Nov 4 - By Associated Press
A former handyman convicted of killing seven people during a robbery at a suburban Chicago fast-food restaurant in 1993 has been sentenced to life in prison.
Oct 29 - By Associated Press
A new restaurant set to open next year in Washington state will be called Volterra after a city in the popular Twilight vampire novels, which are set in the town of Forks.

Oct 21 - By Ashley M. Heher, AP Retail Writer
Fortunes at chain restaurants are tumbling, the fallout from a strategy of slashing menu prices in the hopes that a cheap meal will be enough to entice diners back to their booths.

Oct 20 - By Karen Hawkins, Associated Press Writer
A Chicago jury decided Tuesday that a former handyman will spend the rest of his life in prison, rather than be sent to death row, for the 1993 slayings of seven people at a suburban restaurant.
Sep 29 - By Michael Tarm, Associated Press Writer
A former handyman was convicted Tuesday in the slayings of seven people whose bodies were found in a walk-in freezer and cooler at a suburban Chicago fast food restaurant 16 years ago.

Aug 31 - By Karen Hawkins, Associated Press Writer
A man charged with killing seven people during a robbery at a suburban Chicago fast food restaurant 16 years ago did it because he "wanted to do something big," not because he needed the money, a prosecutor told jurors Monday.

Aug 10 - By Karen Hawkins, Associated Press Writer
The name — the Brown's Chicken Massacre — says it all.
Jul 24 - By Associated Press
A $1.1 million lawsuit filed against the company that owns a Pizza Hut in north Mississippi has grown to include 15 members of the same church who claim they became sick after eating chicken at the restaurant.

Jul 15 - By Mike Stuckey, MSNBC.com correspondent
ELKHART, Ind. - If you think Terry Gonyon is the kind of guy who has trouble being industrious or working hard, check out the stove he built.

Jul 15 - By Mike Stuckey, MSNBC.com correspondent
ELKHART, Ind. - Adam Williams’ improbable journey to Elkhart began in a hail of bullets on a dark road in the Mississippi Delta at 2 a.m. one morning in 1992.
Jun 22 - By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Writer
Police were searching Monday for at least two more men suspected of carrying out a weekend robbery at a crowded Denny's restaurant that left one woman dead.

Jun 8 - By Larry Sutton, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
According to a new survey of fast-food lovers, the best hamburger in the nation comes out of In-N-Out Burger, the West Coast chain boasting “quality you can taste.” Wendy’s followed at No. 2 in the Battle of the Burgers, trailed by Burger King, McDonald’s and Whataburger.

Apr 5 - By Eve Tahmincioglu, Career and labor reporter
It’s all about food lately.
Mar 31 - By Christine Cataldi, Andrew Littell , msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Now, more than ever, it’s imperative for small businesses to be flexible and make radical changes to survive.
Mar 23 - By Associated Press
A Massachusetts man had some misfortune when he allegedly tried to rob a Chinese restaurant. Four plainclothes police officers were enjoying their dinner at the time.
Mar 15 - By Associated Press
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has ordered the opening of the isolated country's first Italian restaurant, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper reported, despite the nation's continuing struggle to feed its 24 million people.
Feb 13 - By Associated Press
A restaurant worker was accused of trashing the place in an attempt to get fired and collect unemployment compensation. A criminal complaint filed Thursday said a 35-year-old man showed up at a Qdoba restaurant and started throwing brownies and cookies on the floor.
Feb 5 - By Associated Press
Congressman John Lewis wants to save one of Atlanta's symbols of discrimination — the building that housed Lester Maddox's Pickrick restaurant.
Feb 4 - By Associated Press
A Baltimore woman said when she ordered an iced tea at a local McDonald's restaurant last year, employees gave her a cup containing a cleaning chemical. Caryl Jones has filed a $100,000 lawsuit in Baltimore City Circuit Court.
Jan 30 - By Robert Barr, Associated Press Writer
A would-be suicide bomber who tried to detonate a nail bomb in a restaurant but injured only himself was sentenced Friday to at least 18 years in prison.
Jan 20 - By Joy Bauer, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
If you’re looking to shed some weight in 2009, it’s important to keep your guard up when dining out. Here are three tips that will help you cut out some of the most glaring diet offenders at your next restaurant outing without ruining all the fun.
Dec 21 - By Oskar Garcia, Associated Press Writer
Steve Wynn is having a ball as he prepares to open his newest joint, a resort and casino called Encore.
Dec 18 - By Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press Writer
The city that invented that monument to gluttony, the cheesesteak, is ordering something new for the menu: one of the strongest restaurant labeling laws in the nation.

Dec 9 - By Phil Lempert, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
We started at the beginning of November with a joke about the old “Cheezborger, cheezborger, cheezborger” skit on “Saturday Night Live” that immortalized the Billy Goat Tavern — the inspiration for the somewhat restricted menu at the fictitious lunch joint run by John Belushi. So what better way to end our stay in Chicago than by visiting a restaurant that does, in fact, specialize in cheeseburgers? But since they offer seven different types of cheese to add to their burgers and the crust on the onion rings includes ground almonds to give them an extra-special crunch — there’s no chance of being reminded of the Olympia Café (the skit’s venue) here.

Dec 2 - By Phil Lempert, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
This week’s recipe, stolen from chef Eric Young of Scoozi! restaurant in Chicago, is a warming bowlful of delicious Italian gnocchi made with rich ricotta cheese and adorned by Eric’s Bolognese sauce. Every chef in an Italian restaurant has his or her own closely guarded Bolognese recipe, and we’re sharing Eric’s with you to try at home — until you can make it to the Windy City to try it for yourself from his busy kitchen. For more than 20 years Scoozi! has fed Chicago, and the menu features seasonal, fresh-tasting creations from all over Italy — from Sicily to the Austrian border and everything in between.