Topic: New York State Restaurant Association

Marc Murphy has his hands in many pots. Not only is he the chef at Landmarc and Ditch Plains, he's also a judge on Chopped, where he critiques...
These numbers could make you sick.. . The tally of restaurants shuttered by city health inspectors jumped more than 17% last year to 1,504 - up...

Bad restaurant marks scare away customers

A year after the city started giving letter grades to restaurants, those forced to post a C in their storefront windows say it's eating into...
Following in the footsteps of a measure adopted in San Francisco last year, a New York City councilman has proposed that free toys be banned from...

Can Albany Really Tax 'Sugary' Drinks?

The ever quotable Chuck Hunt, executive vice president of the New York State Restaurant Association, posed an interesting question to The Observer in response to Governor Paterson's proposed plan to hike taxes on " sugary" soft drinks -- that is, the non-diet kind ...

went into effect in New York City

If you tell somebody how many calories are in that bacon double cheeseburger he's about to order, might he order the grilled chicken sandwich instead?. New York City's Health Department thinks so, and a federal judge just greenlighted the city ...

Judge: NYC Can Force Chain Restaurants to Post Calorie Counts

If you tell somebody how many calories are in that bacon double cheeseburger he's about to order, might he order the grilled chicken sandwich instead?. New York City's Health Department thinks so, and a federal judge just greenlighted the city ...
A federal judge struck down a New York City rule that required fast-food restaurants to post calorie counts on their menus, but he suggested that expanding the rule to include more restaurants could make it legal.U.S. District Judge Richard J ...
A judge struck down a New York City rule Tuesday that required fast-food restaurants to post calorie counts on their menus, but he suggested that expanding the rule to include more restaurants could make it legal.U.S. District Judge Richard J ...
A federal judge struck down what has been called the first rule of its kind in the United States requiring fast-food restaurants to post calorie content on menus.New York City's rule targeted national fast-food chains, applying only to restaurants that ...