All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 25 2014 // When Mitch Haddad and his brother began rebuilding their family’s oceanside restaurant in Marshfield, Massachusetts, they decided to take no chances.The restaurant, which had been in the family for more than 70...
Mar 10 2014 // The craft beer industry has been chipping away at the U.S. domestic beer market throughout the past decade. And the pace of growth in this specialty niche is not expected to stop anytime soon.By 2020, America’s craft...
Mar 10 2014 // A man who says he broke two teeth when he bit into some mashed potatoes is suing at Outback Steakhouse restaurant in Portland, Ore. Roger Branstetter says there were bits of broken porcelain in the food in February 2012...
Feb 28 2014 // Eight former bar owners in Racine, Wis., filed a lawsuit accusing the mayor and other city officials of racially discriminating against them and forcing their businesses to close.The federal lawsuit filed against Mayor...
Feb 25 2014 // A faulty water heater flue pipe caused the carbon monoxide leak that killed a New York restaurant manager and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, a fire official said.Huntington Chief Fire Marshal Terence McNally...
Feb 24 2014 // Officials investigating a carbon monoxide leak at a New York mall are concentrating on the heating system of a restaurant there.A manager at Legal Sea Foods restaurant died and more than two dozen others were sent to...
Feb 20 2014 // A man who says he broke two teeth when he bit into some mashed potatoes is suing at Outback Steakhouse restaurant in Portland, Ore. Roger Branstetter says there were bits of broken porcelain in the food in February 2012...
Feb 19 2014 // Bargoers weighing whether they’re sober enough to take the wheel could soon have a tool to help make that decision.Breathalyzers and similar devices could pop up in more bars across Utah under a coming proposal from...
Feb 13 2014 // A bill to allow concealed deadly weapons in Kentucky bars has passed its first committee hearing in the Legislature.The Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee approved the measure Tuesday. The bill’s sponsor,...
Jan 16 2014 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $669,540 dividend to the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) workers’ compensation safety group. The dividend was based largely on the group’s overall loss ratio.Since...
Jan 13 2014 // RSA, one of the UK’s principle commercial insurers, has launched a new Restaurants and Hotels insurance policy, which it said offers “flexible cover with a wealth of benefits to the hospitality trade.“It...
Jan 13 2014 // West Virginia’s Governor sees the “light at the end of the tunnel” in the chemical leak that has compromised water service for about 300,000 in the state.Residents face a fifth day without drinking water...
Dec 31 2013 // One woman was sitting in a window seat at La Colombe, lost in a discussion about a Macy’s sale, when someone snatched her wallet from her purse.Alyssa Abbott had just finished lunch at a Chestnut Street cafe when she...
Dec 19 2013 // Texas prosecutors are trying a second time to imprison a teen who was sentenced to 10 years’ probation for drunkenly driving his truck into four pedestrians, killing them all.Tarrant County District Attorney Joe...
Nov 26 2013 // Chad Boraca has joined Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. as director of risk management in the McDonald’s Restaurants specialty area. He will help identify and eliminate risks that may result in property loss, injury or...
Nov 18 2013 // It has been more than eight years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, and only slightly more than one year since Hurricane Sandy made landfall on or about Oct. 29, 2012.Following Hurricane Katrina,...
Nov 8 2013 // The McDonald-Leavitt Insurance Agency in Santa Rosa, Calif. named Brandon Stout vice president in its national restaurant insurance program. Stout specializes in helping clients with high workers’ compensation risks...
Oct 11 2013 // The estate of a Montana woman who died in a drunken driving crash is suing an East Helena bar, alleging bartenders continued to serve alcohol to the already-intoxicated driver in the hours before the crash. The Independent...
Oct 7 2013 // Liquor liability insurance is defined as coverage for bodily injury or property damage caused by an intoxicated person who was served liquor by the policyholder, according to the Insurance Information Institute...
Oct 7 2013 // As the economy rebounds from the Great Recession, the restaurant industry also is enjoying a gradual recovery, according to industry observers.Many restaurants – especially smaller, single-unit operations – continue to...