Restaurant and Catering Industry

Overlooked by politicians, low-wage workers barely scrape by

2013-05-21 20:39:00

Last week, I visited a South Los Angeles woman whose story should embarrass us. It's a story that's not uncommon, and deserves the full attention of the next mayor of the city. Alicia, whose full name I'm withholding because she's afraid her boss...

San Francisco's storied Tadich Grill to open an eatery in D.C.

2013-05-20 13:38:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- In a bit of good news for the Obama administration -- which certainly could use some this month, what with brewing scandals over the IRS and other nasty headlines -- a San Francisco institution announced Monday that it will head east to...

Restraint is the new red in China

2013-05-19 20:38:00

BEIJING — Exports of elegant Swiss watches to China have plunged. Sales of Mercedes-Benz and other premium sedans are slowing. And high-end restaurants, coming off their worst Chinese New Year festival in years, are starting to change their menus to...

California jobless rate falls to 9%

2013-05-17 17:45:00

No one ever said the economic recovery would be pretty. California eked out more growth in April as employers added 10,400 jobs, bringing the net total added over the year to 273,000. The state's unemployment rate dropped to 9% from 9.4% the month...

Apron maker finds profitable recipe catering to chefs

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Ellen Bennett launched an apron company last year not knowing how to sew and not knowing how to run a business. Now she has the world, so to speak, by the strings. "There was just the idea," says the diminutive, consistently buoyant 25-year-old who also...

Taste of Mexico restaurants tout authentic flavors

2013-05-18 08:00:00

When Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu opened their Bell restaurant 15 years ago, some customers wondered if they knew how to cook. Accustomed to Mexican food laden with sour cream, melted cheddar cheese and mild salsa that has long been served...

L.A.'s Mid-Wilshire neighborhood could be election bellwether

2013-05-19 19:21:00

It's a small swath of Los Angeles, near the city's heart, that hasn't received much attention from the mayoral candidates. But a Times analysis shows that a 2.8-square-mile, Mid-Wilshire neighborhood has had an unmatched record of picking mayors in both...

DineEquity is filling up on franchisees

2013-05-13 00:00:00

DineEquity Inc. isn't a name that would be familiar to most people, but they've probably eaten at one of the Glendale company's well-known restaurant chains: Applebee's and IHOP. The first International House of Pancakes opened in 1958 in Toluca Lake, a...

Skin-care firm Murad to move offices to another El Segundo site

2013-05-16 04:45:00

Skincare giant Murad Inc. will relocate its global headquarters to another location in El Segundo in a $35-million move. The maker of beauty and health products sold in 41 countries agreed to lease 45,000 square feet in Continental Park, an office and...

Tijuana's creative youth breathing new life into La Sexta, beyond

2013-05-12 08:00:00

TIJUANA — On a recent Friday night along Avenida Revoluci�n, dense crowds of club kids, college students and stylishly dressed maquiladora workers wandered past boisterous new bars, nouvelle restaurants, mod clothing shops and funky art galleries....

Major Warner Center office park sold to tenant for $80 million

2013-05-16 06:40:00

A vast office park in Warner Center — the white-collar business hub of the San Fernando Valley — has sold for an estimated $80 million to investors who see it as central to an evolving and increasingly dense commercial and residential...

Taco Bell's waffle taco first bite: 'Mushy' meets 'rubbery'

2013-05-14 13:41:00

Fast-food news travels fast: Taco Bell is quietly testing a new "waffle taco" at three Southern California locations, including its Santa Ana restaurant on Grand Avenue. And by 10 a.m. Tuesday, a steady stream of customers was coming in to order the new...

Where: 6040 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando (between Oak Ridge and Lancaster roads). Contact: 407-854-3330 The lowdown: Walk through the door of Woodlands in south Orlando and into the vegetarian kitchens of southern India.

2013-04-24 04:36:00

Raj Parr, wine director for all eighteen of Michael Mina's restaurants, is also co-owner of two Central Coast wineries, Sandhi and the new Domaine de la Cote

2013-04-10 17:10:00

Kimberly Williams has been named the first chief operating officer of Retrofit Inc. Williams, a senior-level executive with management experience in a variety of businesses, will combine her knowledge of the technology and service sectors to drive growth for the Chicago-based weight loss company.

2013-03-22 00:00:00