Sometimes it is not easy to determine if your establishment is a restaurant or tavern. A typical pizzeria menu consists of pizza, subs, salads and win...
Looking to Save Money in your Bar or Restaurant? Let’s See How …
January is always one of the slowest months of the year for the restaurant industry. To start the year off right, you’ll want to find a few ways t...
Restaurants can be Liable for Customer using Unintended Door
A recent slip and fall case at a New York City restaurant held a restaurant owner liable when a patron exited through a “side” entrance that had a...
Child Labor Laws and Farm Workers
The growth of farm wineries, farm distilleries and farm breweries brings new entrepreneurs to the world of farming. Corporate executives are leaving t...
Knowledge is Power (and Money in Your Pocket): What drinks are topping sales nationally at restaurants and bars?
In wines by the glass, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay were the top sellers. Both red and white blends are becoming popular and can ...
Automatic Gratuity
An automatic gratuity will be treated as a service charge. Fortunately for many employers in the service industry, restaurants persuaded the IRS to ...
Private Label Artisanal Cheese
Looking for a private label cheese product? Offering a proprietary branded product that customers can purchase to take home is a way to keep loyal c...
The 8-Mile Rule for Hotel Off-premises Permits and Advisory #2013-7 – Measurements taken a vastly different way than a 200 or 500 Foot Measurement
We usually think of hotel liquor licenses as on premise licenses where the purchaser consumes the alcoholic beverage on-site at the hotel bar or resta...
Your Days Are Numbered If You Don’t Accept Credit Cards
Some bar and restaurant owners are “old school.” They still think that eateries are a cash business. Not only is it easier to “hide” reven...
Each Bad Review Costs You 30 New Customers
In the social media age, customers are more selective about where they eat and are more inclined to share their experience in an online review. One ...