Wctv.tv - Doris Dailey was in the Denny's when the explosion happened. She said "we thought it was a fire cracker, some kid setting off a fire cracker and then we saw the flames. And then we saw the smoke filling the restaurant and then everything was just flying around in there so we took off running."

Around one in the afternoon on Friday this Flying J's Travel Plaza was rocked by a massive blast.

Flying J's Spokesman Stephen Coats said "we had an explosion in the Denny's kitchen caused by a propane leak."

Doris and about a hundred other people poured out of the building. Most were unharmed, but not all. Paige Dukes is the Lowndes County Clerk. She said "there were five that were injured. Updated information indicates that there were only three that were taken to local hospitals." Continue

Tennessean.com - The family of Jay Luther, the co-owner of Germantown Cafe who died a year ago after being locked in Germantown Cafe East’s walk-in cooler, is suing the company that installed a security system in the restaurant, the business that delivered the dry ice, Metro Police and others in a negligence lawsuit filed late last week.

The lawsuit, filed in Davidson County Circuit Court almost a year to the day after the tragedy, alleges that several parties acted carelessly, contributing to Luther’s death from carbon dioxide poisoning. Continue

The cook at the Snack Shack in Kentville said she knew something was up when a man knocked at her door at 7:20 a.m. asking her to marry him. Turns out Joanne Gillis is $3 million richer.

"He looked at me and said, 'Well, do you want to get married?' I looked at him and I said, 'Sam, it's 7:20 in the morning,'" Gillis told reporters on Thursday.

"He said, 'Honey, you're $3 million richer. You guys won $15 million, the five of you."

Diner owner Sam Toulany said his wife Wafaa and four workers have a winning lottery ticket worth $15,222,777.40. It was the only ticket sold in Canada to match all six numbers. Continue

(WAVY) - Four women were caught on camera assaulting an employee at a Virginia Beach restaurant.

Tonya Borman with the Virginia Beach Police Department said four women went into the Upper Deck Restaurant at 206 16th street around 11 p.m. on April 27. When an employee told them the restaurant was closing, the suspects got upset and assaulted the employee.

“When I turned, the girl spit in my face, threw her drink at me, and when I turned at her, she hit me upside the head,” said Upper Deck Restaurant Owner Nancy Rodio. Continue

Eater.com - Chappy's on Church, a Nashville restaurant featured on the May 3 episode of Kitchen Nightmares, has been seized by the state for not paying its taxes. The Nashville Business Journal reports that a sign on the restaurant's door explains it has been "seized for non-payment of Tennessee state taxes." The Tennessean has a photo of the sign itself, and notes "inside, white tablecloths and menus remained in place." Continue

Floridaweekly.com - GRANT PHELAN WOULD LIKE PINCHERS Crab Shack to be synonymous with thoughts of Florida. Outback Steakhouse built its restaurant chain on the premise of a continent. He figures his family can do the same with seafood in the Sunshine State. He would like to see their homegrown business swell to 100 locations. But he doesn’t want to franchise.

“We want to stay corporately owned,” Mr. Phelan says. “No, we don’t want to franchise. You lose too much control of your organization when you start franchising it out.” Continue

AP- A couple has filed a lawsuit against a South Florida restaurant where a deck collapsed into Biscayne Bay last week during the fourth game of the NBA finals.

Articlesphilly.com -All Natalie Gunshannon wanted was to be paid a fair wage for her work, she said.

Gunshannon, 27, of Dallas Township, worked at McDonald's Restaurant on the Dallas Highway from April 24 to May 15. When she received her first paycheck, enclosed was a Chase Bank debit card with instructions on how to use it and the fees attached.

Her future earnings would be deposited into the debit card account and she could access her money from there. Gunshannon never signed the card and when she returned to work she asked her supervisor if she could be paid by check or by direct deposit. She was told the card was the only option. Continue

Businessinsider.com - Making restaurant reservations is a way of life -- but, for many consumers, so is breaking them. For every reservation that is made in some large cities, around 20% result in an empty table that the business must hope to fill with walk-in consumers. In an industry that, according to a Wall Street Journal article, often has margins as low as 3% to 5%, those are odds that some restaurants can't afford to bet on.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/economics-of-restaurant-reservations-2013-6#ixzz2WTPLTLaN

Celebdurtylaundry.com - Gordon Ramsay is facing a class action lawsuit filed by his own employees. Surprise, surprise, being a dick comes to bite you in the ass. Both current and former employees of Ramsay’s at his Fat Cow restaurant filed a lawsuit last week alleging that Ramsay failed to pay them minimum wage, failed to pay overtime wages, and also failed to provide meal periods. Continue