The EEOC's lawsuit, EEOC v. OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC d/b/a Outback Steakhouse and OS Restaurant Services, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-01754-NVW, charged Outback with firing server John Woods days after a new manager took over at Outback's Phoenix Metrocenter location. According to the EEOC's suit, John Woods had worked successfully under Outback's prior manager, but a new manager terminated Woods because of his disability, traumatic brain injury. Continue

(CNN) -- Six employees of JJ's restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, have filed a lawsuit against five companies and one person in connection with the February 19 natural gas explosion that killed one woman.

The workers filed suit Monday in circuit court in Jackson County, naming Missouri Gas Energy, excavating contractor Heartland Midwest, Time Warner Cable (an independent company no longer owned by CNN parent Time Warner), two other businesses and one individual as defendants.

An employee for a contractor laying fiber optic cable hit a 2-inch gas line with an underground boring machine late on the afternoon of February 19. The explosion occurred about an hour later, killing one woman at the restaurant and injuring at least 15 others, including the six plaintiffs.

There are esssentially three factors that affect your website's Google search ranking. I also have five tips for optimizing your restaurant's website so it has a better standing in Google. Continue

Once police tracked down the $20,000 watch, it was only a matter of time.Now, three Broward County men who were already in jail are charged in the shooting death of popular Josephine's Restaurant bartender Rafael Rodriguez.

Rodriguez, 46, of Boca Raton, was left to die outside the back door when one of the robbers shot him in the mid-section after robbing him and five other people — including two patrons and owner Josephine Tribunella — at the Federal Highway restaurant. Continue

A South Jersey restaurant owner is stunned, after receiving a $59,257.87 dollar gas bill from South Jersey Gas.

Evelyn Penza, who owns the Red Barn Café in Hammonton, tells NBC10 Jersey Shore Bureau reporter Ted Greenberg that she could not believe her eyes. “I said this is crazy, let me get my glasses,” said Penza.

Two months ago, Penza says she switched from propane to natural gas to save money. She anticipated her gas bill to be less than $1,000 and after opening up her latest bill, Penza says she called the South Jersey Gas Company customer service line to see if a mistake was made. Continue

Since that process starts with the management team, it’s probably a good idea that those hires are some of your strongest assets. Hiring a solid manager means targeting specific strengths that will give the manager and your bar or restaurant the best chance for success.

Here are few things to keep in mind as you tackle the search and interview process for new management: Continue

It had gleaming brass and mahogany finishes, romantic booths and elegant wine displays. A maitre d' greeted guests in the lounge and escorted them up to the dining room in a private elevator. Koller, who worked as a bartender at the Tampa Airport Marriott's rotating rooftop restaurant in the early 1980s, called it the "happening" place to wine and dine back in the day. Continue