Restaurant People
Children & Restaurants - Banning Kids
Welcome back!If you happen to have children under the age of six, and if you find yourself in Monroeville (PA)… you are not welcome at Michael Vuick’s place (McDain’s Restaurant). Actually, you and the wife are totally welcome, but you have to leave the kids (under the age of six) in the car. Needless to [...]
The man is a restaurant critic so it’s not his fault…
A guy named Brian Freedman is a food critic for a weekly paper in Philadelphia. He most recently wrote an unfavorable review on a relatively new restaurant located in the Rittenhouse Square area. With only one visit in mind, he chose to bash this spot during Restaurant Week. The guy has the right to do [...]
Kids & Healthy Eating: A Chef at War
It was almost ten years ago that we (Restaurant Report) were ranting and raving about the subject of childhood obesity. We knew then that we were systematically raising an entire generation hooked on fast foods. We knew then that both the parents and the schools were failing miserably as they sat back and [...]
Marketing Your Chef
It’s one of the great mysteries of restaurant life. An owner seeks a highly qualified chef to take the restaurant to the next level. The owner pays the chef a boatload of money, and not unexpectedly, the restaurant is better than ever. The place even has the potential to go way beyond the next level. [...]
Restaurant Superchefs: Do You Know Where Your Chef Has Gone?
I am a big fan of chef driven restaurants. If the chef is in the kitchen, it’s going to be a great experience. If, by chance, the chef is somewhere else that evening, it may or may not be a great experience. I understand that almost all chefs will assure you that [...]
