dining

In Vegas these days, it's the restaurants that make the casino. Many casino operators have abandoned the pursuit of gimmicky themes -- think the Venetian with its gondola rides -- for celebrity chefs and well-established eateries.

RetailMeNot shoppers saved roughly $750,000 using the 24,000 printable coupons available for food in January, with 12,000 of those coupons just for pizza. Food coupons are so popular they took the No.1 spot in January, followed by searches for restaurant at No. 3, sit-down restaurants at No. 7...

Eating out won't save you money, but getting a restaurant meal delivered to your home can by eliminating the other expenses that can come with dining out. Add up the costs of gas, parking and hiring a babysitter, and a night out for dinner can get costly. And then throw in a 15-20% tip at the...

The recession has turned us into a people who brunch. It makes sense that in hard times, a restaurant outing that combines two meals into one would become as hot as jalapeno-cheddar frittata. Brunch traffic rose in 2009 while traffic for all other meals was down.

Sure, you can grab a hot dog or slice of pizza in New York for cheap, but a balanced meal for $10 or less? In Manhattan? That's the idea behind the new site CheapEatery.com. At first it seemed too good to be true. When Daniel Lyu, a former producer for The Food Network, told me about launching...

When we were kids, a visit to Walt Disney World was a carefree affair. We could drift into the park like sleepwalkers, point to where our fancy led us, and explore without agenda until the fireworks kissed us goodnight. Today, it's not so much fun. Disney has chosen to survive the recession in...

Restaurants of every price range -- including the French restaurant Brasserie in New York, where a hamburger costs $18 -- are seeing more customers split dishes as a way to save some money while still indulging with a dinner out, according to an Associated Press story. Three people recently shared...

So you're glad you're not a Wall Street trader these days? At least they banked fat salaries and maybe got a golden parachute. The story's not so green at your local restaurant. These are bad times to be a server. Dangerous, even, because their tips have plummeted faster than the Dow Jones.One New...

In presenting the ongoing case that America is turning into latter-day Rome, I present the all-you-can-eat buffet. Shamefully wasteful? Possibly, especially when the leftovers are thrown away. Horrifyingly indulgent? To a European, maybe. But in a country where we shield our children from actual...

In great news for cows but another blow for vacationers, the cruise vacation giant Royal Caribbean has elected to charge $14.95 to anyone who orders New York strip steak in the main dining room. Eat all you want, the line says. Just not that.Much of the fun of taking a cruise has been that...