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How Does a Restaurant Become 5 Star?
There are various rating systems for restaurants around the world. Restaurants are most often rated by travel guides such as Michelin and Forbes. Other restaurants are reviewed and ranked by professionals and organizations in...
How Does a Restaurant Account For Inventory?
In any business, inventory plays an integral part in overall profit margin. In the restaurant industry it’s critically important, primarily because profit margin is so low as compared to some other industries. How a...
Can a Restaurant Make a Server Pay for Mistakes?
The best answer for this question is it depends. Most businesses throughout the United States customarily charge back monetary losses to their employees. These are most often losses that come from taking payments, operating...
How Do Restaurants Get Their Food?
One of the largest expenses at a restaurant is the cost of goods, or food costs. Keeping these costs in check can make or break an eatery, especially a new one. Food costs play...
Can a Restaurant Ban Guns?
The issue of gun rights is one of the more polarizing debates facing the country today. Because of some very high profile shootings over the last couple of years, Americans are more concerned about...
Can Two Restaurants Have the Same Name?
Whether competing down the street or across the world, restaurants are increasingly finding their same name being used elsewhere. But is this allowed? Can two restaurants have the same name? Surprisingly, yes―two restaurants with...
Cracker Barrel Rolls Out New Spring Menu Options
Eager to try out the new spring items at Cracker Barrel, I headed to my nearby restaurant to indulge in something new. With tempting new arrivals like the Multi-Berry Pancake Breakfast and Buttermilk Oven...
Breaking Ground on LEED-Certified Restaurants
So you’re thinking about opening a restaurant of your own. Or perhaps you’re not; you’re just curious about the title of this article and you wanted to know what it’s all about. That’s fine....
Are Kids Meals Loaded With Calories?
America’s kid’s meals first came under attack in 2008, when the issue of childhood obesity became a hot-button topic in medical communities and political circles alike. At the time, most kid’s meals were served...
Chili’s Unveils Flatbread in May
As part of it’s extremely popular $20 Dinner for Two option, Chili’s has added some enhanced items as choices that have a Southwestern flair to its menu. The new flatbread appetizers follow the April...
Can Restaurants Sing the “Happy Birthday” Song?
Restaurants are absolutely allowed to sing the “Happy Birthday” song to patrons in their facilities—just be prepared to pay. That’s right: The song is copyrighted and public performances of the ever-so-popular tune require a...
Are Vegan Restaurants Kosher?
By definition, vegan restaurants would be kosher. However, even though a vegan establishment serves only food that would be permissible to consume under the Jewish dietary rules of Kashrut, the restaurant would still be...