Restaurants & Dining

  • A young man holding up a sign saying 'America Can't Survive on $7.25', sitting down with a young woman with a male passerby in downtown Boulder, Colorado, rise the minimum wage concept

    Big-Name Companies Paying at Least $15 an Hour

    President Joe Biden has endorsed raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, and though Congress hasn’t acted, prominent companies have been plumping up workers’ paychecks on their own. They include some notable employers that are using higher wages…

  • Wendy's

    We Tasted All 9 Wendy’s Breakfast Sandwiches and This Is the Best

    Wendy’s already has one of the most robust breakfast menus in the fast-food business, and it’s not done yet. It just announced a new breakfast sandwich, the first addition to its morning menu since launching breakfast a couple of years…

  • Microsoft France headquarters entrance in Issy les Moulineaux near Paris

    Big-Name Companies Where Workers Are Fighting to Unionize

    Only about 10% of U.S. employees were union members in 2021 — a drop of about half from 1983, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But these days, with millions of jobs going unfilled, union organizing is making inroads…

  • Taco Bell Testing 2 New Versions of Mexican Pizza

    Customizing a pizza when you order one is a given unless you only eat plain cheese. But Taco Bell serves up just one option when it comes to its Mexican pizza, a slight that the chain appears poised to fix.…

  • Closeup of a fried chicken buffet bar self-serve catering with tongs, four buckets with matching tongs, blurred reflection

    These Buffet Restaurant Chains Have Closed Locations Permanently

    It may be the end of an era for one of America’s favorite places to fill up and then some: the buffet. For obvious reasons, buffet restaurants were hit hard by the pandemic, but many of the most well-known all-you-can-eat…

  • Popeyes Is Giving Out Free Chicken Sandwiches for the Holidays

    Popeyes is giving everyone a gift this holiday season: a free chicken sandwich. From now through Jan. 1, you can grab one of the chain’s famous crispy fried chicken sandwiches for free. The deal is the same one that Popeyes…