Ashok Selvam | Eater Chicago | June 8, 2018 Anthony Bourdain felt a connection with Chicago, and many of the city’s residents are reeling on Friday morning after hearing of his death. Bourdain brought the national spotlight to Burt’s Place’s pizza in the suburbs, the...

Paul Ficalora| Total Food Service | November 16, 2016 Rent is your largest fixed expense. Food costs are variable. If your food costs are too high, you can make menu adjustments, portion size adjustments or, as a last resort, change your chef or cook to better manage...

Bret Thorn | Restaurant Hospitality | May 24, 2018 Americans eat all day long — grabbing snacks on the go, having food delivered to their homes and workplaces, responding to changing technology and the increased availability of fast, customizable meals with increasing...

Ally Colvin | Restaurant Nuts | May, 7 2018 One of the most important contracts you will sign during your restaurant’s lifetime is your lease.  Although the widespread joke is that, even after a tough negotiation, the lease “lives in a drawer” for the next 10, 15, or...

Julia Belluz | Vox | April 25, 2018 When the Line Hotel opened in Washington, DC, last December, the cocktail bars, gourmet coffee shops, and restaurants that fill its cavernous lobby drew a lot of buzz. Housed in a century-old church, the space was also reputedly...

Shanti Chu | LoganSquarist | April 2, 2018 While Milwaukee Avenue has pretty much become the hub for new bars and restaurants, fresh places have started to open in the western part of Logan Square this past year. To follow the pattern, X (3433 W. Fullerton Ave.), an...

Ashok Selvam | Eater Chicago | April 27, 2018 The promising seafood pop-up restaurant from the opening chef at the acclaimed and short lived Honey’s has found a permanent home in Logan Square. Good Fortune will move into the space vacated by The General at 2528 N....

Jonathan Maze | Restaurant Business | April 19, 2018 As the labor market continues to tighten, restaurants are encountering a new competitor for a thinning pool of employees: Uber. The ride-hailing service and similar companies that make up the gig economy are adding...

Ashok Selvam | Eater Chicago | April 12, 2018 Roscoe Village is getting a restaurant featuring cuisine from southern France. Slated to open this summer, Le Sud is a new restaurant featuring food from chef Andy Motto, last seen in suburban Evanston at Quince, a...

Leslie Wu | Forbes | March 31, 2018 Opening night at a restaurant can be fraught with peril — thanks to Yelp and social media, backlash over perceived flaws are immediately shared within hours of opening, and a restaurant staff has less time than before to get their...

Elliot Richardson | Crain's Chicago Business | March 15, 2018 New restaurants spur economic development and create jobs in communities across the state. They bring people into neighborhood business districts and expose patrons to nearby retailers and small businesses....

Jillian Kramer | Food & Wine | March 15, 2018 “Match the restaurant to the location.” We’ve all seen it happen: one day, there’s a brand-new restaurant around the corner that we can’t wait to try and the next day, that same restaurant is closed—for good....