Nonprofit One World Cafe on Shaky Ground

The One World Cafe in Salt Lake City has fallen on troubling financial times after their nonprofit model has caught up with the hard realities of forging a successful business establishment.  The restaurant was created on the "pay-as-you-can" premise that customers could...

US Visa fraud:, Indian Eatery chain owner barred from entering US

The number of  Indians aspiring to go and work in USA is spiralling and in absence of valid Visa  papers many of them use fraudulent travel documents. Despite the American Embassy strict vigil to...

Gotham laments closure of popular Meatpacking District eatery

LINK TO FULL STORYhere's an excerpt from my story at EDGE NEW YORK...On the Wednesday evening before Gay Pride weekend in the city, the Meatpacking District was alive with activity. Finely dressed pedestrians made their way along cobblestone streets while window shoppers...

First 100% Organic, 'Green' Restaurant Opens in NYC

Not that there's any shortage of great places to eat in New York, but a tasty (and certified) organic, 'green' restaurant, like Gusto Grilled Organics, is bound to do extraordinarily well in the Big Apple."Gunning for a national presence, New York City's first green- and...

India eatery serves grub on green graveyard

This restaurant sounds like every goth kid's dream."AHMADABAD, India - In India, death is a part of life, and at one restaurant in western India, a part of lunch. The bustling New Lucky Restaurant in Ahmadabad is famous for its milky tea, its buttery rolls, and the graves...

28 India International Trade Fair 14 Nov-27 November

IITF 2008India Trade Promotion Organisation the nodal trade promotion organisation of the Government of India, presents the 28th edition of its premier event "INDIA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR"- a reliable connection...

New York eatery offers $25,000 dessert, a mix of cocoa, milk, gold and diamonds

This story may as well coincide with Now Public Editor Jordan's New York $1,000.00 Bagel featured yesterday. http://www.nowpublic.com/life/thousand-dollar-bagel Proving once again some people have lots of Money...

British Columbia: Guns, Gangs, Drugs

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCriminal Activity seems alive and well in BC, it seems business as usual for Criminals who walk, while our Courts are all talk.  Politicians, Judges and Bureaucrats...

Bill O'Reilly's Racially Charged Comments

*UPDATED* (9/26) Here is a YouTube video of Bill O'Reilly defending his comments and going after CNN, Media Matters and others for taking the story out of context ... "Fox News conservative commentator Bill...

Canada's last igloo to be flattened amid Arctic boom

Sadly, the last vestiges of wilderness in Canada's Arctic as well as a distinct way of life, culture and beauty are soon to disappear in the race to claim sovereignty of the Arctic's natural resources. Granted...

Prank call to Chinese eatery ignites new shock jock uproar

"CBS Radio has suspended two New York City shock jocks after they broadcast a racially charged prank call to a Chinese restaurant. Jeff Vandergrift and Dan Lay, hosts of WFNY-FM's The Dog House With JV and Elvis,...

The Business of Hospitality

"Danny Meyer has learned a thing or two about business since he opened the Union Square Cafe in New York City in 1985. The downtown eatery has become the cornerstone of one of America's most successful restaurant organizations, a culinary empire that runs the gamut from white...

Mumbai's 'Hitler' eatery angers Indian Jews

"A new restaurant in India's financial hub, named after Adolf Hitler and promoted with posters showing the German leader and Nazi swastikas, has infuriated the country's small Jewish community. Hitler's Cross', which opened last week, serves up a wide range of continental...

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