Latest Restaurant Headlines
All the headlines from our Restaurant Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Chicago’s Rosebud Restaurants Settles Discrimination Lawsuit for $1.9M
Jun 5 2017 // Chicago-based Rosebud Restaurants has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit accusing it of discriminating against some black job applicants. The Chicago Tribune reports that under the settlement Rosebud Restaurants must pay...
Executive Changes Announced at Massachusetts’ Hospitality Insurance Group
May 26 2017 // After 32 years as a member of Hospitality Insurance Group’s Board of Directors, E. Thomas McCabe Jr. of Westborough, Mass., will be stepping down as chairman. Before joining Hospitality Insurance Group, McCabe was a...
Restaurant Owner Sentenced for Setting Fire to His Rhode Island Business
May 1 2017 // A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for setting fire to his restaurant to collect nearly $1 million in insurance. The U.S. attorney’s office in Rhode Island says 51-year-old Daniel...
What to Know About Underwriting Restaurants & Bars
May 1 2017 // Liquor liability claims are on the rise for the bar and nightclub sector. The number of insurance carriers willing to write tough to place establishments has dwindled fast, according to Marc Adler, Managing Director, Burns...
Storm Damage Assessors Rely on Waffle House’s 24-Hour Service Policy
Apr 28 2017 // The emphasis on 24-hour service at Waffle House — hurricane or shine — has earned the company a reputation among professional emergency managers, who make rough estimates of storm damage by looking to the local eatery....
ICC Forms Risk Purchasing Group Offering Admitted Umbrella Coverage to Restaurants
Apr 28 2017 // Innovative Coverage Concepts (ICC) has launched a new commercial umbrella insurance offering that will cover a broad range of restaurant and hospitality risks. The coverage will be available to upscale fine dining and...
5-Year-Old Killed at Atlanta Rotating Restaurant
Apr 17 2017 // Officials say a 5-year-old boy has died after getting caught in the rotating wall of an Atlanta restaurant. Atlanta Fire Department spokesman Sgt. Cortez Stafford tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the little boy got...
Innovative Coverage Concepts Partners With Chubb on Restaurant Program
Mar 17 2017 // Innovative Coverage Concepts (ICC) has launched a new program for fine dining and upscale casual establishments. ICC’s carrier partner for the program is Chubb, which according to Dean Carras, president of ICC,...
South Carolina Man Accused of Torching Business for $700K Insurance Payout
Mar 2 2017 // Authorities say the owner of a restaurant in Sumter County, S.C., burned down his business on purpose and collected nearly $700,000 in insurance money. Sumter County deputies told media outlets that 57-year-old Ronald...
Landmark Restaurant in Washington Suffers $1M in Fire Damages
Feb 21 2017 // A fire at a Marysville, Wash. landmark caused about $1 million in damage. The Daily Herald reported that a fire broke out on Sunday at the Village Restaurant. It’s a landmark with a history that dates back to the...
Trump Labor Chief Nominee Puzder Dodges Disability Bias Suit for Now
Feb 13 2017 // Labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder, the controversial business leader expected to undergo a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing next week, will be spared an emotionally weighted and concurrent discrimination trial against...
Labor Nominee’s California Company Wins Discrimination Trial Delay
Feb 10 2017 // Labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder, the controversial business leader expected to undergo a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing next week, will be spared an emotionally weighted and concurrent discrimination trial against...
Man Convicted of Burning Down His Rhode Island Restaurant to Collect Insurance
Feb 2 2017 // A Massachusetts man has been convicted of burning down a restaurant he owned in Rhode Island. Federal prosecutors say 51-year-old Daniel Saad was attempting to collect on a nearly $1 million insurance policy when he set...
Carbon Monoxide Sickens 30 at North Carolina Restaurant
Dec 14 2016 // More than two dozen people were treated by paramedics after showing symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning at the River Ridge Tap House restaurant in Clemmons, N.C. Forsyth County EMS tells local media that about 30 people...
$3.9M Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Oregon Tavern for Overserving
Dec 12 2016 // An Oregon man has filed a $3.9 million wrongful death lawsuit against a Eugene tavern and one of its customers. Julio Ortiz Ahumada of Springfield says the Keg Tavern served alcohol to a “visibly intoxicated”...
Western New York Restaurant Closed After 60 Illnesses Reported
Dec 1 2016 // Health officials have closed a suburban Rochester restaurant after dozens of people reported getting sick after eating there on Thanksgiving. The Monroe County Health Department says it closed the Golden Ponds Restaurant...
Mississippi Restaurant Building Can be Packed, Moved During Hurricane Threat
Nov 22 2016 // It’s a different concept, a way to build at ground level in a flood zone. And it’s working for a business in Jackson County, Miss. DaBayou Bar & Grill may look thrown together, but there is a lot of...
Colorado Ruling Barring Pot Use In Denver Businesses Unwise, Say Opponents
Nov 21 2016 // Opponents of a state ruling that would prevent bars and many restaurants in Denver from offering on-site marijuana consumption said the ruling would overturn a law approved by voters and force people to sneak around while...
Arkansas McDonald’s to Pay $103K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
Nov 16 2016 // A McDonald’s restaurant owned and operated by Mathews Management Co. and Peach Orchard Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., will pay $103,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by...
McDonald’s to Pay $56.5K to Settle Federal Discrimination Case in Missouri
Oct 19 2016 // McDonald’s will pay a $56,500 settlement after a southeast Missouri restaurant manager refused to interview a deaf job applicant. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement with...
