Restaurant

Unfortunately for fans of an authentic Japanese dining experience, Iwataya will be closing their doors.

In a time when many restaurants are losing business, and forced to close because of COVID-19, one Evansville diner is expanding.

Another amazing restaurant is ready for their grand opening on Franklin Street!

Have your ever wanted your own Chick-Fil-A restaurant? Well here's your chance. But what does is take to be a franchise operator?

You can have too many pizza and wings restaurants can ya? Nope! One more dining option is opening on the east side of Evansville.

When it comes to restaurants, tipping is always a hot button topic. Most servers rely on tips to help make ends meet, especially in states like Indiana where hourly wages for servers are usually somewhere between $2 and $3 per hour, which makes the tip even more important.

To tip or not to tip, that is the question. A tip used to be a reward given to a server or servicer by a customer for a job well done. A restaurant in San Antonio, Texas has decided to pay servers a more livable hourly wage and not allow them to keep their tips, which are donated by the restaurant to a local charity....is that fair?

One of my big hot button issues are the people who are incapable of enjoying a meal out at their favorite restaurant without being on their phone. My favorite is when they take a picture of their meal and immediately post it on their Facebook page or Instagram...why, why, why? What if you could receive a discount for keeping your phone off?

As parents, we have all been in a restaurant where our kids are acting like zoo animals and we have to endure the stares and dirty looks from the other couples not dining with children...you know what I mean. Well, one Sushi restaurant in Virginia has banned kids under 18 and business is BOOMING!

Tipping...one of the most stressful aspects of going out to dinner. Some people don't tip at all, but most do and want to leave a fair tip, which can be challenging depending on the diner's experience at the restaurant. Well, one sushi restaurant in New York City has eliminated that stress by eliminating tipping altogether.

Dysart's Restaurant in Bangor, Maine wanted to do a local TV commercial. Oh sure, they could have hired professional actors to play the parts, but they wanted something a little more real that was an accurate reflection of their clientele so, they hired a local elderly couple to star in the commercial.

It never fails…every time I decide I want breakfast I can’t think of any place to go other than Denny’s. So I always try to keep my finger on the pulse of the whereabouts of little local diners and cafes that I can choose to run to whenever the urge for an old fashion country breakfast arises...