Hospital
Aug 23 2017 // A fire official says seven people have were sent to the hospital after a suspected gas leak at a West Virginia restaurant. Media outlets report the incident happened Monday at a Buffalo Wild Wings outside the Huntington...
Sick Employee Blamed for Norovirus in Closing of Virginia Chipotle
Jul 26 2017 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is retraining kitchen crews on food safety and enforcing a zero-tolerance policy for employees refusing to abide by new rules, after identifying a sick employee as the cause of a Norovirus...
Chipotle Keeps Getting Served Lawsuits by Customers, Investors
Jul 24 2017 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is facing another class-action lawsuit by a disgruntled shareholder over its alleged inability to keep its restaurants clean, a further hurdle for a company still trying to regain consumer and...
Marijuana Dispensaries and Crime
Jul 24 2017 // A new study published in the July issue of the Journal of Urban Economics finds that contrary to popular belief, medical marijuana dispensaries (MMDs) reduce crime in their immediate areas. In the study, “Going to...
6 Injured in Atlanta Restaurant Roof Collapse
Jul 21 2017 // An official says the roof of an Atlanta restaurant collapsed Monday night, injuring six people. Atlanta Fire Department spokesman Cortez Stafford said at a media briefing that about 40 percent of the roof...
