Restaurants and bars around the world now have an online neighborhood built specifically for them with the launch of Internet addresses “.rest” (dot-rest) and “.bar” (dot-bar). The new domains, designed for restaurants and bars, restaurant guides, delivery services and other related food and beverage industry entities, are now in circulation for trademark owners and available […]

More than 71,000 pizzerias around the country share their support for local communities this week as the country celebrates National Small Business Week.  According to the American Pizza Community (APC), the pizza industry contributes nearly 1 million jobs to the nation’s economy – most of which are representative of small business such as hourly employees, delivery […]

On May 12th, 2014, Odell Brewing will release its newest Cellar Series beer, Jaunt, an oak aged ale brewed with the juice of Colorado Riesling grapes. “We are fortunate enough to live in an agriculturally diverse state,” said Eli Kolodny, QA/QC manager for Odell Brewing. “This access that Colorado provides, allowed us to get locally […]

 Janet Arena, partner of Healing Skin, LLC, a NYC-based business that developed the patented, award-winning Burn Cream MD®, and John Arena, co-founder and co-owner of the hit Las Vegas-based pizzeria chain, Metro Pizza, recently discovered not only do they share the same name, but also the same Italian blood and the same entrepreneurial spirit and […]

PizzaRev’s co-CEO and President, Rodney Eckerman, will speak on the ‘Emerging Concepts Panel’ at the 18th annual UCLA Extension Restaurant Industry Conference on May 13. The panel continues to be one of the more popular sessions at the conference, featuring ground-breaking, early stage concepts that historically have grown into major players in the industry. Since its […]

According to Technomic’s 2014 Sandwich Consumer Trend Report, only 43% of the 1,500 U.S. consumers surveyed are satisfied with the healthfulness of sandwiches away from home. This creates a real opportunity for foodservice operators to capture additional entrée sales, especially at the top two sandwich-eating dayparts of lunch and dinner. Consumers are specifically asking for […]

When Pizza Inn decides it’s time to “Seize the Cheeze,” they aren’t messing around. Starting today Pizza Inn restaurants across the country are rolling out the new Triple Cheezy Stuffed Crust pizza. The signature crust is made with fresh, hand-tossed Italian dough filled with mouthwatering, melted mozzarella and topped with a generous sprinkling of magic dust made […]

Given its expansive variety of styles, flavors and components, craft beer is among the most approachable beverages to pair with food. This was tastily on display at the seventh annualSAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience held at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. on May 9 and 10. Presented by theBrewers Association (BA), SAVOR is […]

Master-Bilt is proud to announce the latest development in their line of merchandising display equipment – the VOAM series vertical and HOAM series horizontal open air display merchandisers. These new “grab and go” merchandisers offer easy access and attention-grabbing aesthetics all at a competitive price and are on display at the 2014 National Restaurant Show May 17-20 at […]

Golden Cannoli Shells, Inc. in Chelsea, Massachusetts has been selected as the SBA Massachusetts 2014 Small Business of the Year, according to an announcement made today by SBA District Director, Robert H. Nelson. The selection is based on the following criteria: staying power, growth in number of employees, increase in sales and/or unit volume, current […]

Samuel Adams proudly announces that three homebrewers named winners of the 2013 Samuel Adams LongShot American Homebrew Contest, will see their winning beers hit shelves this month as part of the Samuel Adams 2014 LongShot Variety Six-Pack. The winners, announced at the 2013 Great American Beer Festival last October, are Florida resident Russ Brunner’s American Stout and Illinois resident Cesar Marron’s […]

The pizza industry, once dominated by delivery and take out concepts, is now in the midst of reinventing itself to fit into the fast casual mold. And while there are a number of pizzerias jumping on the fast casual trend, none is more innovative than Persona Neapolitan Pizzeria, a create-your-own, hand crafted authentic Neapolitan pizzeria and […]