Dining News

"I think we're going to some place called Steve's Creek," said the Annapolis newbie to the person on the other end of her cell call.

Share + Jul 2, 2009 6:30 pm US/Central A Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin-Robbins in the North Side Uptown neighborhood was closed down Thursday after flying insects were discovered all over the restaurant, including on doughnuts and bagels.

Forget to thaw the chicken. Forget to prepare the chicken. Heck, forget to buy the chicken.

A roaring fire is the cold-weather equivalent of an ocean view: Looking at it while you dine instantly improves the quality of your meal.

Is there a formula for success in the restaurant business? If there was one, Scott Gibbs must know the secret, because he has succeeded where others have failed.

Plain Jane vanilla soft-serve is great, and so is a pint of Ben & Jerry's eaten standing in front of the freezer.

The Fourth of July means fireworks and parades, and days full of picnics, parks, boats and lakeshore activities.

As sure as summer thunderstorms roll across the Chesapeake Bay, July brings a wave of beach-bound relatives to Delmarva with a single epicurean thought: Where can we get crabs? West, we say, to the chicken house disguised as a restaurant.

They were looking for a bit of La Dolce Vita but what two Japanese tourists got in a restaurant in Rome left a bad taste in their mouths.

We all know times are tough, but that's no reason not to come to the beach to relax, dine and enjoy nature.

Dining at some restaurants will be a new experience starting today, when California becomes the first state to require that chain restaurants supply calorie counts for virtually everything they serve.

Latin pizza brand Pizza Patron recently opened its second quick-serve pizza outlet in San Antonio.

Central and South America identified as priorities for restaurant chain's growth.

AUGUST 21: A container of Burger King french fries sit on a tray at a Burger King restaurant August 21, 2008 in San Francisco, California.

Despite recommendations to limit sodium intake to reduce or avoid high blood pressure, Americans are eating more salt than ever.

Co-owner David Liebenstein serves fresh Farrallon Islands box crabs to diners on the front patio section of the Coast Cafe in Bolinas.

All-American Restaurants was a tougher category than I thought it would be. I didn't want to include diners and barbecue places, because they deserve Top 10s of their own.

Prepare for the "calorie count shock" the next time you go out for dinner. That's the advice from state Sen.

Chef Tim White received his food and beverage management degree from Davis & Elkins College and most recently worked as a chef at a four star resort in Virginia.

ALLOUEZ - A lot has changed around the Allouez Cafe, and a few things have changed inside, but it is consistency that's made the restaurant a 30-year success.