Restaurants

The Raleigh, North Carolina, restaurant A Place at the Table offers pay-as-you-wish or free meals to its customers. During the pandemic, they have gone from serving about 70 meals per day to now serving up to 300 per day. Owner Maggie Kane explains how she and her staff continue to serve their community.

Iconic Hollywood restaurant Musso & Frank Grill reopened Friday, more than three months after closing due to the coronavirus pandemic. The restaurant at 6667 Hollywood Blvd. closed following a March 15 order from Mayor Eric Garcetti banning restaurants and bars from serving food and alcohol. The restaurant will offer its full menu and the only changes customers will see “are…

If you’re a tourist in New York City, or even a harried local trying to get across midtown Manhattan, you’ve seen it, or maybe eaten in it — the giant McDonald’s on 42nd Street in Times Square with the Broadway-style marquee. No more, though — the company confirmed Wednesday that the location has shut down for good as of...

As the restaurant industry tries to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic, Dunkin’ is looking to hire 25,000 employees. The coffee chain is launching its first advertising campaign centered on hiring to tout the benefits of working at its restaurants. Dunkin’ said it is partnering with Southern New Hampshire University to offer store employees an online college education. The summer months typically...

Restaurants across the globe are beginning to reopen, but since coronavirus cases are still being confirmed daily, many eateries are using unique concepts to encourage social distancing among customers and employees.

As restaurants around the world look for ways to safely reopen, some restaurants in France are experimenting with plastic domes to help keep restaurant workers and diners healthy.

When Pitas and Sticks, a Greek restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, gets an order from Grubhub, owner John Stamos gives each bag a personal touch, printing out a small note with a simple message: Grubhub orders are killing his business, reports NBC News.

Dining out in a post-coronavirus world just isn’t going to be the same again.

America’s top fast-food chain is preparing to reopen dining rooms across the country, but like many other restaurants, it will have to follow a new set of protocols while operating.

Bars and restaurants in Wisconsin are now allowed to open up and serve customers after the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned the state’s “safer at home” order on Wednesday.

California restaurants have drafted a plan to allow the industry to reopen for sit-down dining with an array of safeguards while avoiding possible requirements imposed in other states that customers have their temperature taken or the number of tables be dramatically limited. The recommendations, obtained by The Associated Press, are to be submitted to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday. They…

Right now, restaurants are only open for for take-out and delivery orders. It’s been more than a month since they closed their dining rooms, which may look different when they reopen.

NBC 7 Responds’ Consumer Bob looked at how eating at a restaurant could be different when the stay-at-home order is lifted.

Rachael Ray had big plans for the quarantine break at her home in upstate New York

Stay-at-home orders and social distancing requirements tied to the pandemic have put restaurant dining on hold, forcing many to close and leaving others barely hanging on.

Panera Bread is selling groceries as housebound consumers eat fewer meals from restaurants.  Customers are able to order breads, bagels, milk, yogurt, cream cheese and fresh produce as part of an initiative that began Monday. The coronavirus pandemic has forced many restaurants to shutter their dining rooms temporarily. Restaurant transactions plunged 42% during the week ended March 29 compared with…

Waffle House has declared “Waffle House Index Red,” as the chain closes nearly a quarter of its restaurants in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Get the full story at NBCNews.com.

New social distancing regulations to stop the spread of the coronavirus have forced restaurants across the country to shut down service, spelling estimated losses of $225 billion and as many as 7 million jobs over the next three months.

Chef Works, a company that makes apparel for the culinary and hospitality industry, is headquarted in Poway. Founded in 1993, the company now operates in 90+ countries and employs 220 people in San Diego County, plus another 130 around the world. Here’s a profile of the local-turned-global business.

T.G.I. Fridays, which is known for being the original singles bar, is planning to revamp its bar business as the company prepares to be publicly traded again for the first time in decades.