All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 16 2020 // The Tavern League of Wisconsin has sued Gov. Tony Evers’ administration over new limits on bar and restaurant capacity.The lawsuit by the powerful lobbying group, filed in Sawyer County, seeks to immediately block...
Oct 14 2020 // A Cincinnati, Ohio-area restaurant group will pay $75,000 to a former employee and implement other relief to settle a federal lawsuit alleging sexual harassment.According to the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Oct 13 2020 // A small Tennessee restaurant chain has been ordered to pay $563,350 in back wages to 120 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor found it violated minimum wage and overtime rules.Don Pancho Mexican Restaurant kept a...
Oct 8 2020 // Canadian hospitality businesses, already reeling from the downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, are facing yet another existential threat as insurance companies spike premiums or exit the space, citing losses and...
Sep 28 2020 // The owners of 12 restaurants and bars sued the governor of West Virginia on Wednesday for indefinitely closing establishments in student-heavy Monongalia County due to the coronavirus.Gov. Jim Justice ordered bars closed...
Sep 28 2020 // Gov. Ron DeSantis lifted all restrictions on restaurants and other businesses in Florida on Friday, and banned local fines against people who refuse to wear masks as he seeks to reopen the state’s economy despite the...
Sep 25 2020 // Arch Insurance has formed an underwriting partnership with ProHost USA, a Minneapolis-based insurance program administrator providing specialty packages to the restaurant industry. ProHost USA is part of Distinguished...
Sep 11 2020 // State and local inspections of dozens of bars and restaurants for compliance to coronavirus requirements found about half were following the rules in Minnesota.Inspections were done at 167 establishments outside the Twin...
Sep 11 2020 // New York City restaurants can resume indoor dining on Sept. 30 at 25% capacity with temperature checks for customers and other restrictions, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.Cuomo said all customers will undergo...
Sep 7 2020 // Rulings in two lawsuits originating in Texas over business income losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic were handed down in August in favor of insurance firms.In one, an insurance agency was added to a restaurant...
Sep 4 2020 // A man was found dead after a predawn fire in a western Pennsylvania tavern, authorities said.Fire crews were called just before 6 a.m. Wednesday to Walat’s atop Laurel Hill Summit in Somerset County’s Jenner...
Sep 3 2020 // Some coronavirus restrictions started easing up Monday in parts of South Florida.In Miami-Dade County, restaurants were allowed to welcome back diners to indoor seating for the first time in almost two months, provided...
Aug 31 2020 // A federal court in California has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles restaurant seeking business interruption losses from Travelers Indemnity due to coronavirus-related restrictions on its business.Judge Stephen...
Aug 21 2020 // A federal judge in Texas has dismissed an independent insurance agency from a lawsuit brought by a Dallas restaurant group seeking reimbursement for business income losses stemming from the civil authority enforced...
Aug 21 2020 // In an opinion that could inform coronavirus business interruption claims now before various courts, a federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida restaurant is unable to collect on its insurance for business...
Aug 20 2020 // Louisiana should start issuing checks for $300 in weekly federal coronavirus unemployment aid next week, but as many as 87,000 people receiving state unemployment may not be eligible for the federal assistance, Gov. John...
Aug 20 2020 // Before the coronavirus hit Texas earlier this year, Eric Silverstein celebrated one year of opening his newest restaurant, Bar Peached, in Austin.But ever since the pandemic led to business shutdowns and the public’s...
Aug 18 2020 // PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK, South Africa— Wynand du Toit’s safari camp in South Africa’s Pilanesberg National Park lies abandoned, its tents ripped open by baboons and its survival in the balance after his...
Aug 16 2020 // A federal judge has agreed with an insurer that a group of barbershops in the San Antonio, Texas-area have no basis for claims seeking coverage under their commercial insurance policies for business interruption losses...
Aug 13 2020 // The California Labor Commissioner has reached a $2.6 million settlement with the owners of Kome Japanese Seafood & Buffet in Daly City, securing compensation for 133 workers for unpaid minimum wage, overtime and split...