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Designer brand Gucci to open cocktail bar in Florence
Italian designer brand Gucci is adding a cocktail bar to its luxury offering, the latest addition to Gucci Garden, located in the designer brand’s Florence hometown.
Hospitality sector business investment up 9% in a year
Business investment in the hospitality industry rose by 8.9% on an annual basis in the third quarter of last year, according to ONS data.
3/4 people find the ‘rules of wine’ intimidating, study says
3/4 of people find wine etiquette intimidating, while 67% of respondents believe that there are right and wrong ways to drink wine, a new study has found.
This US restaurant once fed 3,000 soldiers per day on a NATO base
Customers visiting one North Carolina eatery are often surprised to learn of the venue’s past life in a war zone. WLC talks kebabs and military life with its owner.
Diners are using Reddit to sell their Michelin-starred restaurant reservations
Diners are taking to social media platform Reddit to sell and trade their pre-paid, non-refundable fine dining reservations as the risk of having to cancel due to Omicron rises.
78% say they’re not participating in dry January this year, our poll finds
Dry January has become an increasingly popular phenomenon in recent years, but our research has found that more than three quarters of those polled said they weren’t participating.
Waitress fired by restaurant after receiving US$4,000 tip from customer
A group of customers at an Arkansas restaurant’s generous decision to tip their server $4,000 in an act of kindness lead to her being fired after a dispute with the restaurant’s management.
Eight million pints of no and low alcohol beer to be sold this January, but pubs will struggle
A total of 7.8 million pints of no and low alcohol (NoLo) beer are on track to be sold during Dry January this year, but most will not be bought of consumed in pubs.
‘No science’ to support dry January is good for your liver
“There’s no science” to support a belief that taking a month off drinking is good for your liver, according to a gastroenterologist, writing in Decanter.
Hong Kong restaurant launches gin-infused Chinese tasting menu
Golden Leaf, the award-winning Chinese restaurant of Conrad Hong Kong, introduces a new Cantonese tasting menu with some of its dishes infused with gin from local Two Moons Distillery.