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This week's top 10: West African cuisine takes center stage, Coronavirus decimates Chinatown and the war between third-party marketplaces and restaurants rages on

Waitr plans 2,300 layoffs, Easy Tiger names a new CEO and expansion plans, Sushi on Jones opens in the Gotham West Food Hall and more trending stories from this week

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

February 20, 2020

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West African flavors took over our site this week with Bret Thorn's analysis of the cuisine across the country that brings ingredients like fufu, suya and jollof rice to customer's plates. Simileoluwa Adebajo, chef and owner of Èkó Kitchen, Kwame Onwuachi, executive chef of Kith & Kin, Noah Levine of Teranga and more speak about their uses of these flavors and the growing movement across the country.

The debate over third-party marketplaces has been raging with the revelations that these marketplaces are listing restaurants without permission or knowledge. Amidst these revelations, cities and states are beginning to regulate these marketplaces, find out how.

The world’s biggest news story, the Coronavirus, has been affecting restaurants in general but decimating Chinatowns across the country at alarming rates. New York City restaurants in Chinatown specifically have suffered, losing up to 70% of its business since the disease's outbreak.

See what else was popular on Restaurant Hospitality this week.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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