4. Lemp Mansion | St. Louis, Missouri Want to dine with ghosts? How about get married around them? Or you could decide to spend the night with them; either way, the Lemp Mansion is probably one of the scariest restaurants I’ve had the pleasure of researching, so far. It was …
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2. Brennan’s Restaurant | New Orleans, Louisiana Built in 1795, Brennan’s Restaurant is one of New Orleans most famous restaurants, both for its menu and ghosts. Chef Paul Blange was known for helping to build Brennan’s menu and inventing choices that are well known around the world today, like bananas …
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St. James Hotel | Cimarron, New Mexico Out of the 5 restaurants (some within hotels) that I’ve written about so far, this one is likely one of the most famous, simply because of its former, famous guests and the more than 26 murders that occurred in the building. The guest …
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With Halloween around the corner, I thought I’d bring together a list of 5 haunted restaurant stories to get you in the mood for tricks with a little side of treats. And although I love a great horror movie, some of these tales got me a little frightened, even in …
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Catfish Plantation | Waxahachie, Texas Another restaurant with plenty of ghosts to help you enjoy your meal, is the Catfish Plantation. Located in Waxahachie, Texas, the Catfish Plantation has three ghosts named: Elizabeth, Will, and Caroline. Elizabeth was murdered in the house back in the early 1920’s on her wedding …
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Did you know that here in the United States we toss 40 percent of our food—perfectly edible food—into the trash? That’s a 50 percent increase since the 1970s. At our nation’s restaurants, a pound of food is wasted per meal created. Food waste is the single most abundant material in …
Read More »Are You Ready to Go Lead Free in 2014?
The Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act takes effect Jan. 4, 2014. Are you ready? Under the act, signed by Congress three years ago, “lead free” will be redefined as “not more than a weighted average of 0.25 percent lead when used with respect to the wetted surfaces of …
Read More »How to Clean a Commercial Griddle
If you ask 10 professional chefs how to clean a commercial griddle, you’re likely to get 10 different answers. There are several ways to skin the proverbial cat. While cleaning methods and materials may differ from chef to chef, the goal is universal: a clean, sanitary griddle that allows for …
Read More »Routine Restaurant Maintenance Tips
When restaurateurs, and others, in the food service industry are looking for ways to save money, all too often, those savings can be found in areas that are being neglected in-house. Say, what? That’s right, those big pieces of equipment in your kitchen need to have routine maintenance and cleaning, …
Read More »How Parents Can Help Their Kids Be Better Restaurant Diners
Yes, your child is cute. Especially when it comes to how cute they are as they run around a restaurant, throw their food on the ground, sloppily smear food all over the table and their mouths, scream at the top of their lungs, and impatiently wait for their meals. Yes, …
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