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 ...

Lucia opened May 28 in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, taking over the old Black Star Burger spot. It marks hospitality entrepreneur Sam Jordan’s first solo venture. He was a founding partner in ...

The restaurant “channels the energy of everyone’s favorite eccentric aunt,” according to co-owner Billy Trainor. The restaurant was designed by Gin Design Group and covers 4,000 square feet across ...

Tyler Kanwai — owner of TK's Surf & Turf Kitchen, Denver's first Black-owned seafood restaurant — partially credits social media for the viral success that transformed his business. In 2021, not long ...

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 ...

In some markets, Memorial Day weekend heralds the start of summer. Others wait for the calendar to tell them that spring is officially in the rear-view. But one surefire way to know that summer is ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...