Published November 18, 2015
Urban Outfitters may be better known for rompers and skinny jeans than it is for pizza and burrata, but the chain has been trying to integrate food service concepts with its stores for the last couple of years. In a move that surprised even the company’s investors, the clothing chain has acquired Marc Vetri’s Philadelphia-based family of esteemed Italian restaurants. Urban Outfitters plans to open new Pizzeria Vetri locations inside or close by several of its stores in the Philadelphia region.
Read the full article here: Urban Outfitters Will Buy One of America’s Most Celebrated Restaurant Groups
Published November 18, 2015
One unique aspect of the restaurant industry is the fact that food service professionals often come from a long dynasty of cooks, servers, and restaurateurs. Countless restaurant workers got their start by running a register or washing dishes in their family’s businesses growing up. It’s amazing to see how a love for food and hospitality can continue in families from generation to generation.
Richmond News has an interview with chef May Chau of Golden Paramount Seafood Restaurant in which the chef discusses how working in her grandparents’ restaurant in Hong Kong gave her a life-long passion for Dim Sum, the family of small Cantonese dishes like dumplings and buns that is a weekend midday staple in cities across the globe. The chef talks about how her childhood experiences inspired her to never cut corners in her recipes, which can be time-consuming and expensive, and how her love of food makes tough ten-hour restaurant shifts worth it. She has one disappointment: her children don’t want to follow her in the family business and carry on the tradition.
Read the full article here: Coffee With…May Chau
Published November 18, 2015
Restaurant gift cards are a godsend for those people on your holiday shopping list who are hard to buy presents for. That may be why, according to National Restaurant Association research, more than a quarter of Americans were planning on getting a restaurant gift card to give as a present for the holidays. Restaurant News has gathered a list of all the restaurant chains in the U.S. that are offering special deals on gift cards this holiday season.
Read the full article here: Restaurant Gift Card Deals Make Hot Holiday Gift Options
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