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In California, one county is forcing restaurants to pay wage theft claims or risk losing their permits

by Farida Jhabvala Romero
Sep 7, 2023
Santa Clara County is helping regulators deal with businesses that cheat workers out of wages but fail to settle that debt.
Melissa Sanchez with the Fair Workplace Collaborative speaks with a restaurant manager. Sanchez is part of an outreach effort to inform small businesses about Santa Clara County’s food permit enforcement program.
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Some restaurateurs are struggling despite food service sales growth

by Elizabeth Trovall
Aug 15, 2023
While takeout, delivery and drive-thru sales are above pre-pandemic levels, on-site dining remains down.
The pandemic has shifted where people eat as many moved away from urban areas and stopped going into the office, says Hudson Riehle of the National Restaurant Association.
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Queer-centered cycling cafe in LA offers comfort food and community

by Anais Amin
Jan 21, 2022
We hear from Erin Detroit Vesey, owner and chef at Detroit Vesey's, " a space to just kind of feel safe and accepted."
Detroit Vesey's hosts an AIDS/Lifecycle ride event. Erin Detroit Vesey was inspired by their experience on the ride.
Courtesy of Erin Detroit Vesey
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Restaurants struggle to recruit enough staff to reopen

by Kristin Schwab
Mar 25, 2021
Turnover is normal, but this hiring season is definitely different.
Yes, restaurants are reopening, but hiring presents a new hurdle.
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Activism "is built into the DNA of our brand"

by Alli Fam
Jun 9, 2020
Nikoa Evans-Hendricks is a restaurateur and executive director of an entrepreneurs' coalition in Harlem. She talks about the role of Black-owned businesses.
Courtesy Nikoa Evans-Hendricks
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Is the golden age of food over?

by David Brancaccio , Sasa Woodruff and Erika Soderstrom
Aug 9, 2019
Kevin Alexander on the rise and fall of "the independent fine-casual dining spot."
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Rebranding a Southern city with food to the fore

by Irina Zhorov
Apr 26, 2019
Charlotte, North Carolina, wants visitors and potential residents to see it as a culinary capital.
A group of chefs from Charlotte, NC, cooked at the James Beard House in New York as part of a rebranding campaign for the city.
Clay Williams, courtesy of the James Beard Foundation
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Tender Greens CEO weighs in on retail and food service

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Sep 17, 2018
Denyelle Bruno shares the spaces she finds most inspiring, including the "Radiohead of grocery retail."
Tender Greens is the fast-casual restaurant chain you may not have heard of.
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The food community comes together in Houston

by Emily Henderson
Sep 20, 2017
Monica Pope, a Houston chef, has seen the food community in her town unite in recent years.
Members of the Franklin Church of Christ from Franklin, Texas cook hotdogs for the congregation of the Fifth Ward Church of Christ in Houston on September 3, 2017.
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Hot chicken gets a little hotter with its London debut

by Ryan Kailath
Aug 7, 2017
This Nashville food specialty went from hot trend to KFC. How does that happen?
Nashville hot chicken sandwiches.
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