Ruth's Chris Steakhouse owner to return $20M in small business loans

Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse owner, Ruth’s Hospitality Group, announced Thursday that it is repaying $20 million in coronavirus aid received under the Paycheck Protection Program after the Treasury Department asked publicly traded companies to return the funds meant for small businesses.

NYC restaurant becomes delivery-bodega

Watching COVID-19 devastate his native country of Italy, Avocaderia co-owner Alessandro Biggo decided to close his three concept eateries three weeks ago and transformed his restaurants into an e-commerce site, offering delivery of grocery staples.

Cooking with Chef John Doherty

Chef John Doherty of Black Barn Restaurant in NOMAD is allowing people to get a peek inside his kitchen with free Instagram live cooking demos every thursday at 5pm. The demos feature Doherty whipping up simpler versions of his signature dishes such as country style black bean soup. While Chef Doherty says he has no problem sharing his recipes, you have to make them your own.

More restaurants forced to close across NYC

Even after being deemed “essential businesses,” and adjusting their models to takeout or delivery-only, many restaurants are still closing throughout New York City, unable to make enough money to stay afloat.

Restaurants offering Easter meal kits, delivery

With social distancing in place, this year’s Easter celebrations will be very different from years past. Many local restaurants are offering Easter meal kits and delivery services.

Celebrity chefs unite to feed hungry, help bleeding restaurants

When Jose Andres first came to New York City, the wide-eyed sailor in the Spanish navy docked on West 30th Street full of ambition. Decades later, the award-winning chef has an upscale food hall on that very street and will serve 40,000 meals this week across the city where he built his dreams, and which is now the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus.

Restaurants delivering to the frontlines of pandemic response

Restaurants in the Tristate Region are stepping up, and doing their part to help healthcare workers while on they're on the job. Companies like SUBWAY are serving up hundreds of boxed lunches. Just Salad is donating 5,000 meals-a-day to Mt. Sinai, and Blackbarn Restaurant is pitching in for Bellevue Hospital.

Virus changes menus, operations as restaurants struggle to adapt

In the battle to keep their New York City restaurant going despite sharp restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak, the owners of Il Posto Accanto are relying on something Beatrice Tosci would have considered sacrilege in normal times.