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Cleveland-born rapper Machine Gun Kelly is giving back to his community during the pandemic. Kelly, born Colson Baker, says he will buy lunch for diners at 12 Cleveland-area restaurants on Friday, May 1, beginning at noon — while supplies last. He’ll be buying one meal, which will be take-out only, per person at B&M BBQ, …
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People looking to help their favorite restaurants survive the coronavirus pandemic can now do it through a new annual membership program. In exchange for a flat fee, customers can score a discount on every takeout meal ordered from their favorite eatery for a year. A $100 membership buys a 25 percent discount; $40 gets you …
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Keith McNally was accused of libel after wrongly suggesting a creative director skipped out on his check. The legendary restaurateur posted a picture on Instagram of Marcus Teo, who works with luxury lifestyle brands, with the caption, “Lucky Strike in happier days. The nice looking gentleman in the photo ran out on his $100 cheque. …
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Nathan’s Famous has joined the slew of companies returning small-business loans amid an outcry over big firms getting coronavirus aid. The storied Coney Island hot dog brand plans to return the $1.2 million loan it received through the Paycheck Protection Program meant to help Main Street merchants cover payroll and other expenses during the pandemic. …
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New York’s farmers who can no longer sell crops to Big Apple restaurants are turning to a new business model: Boxing up produce for the growing hordes of home cooks. Zaid Kurdieh, an organic farmer in Norwich, NY, used to rely on sales to top chefs and restaurateurs like Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Thomas Keller and Danny …
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2 Chainz is reopening his Atlanta restaurants for sit-down service after they were temporarily closed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Both locations of Escobar Restuarant & Tapas will open their doors Monday, TMZ reported on Friday. The restaurants were previously only doing take-out service during Georgia’s shutdown. The restaurants are apparently taking extra precautions …
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Foodgod is joining stars like Robert De Niro, Drake and Leonardo DiCaprio by adding his name to the All In Challenge. The man formerly known as Jonathan Cheban exclusively announced to Page Six on Thursday that he’ll be giving a fan the opportunity to dine with him at a swanky restaurant in New York, Los …
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Owners of many shuttered Big Apple restaurants are less worried about making rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic than they are about customer-density rules likely to be put in place once they reopen. Le Bernardin chef and co-owner Eric Ripert is hopeful that he can work with his landlord to keep the great, three-Michelin-star seafood …
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US restaurants are on track to take a $50 billion hit in April, with losses mounting to an estimated $240 billion by the end of 2020, as the coronvirus crisis ravages the industry, according to a National Restaurant Association survey released on Monday. Two thirds of U.S. restaurant workers — or 8 million people — …
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Large restaurant chains have gobbled up $30 million in federal loans meant to shore up small businesses during the coronavirus crisis. The companies behind Potbelly Sandwich Shop and Ruth’s Chris Steak House each got sizable loans under the feds’ Paycheck Protection Program, the $349 billion small-business aid package that ran out of money Thursday. Florida-based …
Cleveland-born rapper Machine Gun Kelly is giving back to his community during the pandemic. Kelly, born Colson Baker, says he will buy lunch for diners at 12 Cleveland-area restaurants on Friday, May 1, beginning at noon — while supplies last. He’ll be buying one meal, which will be take-out only, per person at B&M BBQ, …
