No, Coupons and Gift Cards Aren’t Tips — and Other Etiquette Reminders Diners Need

Think restaurant pranks are harmless? Servers explain how fake tips, rigged shakers, and other stunts create real stress behind the scenes.

How to get a table at Wilde's, one of L.A.'s buzziest new restaurants

Plus, a national oyster house touches down in L.A., an Echo Park staple flips to an amaro bar, and a new matcha 'diner' lands ...
The Patriot Ledger

MA Greek eatery makes OpenTable's top 100 restaurants list for 2025

A Greek restaurant in Massachusetts has been named one of OpenTable's Top 100 Restaurants in America for 2025. The spot, located in downtown Boston, was one of only three New England eateries to make ...
Maui Now

Sale Pepe adds Sunday service and seasonal menu; Via! by Sale Pepe introduces beer and wine to-go

Sale Pepe Pizzeria e Cucina and Via! by Sale Pepe in West Maui. (Photo Credits: Spencer Starnes) The husband-wife duo behind the Italian restaurants Sale Pepe Pizzeria e Cucina and Via! by Sale Pepe ...
Food & Wine

Waffle House and Olive Garden Taught June Rodil All About World-Class Restaurant Service

Kat Kinsman is the executive features editor at Food & Wine, author of Hi, Anxiety: Life With a Bad Case of Nerves, host of Food & Wine's Gold Signal Award-winning and Folio Award-nominated podcast ...
Palm Beach Post

Palm Beach County earns two global awards for excellence in wine service and selection

The Grand Award is the magazine's highest honor, typically given to restaurants with over 1,000 wine selections and exceptional service. Despite having larger dining scenes, cities like Miami and ...
Daily Mail

I tried wine bath 'therapy' at the spa loved by Hailey and Justin Bieber... here is what I really think of the $700 service

Sloshing around in wine didn't strike me as a typical spa treatment. But several years ago I'd heard about the concept of 'vinotherapy' while traveling in Argentina after a friend showed me a photo of ...