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The Godparents of the Filipino Food Movement Say Goodbye

EATER

Amy Besa surveils the Purple Yam dining room on the Wednesday evening of its final week of service. Besa and Dorotan ran Cendrillon until 2009, when rent in Soho became prohibitive. This time we will embrace our culture — let’s name it Purple Yam,” Besa says of the new restaurant, which opened in late 2009.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth. Family dining was another segment that was hit hard, which includes many buffet-based concepts. The top factor influencing the choice to buy alcoholic drinks with take out/delivery relates to ease and safety.

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MRM Research Roundup: Catering, Kiosks, Tipping and Dry January

Modern Restaurant Management

Drinking outlets, particularly Sports Bars, thrived on NFL’s Big Game, while Fine Dining outlets emerged as the biggest winners on Valentine’s Day, experiencing the strongest trends vs average, with velocity up +144 percent vs the average Wednesday of 2024. In second place is Sushi Noz, also in New York.

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Top 17 Restaurants to Get Steak in Denver

Restaurant Clicks

Their menu has a Western European influence with an impressive selection of local and imported artisanal cheese and prosciutto tastings. playing live sports, and a classy modern dining room with a giant fireplace. Additionally, their outdoor dining patio is just as inviting during the summer months.

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Top Restaurants with Private Dining Rooms in Austin

Restaurant Clicks

With huge numbers of people milling around the city, private dining venues are necessary for special occasions, wedding receptions, or work dinners. Restaurants with private dining areas are perfect for a birthday celebration or a work party. Check out the twenty-one best private dining Austin restaurants! Lamar Blvd.

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Black Vintners and Wine Professionals in the Spotlight?

Sante

Pitts is sommelier and wine director of fine dining One Market Restaurant in San Francisco. Cuisine Noir has reported on the burgeoning of Black chefs around the world since 2009. Tonya Pitts is well-aware of the stereotypes around both what Black wine drinkers want—and the type of wine Black vintners make.

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Jacksonville Restaurants You Need to Check Out This Week

Restaurant Clicks

As the most populated city in Florida, Jacksonville offers dining as diverse as its people. The atmosphere at Restaurant Orsay combines warmth and fun with sophistication as this French bistro highlights its southern influence. Settled into the Avondale/Riverside dining district sits a classic bistro waiting for you to come on in.