On Thanksgiving day, when you've had about as much turkey, stuffing and family chit chat as you can take, there's an outlet. Nearly all TGI Friday's will open up late in the afternoon on turkey day, for the first...
If you're planning to swing by either local outlet of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers on Sunday better go early. The locations on Campbell Road in Dallas and Hebron Parkway in Lewisville, will close at 3 p.m., eight hours early, for...
In its July issue, Consumer Reports -- known for ranking everything from cars to detergent -- takes on the restaurant trade. Results for the home teams were mixed. The publication looks at more than 100 restaurant chains nationwide, grouped in...
A number of restaurants are hoping to bring in new customers with discounts this week. A survey: * Dallas IHOPs will offer free pancakes on Fat Tuesday. It's National Pancake Day, of course. * Free tacos from Jack in the...
Sunday brunch at Wolfgang Puck's new sky high dining spot, Five Sixty, is set to begin in early March, the restaurant's general manager said Tuesday. But plans for serving weekday lunch atop Reunion Tower are on hold for at least...
Fans of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers can raise two fingers in the air. The seller of fried chicken tenders, which recently moved its corporate offices to Plano from Baton Rouge, placed second recently in a national customer satisfaction survey--up from...
For others like me who mourned the closure of Josephine's in Frisco, there comes word that it's reopening around Aug. 25 in a new location, complete with the upside-down map of Sicily. The new address is 8898 Coleman at Main,...
Normally, when someone's sister comes to town, it's not bloggable news. But in this case, Tom Spicer's sister is New Orleans chef and restaurateur Susan Spicer (of Bayona, etc., fame). Catch her at Tom's place, FM1410, from 10 a.m. to...
It's a matter of survival as customers become more frugal and food gets more expensive. Check out details on how restaurants are getting menu makeovers. Then tell us, have you seen it happen at restaurants you love?...
In 1991, a 60 Minutes story suggested that red wine might responsible for keeping French rates of heart disease low. Wine & Spirits magazine's 2008 annual restaurant wine poll suggests that news had some long legs: That year, 60 percent...
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