Tag Archives: Restaurateurs
Top 100 Restaurants Using Twitter
Twitter, has revolutionized the restaurant industry. Twitter is a free service that chefs and restaurateurs have found to be an extremely useful tool. It is a free micro blogging site that allows its users to send and read messages known as tweets. A tweets is a post of up to 140 characters that is displayed [...]
Full StoryInterview with Chef Francis Dimitrius of Villa Blanca Restaurant
Villa Blanca Restaurant sits in the middle of  Beverly Hills. Lisa Vanderpump Todd and Ken Todd, collaborated with Chef, Francis Dimitrius, to create a truly unforgettable experience through their menu that serves guests from lunch through dinner and drinks. These guests, however are no ordinary guests. The clientele in Beverly hills is discerning and will not [...]
Full StoryWho is Responsible for Dining Decline
Blame aging baby boomers for the lack of business many restaurateurs are experiencing, although younger diners are cutting back on how many meals they eat out, as well.
The dinner hour is when most restaurants make the bulk of their profits, but it has been a poor performer over the past decade, reports the NPD Group, [...]
Japanese Gardener Supplies French Chefs with Specialty Produce
You’ve heard about celebrity chefs. How about celebrity gardeners?
Sometimes the reason legendary chefs shine in the kitchen is because they have a silent partner working behind the scenes supplying them with the unique ingredients for their signature dishes. That’s the case with Pierre Gagnaire and six other Parisian chefs who share the services of gardener Asafumi Yamashita, [...]
Interview with Chef Rino Balzano of Limoncello in Cancun, MX
Cancun is know as the land of gorgeous beaches, spring break, hurricane glasses and skimpy bikinis. Gastronomes also know that Cancun is the land of really amazing food; not just traditional Mexican, but also Japanese and even Italian. To taste some of the best Italian in the area, Limoncello is the place to go. There, [...]
Full StoryFood Scraps Used to Generate Electricity
San Francisco Bay restaurateurs and supermarket managers are doing their part to reduce landfill waste and greenhouse gases, while contributing to a major renewable energy project. Leftover food scraps from more than 2,300 establishments are helping fuel a new program that will generate power from the methane gas produced as the waste materials decompose.
Participating groceries [...]
It’s a Great Time to Be a Restaurant Customer
Unfortunately, there’s a dramatic thinning of the herd going on as more and more people opt to eat in as a cheaper way to weather the recession. This decreased patronage is not the only problem currently plaguing the restaurant industry, however. There are more restaurants in existence now than ever before, and with fewer available [...]
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