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Staff members at a restaurant in Cupertino, California, were forced to physically restrain a humanoid robot after it began wildly flailing its arms and smashing dishware during a performance.

Cracker Barrel will ditch its new logo for the classic one after President Donald Trump advised the restaurant chain to reverse the controversial rebranding, company officials announced Tuesday.

Cracker Barrel’s stock price fell by double digits this week after the company unveiled a new logo that removes the chain’s signature barrel and seated figure, marking the first major design change in nearly half a century.

The National Restaurant Association celebrated Thursday’s passing of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” in the U.S. House of Representatives, zeroing in on “no tax on tips” and “no tax on overtime.”

The Hooters restaurant chain is reportedly in talks to file for bankruptcy in the coming months. This comes after Hooters shuttered several of its locations last year, following a decline in patrons.

A Seattle small business owner says she has “cried every day” about the closure of her restaurant due to the state’s minimum wage hike.

New Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright reportedly wants to “modernize” the restaurant with robots working in the kitchen.

The American institution known as Denny’s will be closing 150 restaurants over the next year while reducing its menu options and considering a change to its famous 24/7 operating schedule.

The largest North American producer of french fries is shutting down its plant in Washington and laying off hundreds of employees, company officials announced in a recent earnings report.

Nearly 130 Pizza Hut restaurants in several southern and midwestern states are reportedly at risk of shutting down due to financial problems.

A former Minnesota bar owner who faced more than $300,000 in fines during the COVID-19 pandemic described Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as an “evil man” who had taken “small businesses and ripped them up.”

Consumers must be aware that “boneless chicken” may actually have bones in it, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled after a man sued a restaurant and poultry processors when a piece of a bone he was not expecting went down his windpipe and caused serious medical problems.

A long-standing San Francisco McDonald’s franchise has closed down after 30 years because of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new $20 minimum wage law, the owner said.

Former President Donald Trump left a $500 tip at a restaurant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and wrote, “Vote Trump, No Tax on Tip” on the check.

Red Lobster will have to shut down over 100 more restaurants if the company is unable to renegotiate cheaper rent for the buildings, court documents revealed.

Restaurant chain Red Lobster said Sunday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the news coming after an all-you-can-eat offering reportedly caused financial trouble.

An Ohio pizza shop got a helping hand from the owner of another small business — a total stranger — after someone failed to pay for a large order.

Seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster has closed nearly 50 locations around the United States, according to a liquidation company.

Inflation, the high cost of living, and the post-coronavirus lockdown landscape have created the “perfect storm” for restaurants across the country to fail, analysis shows.

Seafood chain Red Lobster is considering bankruptcy after their all-you-can-eat shrimp promotion contributed to a staggering $11 million loss in 2023.

A New York City man is suing Burger King for $15 million for allowing a location to be turned into an “open air drug bazaar” that’s ruining the surrounding neighborhood.

A restaurant named after the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel reportedly debuted in Beirut, Lebanon, this week after the proprietor of an “October 7” shwarma shop in Jordan failed to obtain a license to keep the outrageous name.

Restaurants are leaving Los Angeles, California, en masse due to business owners feeling disenfranchised following coronavirus lockdowns and high costs, a new report shows.

Washington, DC, restaurateur Bo Blair spends more than $4,000 a week on guarded protection for his taco stand.

DoorDash has implemented a new feature in its app, urging customers to tip when ordering instead of on delivery to avoid delays. According to the company, orders that don’t include a pre-tip are likely to take longer and result in cold fries and warm drinks.

McDonald’s announced Monday it is calling time on self-serve soda stations in dining areas across the country with theft cited amongst a list of concerns working to end the popular practice.

Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe, known in the West as “Salt Bae,” reportedly closed his New York restaurant “Salt Bae Burger” this week.

Burger King is planning to shut down 400 U.S. locations as it competes with McDonald’s and Chipotle.

A viral video has shown French diners sipping wine with a burning pile of garbage set ablaze by rioters in the background.

Authorities say two women who received an incorrect food order pummeled a Florida Steak ‘n Shake employee in a beatdown, with one of the assailants flashing a gun and threatening to shoot the worker.

A French restaurant manager was subjected to death threats after a woman in blackface appeared in an online video dancing on the terrace of his establishment last week. The manager of a restaurant in the city of Poitiers filed a complaint

State officials in New York are considering greenlighting licenses that would allow food establishments to sell weed-infused food, per a report.

Restaurants nationwide are guilty of a “racist dress code problem,” according to a recent Salon piece that alleged such dress codes are “implemented unevenly” among patrons, after the former mayor of Atlanta was turned away from an upscale chain steakhouse in Atlanta due to her attire.

Restaurants across the nation are cutting specific promotions and reworking menu specials amid record inflation levels.

The District of Columbia is suing Grubhub for deceptive trade practices, claiming that the company has exploited both customers and restaurants. According to the lawsuit, “The company deceived users with a promotion that claimed to support local restaurants during the heart of the pandemic. But in reality, this program cut into struggling restaurants’ profit margins while padding Grubhub’s bottom line.”

A lawsuit filed by a Florida restaurant chain alleges that Google purposefully directs users to “unauthorized” Google-branded food ordering webpages where it uses restaurants’ names “without their approval,” a tactic the lawsuit describes as a “bait-and-switch.”