Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gustavo Castillo is a LA based engineer who covers innovation. While the days of pandemic shut downs are behind us, the effects ...

The Crafted Hospitality owner laid off over 400 employees due to COVID-19. Restaurants have been among those hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. At a time when the future of the foodservice ...

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It’s been five years since Texas shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of businesses suffered — hotels, movie theaters, concert venues, theme parks, and of course, restaurants. In ...

March 20, 2020. The restaurant world — as we knew it — came to a sudden halt. Days after then-President Trump officially advised Americans to limit gatherings to 10 people or fewer due to the COVID-19 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many restaurants to close temporarily or permanently due to restrictions and a decline in customers. Restaurant owners faced challenges such as loss of inventory, staffing ...

Chefs, restaurateurs and others in the industry sound off on a tumultuous 2025 but show some optimism for the years ahead.

Cruz Garcia (front) and Eduardo Garcia wear face masks as they work in the kitchen at TJ's Seafood restaurant on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, in Dallas. The restaurant partnered with a testing company to ...

A New York City COVID-19-era law that required food delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. US District Judge Analisa Torres said ...

Before the pandemic, people waited in line for 2 1/2 hours to eat at Two Fish Crab Shack in Bronzeville. But in March 2020, business ground to an abrupt and frightening halt when Gov. JB Pritzker ...