Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises has informed state officials that it may lay off as many as 1,045 workers from 25 of its restaurants in Chicago and its suburbs. The news was made public last week by Illinois officials via its monthly WARN reports, a state summary of potential mass layoffs. …

Gov. Kate Brown announced that all Oregon bars and restaurants must close their indoor and outdoor dining rooms for two weeks, a part of a new set of COVID-19 safety restrictions. From Wednesday, November 18 to December 2, all restaurants must be takeout only, all social gatherings are limited to …

DarSalam owner Ghaith Sahib lived through a war to get where he is now. The chef and business owner grew up in Baghdad, living through wartime until he narrowly survived a car-bombing as a sophomore in college. He and his family members lived as refugees in countries throughout Europe, eventually …

Step one for Heleo Leyva’s weekly free community cookouts is setting up the grill. Well, step one is really getting donations so that he can then go buy meat (asada and chicken) from the carniceria next door to where he sets up on Santa Monica Blvd. So step two is …

Minnesota family farms raise about 45 million turkeys every year, more than any other state in the US. John Zimmerman, owner of P and J Products in Northfield, Minnesota, is a small part of that equation. His farm produces 4 million to 5 million pounds of turkey each year, all …