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WTSP.com - Inverness, Florida—With awards lining the windows, Evergreen Buffet was at one time a runner-up for "Best of the Best" of Citrus County restaurants.

"I got the honey chicken and the lo mein and all that, it was pretty good," said longtime customer Nick James.

But James must have missed our report in 2013 warning customers of potential problems in the kitchen. The restaurant was shut down in January of last year, according to state records, with an employee not washing their hands, close to 100 droppings and evidence of rodents chewing on bags of food. Back then, employees blamed all the issues on the owner being out of town.

"We correct everything. It won't happen again, we promise," said manager Elaine Tacn. Continue

Thestir.cafemom.com - Think the hardest part of dining out with toddlers is getting them to sit in their seat and wait for their eats? Try this one on for size! A family in Georgia is claiming they were kicked out of a restaurant because of their 4-year-old's shirt.

1. Lewis Roberts was dressed like most kids his age in a lime green Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tee. But that wasn't the problem for The Tavern at Phipps Plaza, an Atlanta eatery. It was the fact that Lewis' shirt had no sleeves -- and the restaurant has a clear "gentlemen's dress code" that forbids sleeveless shirts. Continue

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(CNNMoney) -- Priceline is buying restaurant reservation service OpenTable for $2.6 billion, the companies announced Friday.

Priceline, the online discount travel service, paid $103 per share in a cash transaction, a 46% premium on Thursday's closing price for the shares.

Shares of OpenTable were higher in premarket trading on the news. Shares of Priceline were little changed.

But shares of three other companies in the online local business sector -- review site Yelp, menu and delivery site GrubHub , coupon service Groupon and services evaluator site Angie's List were all sharply higher on the news of the OpenTable deal.

"OpenTable is a great match for The Priceline Group. They provide us with a natural extension into restaurant marketing services and a wonderful and highly-valued booking experience for our global customers," said Priceline CEO Darren Huston. Continue

Digitaljournal.com -  The month of June has been very exciting for the South Florida group developing Twin Peaks the nation's hottest sports themed restaurant chain that prides itself on being the "ultimate man cave"! The Florida Restaurant Franchise Group (FRFG) a subsidiary Jafrejo Holdings, LLC which is developing ten (10) locations across South Florida announced today that they have acquired a new location in Davie, FL and have begun to prepare the site for construction. This Davie site will be FRFG's first South Florida location and is expected to introduce South Florida to the "East, Drink and Scenic Views" of Twin Peaks in January 2015.

"We are very happy with the progress we have been making and we are excited to finally begin the construction process on our first South Florida location. Davie is the perfect location to introduce our brand to South Florida", said Jack Flechner of the Florida Restaurant Franchise Group (FRFG) and operator of Twin Peaks in South Florida as well as other franchise restaurants in Florida. "Acquiring this property and beginning the construction process on our first of ten locations are exciting milestones for us, we couldn't be more excited about working with the Town of Davie in developing our first location at the Tower Shoppes", added Flechner. Continue

UPI.com - -After a dispute at a Georgia Waffle House early on Friday morning, a restaurant employee allegedly pulled out a gun and fatally shot a customer.

According to authorities, the man who died has been identified as 33-year-old Adrian Mosley.

"The preliminary investigation has determined that a verbal altercation occurred between an employee and a customer," Fulton police Cpl. Kay Lester said. "At some point, the male employee retrieved a weapon and fired upon the customer."

A witness said the dispute started when a cook refused to serve two customers, one of whom was presumably Mosley, because they were being "unruly." Continue

Tallahassee.com - The former owner of the popular Po' Boys restaurant chain was arrested Sunday, about six months after he closed the doors on his final two locations.

A Florida Department of Revenue investigation contends 50-year-old Jon Sweede failed to pay more than $46,000 in sales tax collected at his three Tallahassee restaurants on East College Avenue, West Pensacola Street and Village Square Boulevard in Killearn.

Sweede posted bail Sunday evening and faces one charge of failure to remit sales tax more than $20,000 and two charges of refusal to pay or file a sales-tax return.

Since he opened his first store 22 years ago, Sweede's business expanded with the economy, but later fell victim to the recession over the past few years.

In an interview with the Democrat in December, Sweede said stress and increased work load caused him to close his two remaining restaurants on College Avenue and on Village Square Boulevard in Killearn. Continue

Restaurant-hospitality.com - Because Chipotle Mexican Grill is a public company whose stock is red hot and whose customer base is vast, its recent move to raise prices got a lot of attention. Wall Streeters loved the idea of what turned out to be roughly a six percent boost. Many customers didn’t, and they went on social media to register their displeasure. If you’re thinking about raising prices to keep your restaurant’s food costs in line, get ready for strong reactions from your texting, tweeting and online-review-writing customers.

Of course, patrons have never liked paying more for any restaurant meal. But now they have a platform on which to publicly vent their spleen about higher prices and to publicly commiserate with other customers who don’t like them, either. Restaurant operators now have to carefully calibrate any price hikes. Otherwise, perception of the restaurant’s value proposition can turn negative in a hurry. Continue

Fast Casual - The editorial team of FastCasual.com has announced its annual list of the vibrant restaurant segment's most significant brands, people and trends. 

The downloadable "The 2013 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers" was released Monday morning morning after an awards gala the night before in Chicago, timed to coincide with the National Restaurant Association tradeshow. Both "The Top 100" and the event were sponsored by restaurant equipment manufacturer Henny Penny.

Fazoli's CEO Carl T. Howard and his wife pose with the 2013 Brand of the Year award.

Judges determined the top 50 brands based on industry nominations and subsequent debate on the significance of the nominees to the segment. Criteria included innovation, growth, social responsibility and overall contribution. In addition, the judges acknowledged the 20 industry executives who have most contributed to the evolution and health of fast casual, the most influential menu innovations, and the most significant food and technology trends. Continue