Monday, October 27, 2025

Tag: restaurants

Japanese omakase restaurant to open near Grand Central

SORA, a new Japanese dining venture, has signed a 14,430‑square‑foot lease at Empire State Realty Trust’s One Grand Central Place, a Midtown Manhattan office tower on East 42nd Street.

Chili’s menu changes spark online outrage as diners ‘confused’ by decision

Chili’s recently trimmed a handful of fan‑fave items from its kids and dessert menus, sparking a flood of complaints on the restaurant’s Reddit community. The chain also announced a new product that it says will keep diners smiling.

‘Pocket-packing’ trend has customers taking advantage of freebies — to the extreme

With inflation hitting hard and making everyone watch their spending, a quirky new trend called "pocket-packing" is popping up at restaurants and fast-food spots. Diners are grabbing way more freebies than they need—like extra plastic utensils, straws, napkins, sugar packets, and ketchup packets—to stash for later. But this habit is starting to cost businesses big time.