Omar Khayyam, Smile’s Indian restaurant, opened in late 1901 at 325 Fifth Avenue. This was prime real estate, a block away from the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel where, 29 years later, the Empire State Building would rise. Smile adorned the restaurant with Indian draperies and hanging lanterns. As the New York Herald reported, a fleet of
Andy Staane started as a bartender at The Mooring in Newport, R.I., in 2002, as a teenager trying to scrape together a few extra bucks. Twenty-four years later, Staane is still in the same role at the same company. But he isn’t just an employee anymore—he’s also a part owner, just like all of his
One Los Angeles restaurant group traded $60,000 on Kalshi to hedge against the Dodgers’ abbreviated playoff run, and it’s just one example of how prediction markets are transforming how companies, particularly small businesses, are calculating and responding to risks. Kalshi told Fortune that the hospitality group, which was unnamed but operates 25 bars, including several
In 2002, a Houston Chick-fil-A restaurant manager sued the chain for discrimination, Forbes reported. The employee, who is Muslim, said he was fired one day after refusing to pray to Jesus along with their fellow coworkers during a training session. At the time, Jerry Johnston, a spokesperson for Chick-fil-A, told the Houston Chronicle that the
Kabawa was just named the best restaurant in America by Food & Wine, and the best in New York City by The New York Times. So, what does it take to run a full service at America’s best restaurant? A 50-person team turns eight and a half hours of prep into a $150, three-course Caribbean
A two Michelin-starred restaurant in Seoul has been fined for using ants as a dessert garnish. The owner of Evett in the South Korean capital was fined 15 million won (£8,144; $10,965), while the company operating the restaurant was fined 10 million won for violating the Food Sanitation Act, local media report. Ants are not
