The Starr Restaurant Group will expand Pastis, its New York City-based brasserie, to Nashville, Tenn., this summer, the company announced this week. Pastis was founded by Keith McNally, who is behind ...

On opening day of the new Washington D.C. Starbucks at Union Market, Emily MacKinnon was “nerding out,” she said. Through her work as the head of inclusive design, MacKinnon helped bring Starbucks’ ...

The Rittenhouse, the Philadelphia hotel, has refreshed its French fine-dining restaurant Lacroix with a new menu and beverage program, the company said. Lacroix reopened May 28 under Eric Leveillee, ...

Joanna Fantozzi is a Senior Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. She has more than seven years of experience writing about the restaurant and hospitality industry. Her ...

Elite Restaurant Group, which recently purchased the 68-unit Gigi’s Cupcake chain out of bankruptcy, has bought another struggling restaurant brand. Mike Nakhleh, president and owner of the Los ...

Vibe Concepts has been running restaurants in Colorado since 1991. In February it opened its 10 th operation, in the Denver suburb of Lone Tree, Colo., in partnership with another established local ...

Nerolab — an Italian lifestyle and dining group based in Rome — has opened its seventh location and first U.S. flagship restaurant on Wall Street in New York City. The all-day restaurant, known for ...

The Consumer Price Index data released Wednesday morning from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that menu prices ticked up by 0.3% in August, compared to 0.2% in July. Food-away-from-home prices are ...

Lobel’s of New York, a generations-old butcher shop in New York City, is opening its first restaurant highlighting its expertise in meat. Lobel’s Original is a premium sandwich shop that debuted on ...

Ron Ruggless serves as a senior editor for Informa Connect’s Nation’s Restaurant News (NRN.com) and Restaurant Hospitality (Restaurant-Hospitality.com) online and print platforms. He joined NRN in ...

Joanna Fantozzi is a Senior Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. She has more than seven years of experience writing about the restaurant and hospitality industry. Her ...

Senior Food & Beverage Editor. Bret Thorn is senior food & beverage editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality for Informa’s Restaurants and Food Group, with responsibility for ...