You might not know how often you order dessert or how much you spend when dining out, but restaurants that use this ...

It's become increasingly common for restaurants to charge customers' credit cards even before they step foot into an establishment, let alone order food or drinks. Referred to as a "reservation fee" ...

Everyone needs to eat somewhere, and in New York City that place is often a restaurant. New York is a city of long hours, tiny kitchens, cramped apartments—and dining out, a lot. There is, improbably, ...

Darron Cardosa is a food service professional with over 30 years of restaurant experience. He has written more than 1,500 articles and blog posts about the hospitality industry, including for Food & ...

Scoring a table in New York can seem impossible, but may be easier than you think. By Priya Krishna, Umi Syam and Aliza Aufrichtig Illustrations by Nick Little. Photographs by Lisa Corson. Oct. 23, ...

Diners hoping for a seat at buzzy New York City seafood restaurant Dame start lining up outside at 4:30 p.m. on Mondays—the only day dedicated to walk-ins. They’ll wait there for an hour and a half, ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed the Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act into law on December 19, 2024, prohibiting third-party restaurant reservation services from arranging reservations ...

Continuing the popular dinner-and-a-movie series at Seviche, 1538 Bardstown Road, Anthony Lamas is featuring “No Reservations” at an event Feb. 4. Taking inspiration from the Catherine Zeta-Jones film ...