HOUSTON — The Hughie’s on West 18th Street is one among scores of Vietnamese American restaurants around Houston. But it may have more in common with a Dairy Queen. For starters, it used to be a Dairy Queen. The sign out front still has the eye-shaped outline of the ice cream chain’s logo. On the menu, alongside banh mi and shaking beef, are thickly crusted, buttermilk brined chicken tenders, a Dairy Queen standard. The most striking similarity, though, is the […]
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Jama Fowler (Photo courtesy of Emerson Funeral Home) A woman, whose business ventures with her husband include a fast food restaurant in Mountain Home, has died. According to Arkansas Business, the family of 85-year-old Jama Fowler of Jonesboro announced she died last week. Jama Fowler met her husband, Wallace, in 1953 when he was an Army soldier stationed in Fort Smith. Wallace Fowler worked at a pair of retailers in the Little Rock area before the couple purchased his aunt’s […]
HOUSTON — The Hughie’s on West 18th Street is one among scores of Vietnamese American restaurants around this city. But it may have more in common with a Dairy Queen. For starters, it used to be a Dairy Queen. The sign out front still has the eye-shaped outline of the ice cream chain’s logo. On the menu, alongside banh mi and shaking beef, are thickly crusted, buttermilk brined chicken tenders, a Dairy Queen standard. The most striking similarity, though, is the […]
The DeKalb County Police Department responded to the fast-food restaurant around 8:30 p.m. Friday. At the scene, police found a man in his 40s in the parking lot with a gunshot wound. The investigation is ongoing. The man’s identity has not been released.
Mark Kalinowski, an industry analyst, says restaurant stocks have been “beaten down” lately. He said the owner of Burger King and Popeyes is on the hunt to buy a big fast-food brand. Here are three acquisition targets he thinks would make sense for Restaurant Brands International. The owner of Burger King, which bought Firehouse Subs in late 2021 for $1 billion, is on the hunt for another fast-food brand, a veteran analyst said. Mark Kalinowski, the founder of Kalinowski Equity […]
No matter what holiday you’re planning on celebrating, this weekend is all about feasting. Ramadan started on April 1 and will run through May 1, Easter weekend will begin on Good Friday, peak on Easter Sunday, and some people informally celebrate what is called Good Monday. Passover starts on Friday as well, and runs for a week. But even if you’re not a person of faith, it’s likely you’ll end up sharing a meal with your loved ones at some […]
After the age of 4, I grew up in a very small town. There are some great things about living and growing up in a small town. Everyone knows each other. Because of that, people know your business, which can be a good thing and a bad thing depending on what you have going on in your life. People will know what’s going on whether you want them to or not. Also, it’s great to have those small town events; […]
Carl Bachmann on restaurant industry adapting to the pandemic Smashburger has opened its first location with a full-service bar. The American fast-casual hamburger chain chose Colorado — its home state — to open a bar-equipped restaurant. Customers who are interested in visiting Smashburger’s first alcohol-licensed location can find the restaurant at the Lowry Town Center in Denver at 200 Quebec St. Smashburger opened its first location with a full-service bar in Denver, Colorado. The restaurant is in the Lowry Town […]
Michelle Domingo says her Stockton restaurant is the first to sell Filipino empanadas in the U.S. STOCKTON, California — Michelle Domingo has always had a passion for cooking. When she emigrated to the United States in 2015, she brought her family recipe for Filipino empanadas with her. “This is a very famous food in the Philippines. Everybody is craving for it,” said Domingo. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she decided to set aside her career as a critical care unit […]
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Update: Revised at 1:50 p.m. March 30 to include information about Anthony Barnes’ charges and bail. A man was taken into custody Tuesday after police say he robbed 10 fast-food restaurants in Dallas and Farmers Branch over a month. Anthony Barnes, 25, faces one count of aggravated robbery and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He does not have an attorney listed in court records. Dallas police said Barnes robbed each restaurant at gunpoint and […]
