What's Hot in 2009
Mix & Match to Lift & Separate Hotel and restaurant operators are taking advantage of strategic partnerships with everyone from beverage vendors to charities...
Uplift Your Spirits
While the current overall market for spirits is level or slightly contracting in some categories and price points, one segment, the craft segment, is...
Bowl League: Hot Stuff
Soup is said to have been the first menu item offered in public restaurants. And while it might be food history in a bowl, soup is also every bit as trendy...
Survival Mode
There's no point in pulling punches: This year will be the toughest the restaurant industry has experienced in a very long time. Those who aren't on top...
Top 20 Restaurant Trends
Preview the top 2009 restaurant trends....
Crashing the Wedding Business
The wedding industry is as close to recession-proof as it gets, but even it is undergoing change as brides and their parents look for something a little more affordable these days...
La Cucina Italiana: What's New?
Looking for something new in Italian cuisine is a bit like looking for something new in a retirement home. Italians cling fiercely to their regional traditions...
The Splashy Art of Seafood
A gallery of seafood recipes demonstrate how presentation plus creativity can make a big splash on your menu. And for even more seafood ideas, check out...
L.A.'s Crush On Rush
Geography-based themes are proven winners in the restaurant business, with the idea being to name your operation after a place that has a better climate...
Menu Trends: Delicious Daybreak
Many customers say breakfast is their favorite meal of the day. That's understandable, when you consider ideas like the ones several chefs have shared...
2009 Trends: What's Hot for '09
Restaurants have taken a big hit in the last year, and the financial blues driving the falloff in restaurant spending aren't going to be cured anytime...
Fine Dining, But It's Flexible
Even though we know Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises owned Chicago's Nacional 27, it always seemed to be Randy Zweiban's place. He had been executive...
Betting on Buddha
Everything connected with David Overton's first two concepts, The Cheesecake Factory and Grand Lux Cafe, is big: their menus (200-plus items at Cheesecake;...
Tricked-Out Tables Take Off
Guests can do it all from their tables at Asian-fusion restaurant Inamo, which opened in London last month. Make that with their tables, each of which...
Welcome to the Club
This is no time to be shy with your guests. To ride out the current economic doldrums and beat out the competition, you need to enlist their loyalty,...
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Philadelphia’s Jose Garces will speak at RH’s New Direction’s Conference in October. Garces is the winner of The Next Iron Chef competition. 
