Most people probably think of fast-food restaurants when they think of franchising, but the industry is far more diverse than that.
Zagat, a global surveyor of restaurants, changed that in 1999 when it launched its guide to restaurants in Tokyo, complete with its trademark numerical ratings and caustic comments.
When it comes to restaurants, the assumption that food quality, or at least taste, should trump other considerations.
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They use it to find restaurants, when they're in an unfamiliar neighborhood or to answer questions that come up at meetings.
When it came to restaurants, the Fitzgeralds avoided elaborate French cuisine.
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One afternoon, he was studying the accounts in one of the restaurants he owns when two men walked in.
One solution would be to pair with Bling Nation so users could redeem points when they pay at participating restaurants.
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When pitching stores, hotels and restaurants, their demonstration often includes cutting open a paper tea bag, containing only broken leaves and tea dust, from a mass-market brand.
"When my husband and I go to restaurants, that's the brand we look for, " says the 31-year-old former vegetarian.
Starting January 28, Foursquare will show your full name when you check in on Foursquare to restaurants, bars, museums and such.
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The problem with the imprecise usage it that you never know what you are going to get when you simply order prosciutto (especially in restaurants).
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According to Elliott Marcus, an associate health commissioner, Korean restaurants don't get penalized when kimchi is being made (the fermentation process often requires leaving vegetables, most commonly cabbage, out at room temperature for days).
Barteca, operator of a small group of restaurants, won my eternal gratitude when they emailed customers the day after the storm to say that all were welcome to come use their restrooms, electrical outlets and wireless internet no purchase necessary.
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Also, restaurants are only allowed to serve alcohol when food is ordered (by the way, a dinner roll counts as food).
Was this woman actually claiming that entire restaurants whipped their heads around to her when she whispered to the host that she would be dining alone that night?
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So when users search on their mobile device for local restaurants or a neighborhood dry cleaner, they reach for apps like OpenTable or Yelp rather than a mobile browser.
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Earlier in the month Los Angeles International hosted a posh downtown "eat in" of new menu items from the chefs and owners of area restaurants who hope to be in place when terminal renovations are complete.
New York City hit a home run when it banned the use of hydrogenated vegetable oils in restaurants.
When you dine at one of Feedie's participating restaurants, a meal is donated to a nonprofit that feeds schoolchildren in South Africa.
When it is, it will include new hotels, restaurants, entertainment and shopping.
When the interest rate is distorted, more people open restaurants than otherwise would and, ultimately, more people close failed restaurants than otherwise would.
They also must go to the back of the line when making reservations at MGM's high-profile restaurants or for shows like Treasure Island's Cirque du Soleil extravaganza.
The trend is reminiscent of the 1990s tech boom when dot-com millionaires plowed money into high-end restaurants and real estate.
For example, you can save money when treating your student to a meal at one of the restaurants participating in the Blue Savings Program.
Popular all over Italy but particularly in Milan, aperitivo takes places in bars and restaurants between 6 and 9 pm on weekdays, when friends or colleagues gather to unwind and socialise.
Bike shop owner Dave Ortiz remembers when the city's Meatpacking District, now home to trendy restaurants, nightclubs and pricey boutiques, was the wild, wild West.
Plenty remember Cuba's first, limited opening to private enterprise in the 1990s (following the fourth party congress, in 1991), when people were allowed to let out rooms and run their own restaurants.
When finished it will offer five new chef-driven sit down restaurants, plus an expansive food hall with taqueria, gourmet burgers, upscale sandwich shop, Chinese barbecue, fresh seafood, fresh market, and pop-up retail stores.
This has been happening for decades, but caught recent attention when Burger King announced it would sell off a group of 278 restaurants to franchisee Carrols Restaurant Group, an operator so big it is publicly traded.
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