Beloved Broadway favorite Starlite Deli closing after 39 years

The Starlite Deli, a favorite of Broadway stars and New Yorkers alike, served its final customers on Friday after nearly 40 years in business.

Sunnyside Restaurant Week hits the streets in Queens

This year is the 11th edition of Sunnyside Restaurant Week, with participating restaurants serving up a three-course dinner menu for $35.

Here are the cities that tip the best, study finds

Cleveland claimed the number one spot as the best tipping city in the nation based on the new study.

Pay-Per-Chew: More restaurants trying subscription programs

Consumers are willing to pay monthly subscription fees for streaming services, pet food and even toilet paper. And now some restaurants are betting they'll do the same for their favorite meals.

Pizza joint's help wanted sign: ‘Now hiring: non-stupid people’

An Ohio pizzeria that has had trouble finding reliable workers bluntly advertised out front that they are hiring "non-stupid people."

Workers at NYC pizza restaurant attacked

A man accused of "envy, jealousy and spike" attacked an owner and worker at a Manhattan pizza joint. One of them suffered a fractured arm.

Whatever happened to Ronald McDonald and the McDonaldland characters?

If you were a kid in the 1970s or 1980s, you probably remember Ronald McDonald from McDonald’s TV commercials, along with his friends like Grimace, the Hamburglar, and Mayor McCheese.

Rash of break-ins at Manhattan restaurants

At least seven restaurants were burglarized in the same Manhattan neighborhood.

Seafood Kingz 2 brings soul food to City Island

The menu includes succulent shrimp, fried catfish, salmon, lobster tails, and steamed snow crab legs.

Homeless man accused of terrorizing Queens neighborhood

A homeless man has owers and workers at local businesses in a Queens neighborhood scared for their safety.

NYC Restaurant Week 2023 begins

The event offers lunch and dinner at fixed prices at nearly 500 restaurants across the five boroughs.

Concerns over plan to increase number of NJ liquor licenses

Liquor license holders in New Jersey are concerned about the governor's plan to expand the number available.

Deaf café hopes to survive rent fight

Deaf's Delight Café in Newark, New Jersey-,the only cafe in the New York City area devoted to the deaf community, is at risk of folding.

NJ governor wants to increase number of liquor licenses

It might be easier to find a restaurant that sells liquor in New Jersey if the governor gets his wish.

Noma, one of the world’s top-rated restaurants, is closing next year

Noma said it will begin a new chapter, Noma 3.0, and transform its restaurant into a giant lab and pioneering test kitchen in 2025.

Chick-fil-A investigating after customers subjected to ‘fraudulent activity’

On Friday, the Atlanta-based food chain told account holders it was investigating how “certain customers became subject to fraudulent activity.”

Ali Ahmed Aslam, man credited with inventing chicken tikka masala, dies at 77

The culinary world is mourning the loss of Ali Ahmed Aslam, whose name might not be familiar, but his creation, chicken tikka masala, definitely is.