Food & Drink

In its heyday, when customers were clamoring for its vegetarian fare, Veggie Grill in early 2020 had expanded to 36 locations. But when the pandemic struck, consumers stayed home and Veggie Grill, like many start-up restaurant chains, started closing locations. By September 2023, the condensing kept happening, and Veggie Grill was down to 17 outposts,

The summer sun is shining at its brightest, and even though we’re past Labor Day and it’s the late summer season, the heat’s still hanging around. That’s where the unsung heroes of a hot day come in – the super cool, non-alcoholic drinks. These effervescent, fruity, or spicy sips will rehydrate, rejuvenate, and refresh with

Former employees of San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing have formed a cooperative and launched a GoFundMe campaign in an attempt to buy the brewery. Working with Project Equity, an organization that assists with and promotes employee ownership, members of the union of brewery and taproom employees of Anchor Brewing (International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 6,

When Don Kerrigan, a well-versed executive previously serving as the president of Nature’s Bounty, was appointed to be the CEO of Nestlé Health Science U.S. in 2021 as a result of the acquisition of the global nutrition player, he had an ambitious vision for the business — finding more scalable opportunities in CPG sectors where

Every restaurateur in Manhattan recognizes that space is at a premium, can be very costly, and often forces start-ups to cram into tiny spaces. And then there’s Fellini Coffee Bar, which opened on July 14th in the West Village on a triangular corner of 7th Avenue, Waverly Place and Perry Street and measures a mere

If you’ve noticed a proliferation of beauty and lifestyle brands creating smoothies — and going viral — then join the club. While smoothie collabs are an entire product category on their own, brands have long been partnering with iconic foods to create limited-edition signature flavors and products. Pairing a food and beverage companies with a

This is one type of strip show that shouldn’t have had any plastic. Yet, when a consumer tried to feast on part of an 8.9-ounce Banquet Chicken Strips Meal, guess what showed up in one of the chicken strips? A piece of plastic. In fact, that person reportedly had an oral injury to show for

New York’s Cool Cousin Brewing is the first commercial brewery to make beer entirely from unmalted barley, saving water and carbon dioxide (CO2) with each brew. The fundamental ingredient in beer is grain, usually malted barley. That barley provides the carbohydrates that the yeast ferments into alcohol and CO2. But those carbohydrates are usually in

When you find bone fragments in your sausage, your response is probably not “Bone appétit.” Instead, it’s likely going to be more like “Bone-how-did-this-end-up-here?” So, after customers found bone fragments in its ready-to-eat blended meat and poultry smoked sausage, it’s not surprising that Hillshire Brands Company has issued a recall of its product. This recall

Casa Della Mozzarella on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx is home to the best mozzarella and Italian deli sandwiches in New York City. MORE LEGENDARY EATS CONTENT: How Katz’s Became The Most Legendary Deli In NYC | Legendary Eats Why Emily Has The Best Burger In NYC | Legendary Eats Why Lucali Is The Most

The New York Wine & Spirits Competition convened last month in Brooklyn, bringing together some of the best palates in the beverage industry together for three days of blind tasting and judging. Organized by the prestigious Tasting Alliance—the same group responsible for the San Francisco World Spirits Competition—this year’s iteration saw a record number of

The Vita Coco Company, Inc. is celebrating World Coconut Day by partnering with Roblox, a global immersive platform where millions of people connect and communicate daily, by introducing a new giant coconut just off the coast of Coconut Island in “The Coconut Grove.” Vita Coco will donate $1 to its charity partners in Brazil for

As an aspiring wine snob, I like to try new wines regularly, sipping and swishing and savoring the novel flavors, characteristics, and textures that might be found therein. When I do this with my spouse, I sometimes ask, “What do you think of the wine?” More often than not, his response is something like, “It

The wine2wine Business Forum, a prominent event in the wine industry, is scheduled to take place in Verona, Italy on November 13 and 14, 2023. During this conference, attendees will delve into an exploration of the top 150 Italian wines that frequently appear on the wine lists of American restaurants. This data is attributed to

When it comes to craft spirits, liqueurs and cordials are rarely part of the conversation. That’s because the subcategory consists of any liquor—typically under 80-proof— that’s been flavored with fruit, herbs, natural flavors, extracts, sweeteners, or even cream. Most commonly this amounts to a lot of sugar, and many are notorious for being overly sweet.

As temperatures in the South continue to climb well into September, refreshing local brews can help take the edge off one of the steamiest summers on record. Here are seven IPAs with plenty of southern street cred to help beer drinkers cool off during the last stretch of summer, perfect for all Labor Day last

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Provence in the south of France is where it’s at when it comes to the best rosés. Easy drinking, light and fresh, but still complex, are some traits that have elevated their status in recent years. That and a lot of marketing and media hype—just ask Magrino which worked with Château d’Esclans back in 2015

Trips to the grocery store will cost consumers more and more as food inflation continues to rise. There are many reasons for this, including the war in Ukraine, shipping costs, and higher costs associated with the production of food items, including wages. How much have food prices risen in the past 12 months and how

Trends come and go. Cosmopolitans, Beaujolais Nouveau, spumante, Midori sours — drinks that rose, fell, then rose again. So what are top sommeliers predicting we’ll be drinking in fall? Let’s find out. Sticking to the Jazz Standards “Feeling the effects of inflation, I predict that diners will look to ensure they enjoy their dining experiences