Sweetgreen’s CEO on Robots, RFK Jr. and Why Salads Are So Expensive

Sweetgreen’s CEO on Robots, RFK Jr. and Why Salads Are So Expensive

When Jonathan Neman was a student at Georgetown in the mid-2000s, he and some friends wanted to start a restaurant. A fast-food restaurant, but it would be healthy. And cool. The documentary “Super Size Me” had made waves, and “we were going to be rejecting the fast food of the previous generation,” Mr. Neman said. … Read more

IAS officer who carried out extensive checks on Hyderabad’s restaurants is now GHMC commissioner

IAS officer who carried out extensive checks on Hyderabad’s restaurants is now GHMC commissioner

R. V. Karnan was appointed as commissioner of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). File | Photo Credit: RAO GN Stomach churning unhygienic conditions at various restaurants and food outlets across Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana continue to be widely discussed. The IAS officer, R.V. Karnan, who carried out widely publicised extensive checks was transferred … Read more

Where Bruce Lee Practiced on the Roof, a Shrine to Old Hong Kong Rises

Where Bruce Lee Practiced on the Roof, a Shrine to Old Hong Kong Rises

In its heyday in the 1950s and ’60s, the Lung Wah Hotel, a converted, Spanish revival villa, offered a leafy refuge from the bustle of city life, near a cove and surrounded by parks in Hong Kong’s northern New Territories. Winding stairs, flanked by red lanterns, led to a sprawling Chinese-style garden. On summer weekends, … Read more

What Will Manhattan Congestion Pricing Do to Restaurants?

What Will Manhattan Congestion Pricing Do to Restaurants?

The sky did not fall during the first week of Manhattan’s congestion pricing. But you wouldn’t have known that by talking to restaurant owners in the affected zone, who are in a state of high anxiety. The charges — $9 for a car or van, up to $21.60 for a truck entering Manhattan below 60th … Read more

Will EazyDiner IndusInd Bank Platinum credit level up your culinary adventures? Here’s what you should know

Will EazyDiner IndusInd Bank Platinum credit level up your culinary adventures? Here’s what you should know

IndusInd Bank today launched the EazyDiner IndusInd Bank Platinum Credit Card in collaboration with EazyDiner. With no joining fees and a host of other benefits to ensure that everybody enjoys fabulous dining experiences, this card distinguishes itself as an entry-level variant from the existing EazyDiner credit card by IndusInd Bank and EazyDiner.  This credit card … Read more

32 kg of rotting meat seized from restaurants in Ooty

32 kg of rotting meat seized from restaurants in Ooty

A total of 32 kg of rotten meat was seized and destroyed by Food Safety officials in Udhagamandalam on Tuesday. A team of officials led by Designated Food Safety Officer, C.B. Suresh, inspected restaurants in Bharathiar Complex at Charring Cross in Udhagamandalam and seized 32 kg of rotten chicken, which they destroyed. They also issued … Read more

A Michelin food guide-inspired gourmet food trail across Dubai’s inventive restaurants

A Michelin food guide-inspired gourmet food trail across Dubai’s inventive restaurants

In Dubai luxury is casual. A grocery run in a Lamborghini, Wagyu in mall burgers, sharks in a lobby. And a Refik Anadol multimedia artwork providing a languid backdrop to the reception of the hotel Indigo Dubai Downtown.  Titled Winds of Dubai, the intriguingly moody art showcases vivid three-dimensional sculptures from an expansive dataset of … Read more

Between sips by Magandeep Singh: Looking at the bigger picture

Between sips by Magandeep Singh: Looking at the bigger picture

Over the past two decades and some, I have been invited to innumerable launches and have attended just as many. People in the writing space—and more recently, online influencers—are the first on any party list to be invited when a new place ups shutters. The idea is that when a new place opens, it needs … Read more

In Frames | In search of spirituality

In Frames | In search of spirituality

Foreigners flock to Thiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu for nourishment to their souls Source link