Restaurants

New research finds diners feel more positively about health-food restaurants if the menus use a handwritten typeface.

At a comfort food place in Tokyo's Roppongi neighborhood, all the servers have dementia.

An analysis of the restaurant industry yields some surprising results.

New research finds diners are much more likely to order dessert if their server is heavy.

Now that a New York City restaurant group has decided to nix tipping, we take a look at the research.

A slew of new dinner kits promise gourmet meals with a fraction of the effort. But at what cost?

Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio has issued his verdict: We need safer, healthier food right now—and everyone deserves a place at the table.

New research finds female restaurant patrons drive this disparity.

Millions have been spent on initiatives to eliminate food deserts, which are thought to contribute to the increasing incidence of diabetes and obesity in low-income areas. How are disadvantaged people faring in the middle of California, one of the nation's prime agricultural states?

A wide-ranging study indicates that the expansion of restaurants and warehouse stores may have expanded our waistlines too.

Experiencing the liquor laws of The Big Easy can remind you of the power of culture to render alternative ways of life invisible.

New research finds online restaurant reviews are influenced by the weather.

For a company that markets itself by lambasting the industrial food system, Chipotle's offerings are starting to look a lot like many other fast-food chains out there, complete with growth hormones, feedlots, GMOs, and more.

Return migration—native sons and daughters coming home after cutting their teeth in a Big City—is responsible for a burgeoning world-class restaurant culture in previously forgotten or ignored locations.

Researchers find that food products sell better when they're labeled with descriptive phrases that elicit warm family memories.