Restaurant’s Answer to Staff Shortages: Robot Servers
A Connecticut restaurant is taking an unorthodox approach to addressing staff shortages: robot servers to serve meals.
Pop-Up Restaurants May Stick Around
Pop-up restaurants, many started as stopgap measures by struggling chefs and owners, may have staying power as consumers continue to embrace takeout and delivery and the delta variant threatens to make dining in less of an option.
Deal Reached on Outdoor Dining ‘Igloos’
The state has agreed to a set of guidelines for how restaurants can use temporary outdoor heated structures, like tents or transparent, dome-shaped “igloos,” as they try to maintain customers during the pandemic.
Report: Danbury Fair Mall Lands Restaurant Tenant
A major Fairfield County mall is bucking recent trends that have seen area malls lose many tenants as major retail chains pull back or go bankrupt amid tough economic times.
Big Changes at Two New England Restaurant Brands as Pandemic Hits Hard
Dunkin’ Donuts will sell itself to a private equity firm and Friendly’s announced it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the pandemic continues to take a toll on American retail chains.
Parkville Market Brings Out the Hartford Flavor
Connecticut’s first food hall had to shift on the fly as its completion coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. But experts say its leasing model could throw restaurants a lifeline.
Lamont Creates Fast Track for Retail, Restaurants Reopening
Gov. Ned Lamont has issued a new executive order that may help restaurants and businesses fast-track their reopening.
