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• Drop in Private Parties Hurts Restaurants

  With little to celebrate toward the end of last year, many companies canceled parties, postponed them, or shifted from elaborate dinners to just cocktails or lunch. Read More... Posted Jan 06 2009, 03:54 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Economic Conditions and Trends

• Resolution: Dine Well Without Breaking the Budget

  Here are some of the best inexpensive places reviewed in the Dining section this year. Read More... Posted Dec 30 2008, 04:11 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Reviews, Restaurants, New York City, Economic Conditions and Trends

• Feed Me: A Grown-Up Takes the Long View

  In difficult times like these, steakhouses like Ben Benson’s often get hit hard. Read More... Posted Dec 30 2008, 02:58 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Economic Conditions and Trends, Manhattan (NYC), Benson, Ben

• Indulge Me on This: Cutbacks? Yes. Cheap Scotch? No Thanks.

  Give me an austere label with a complicated back story about sherry casks and Presbyterians. Read More... Posted Dec 19 2008, 08:11 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Economic Conditions and Trends, Holidays and Special Occasions, Scotch (Whiskey), Luxury Goods

• Indulge Me on This: My Tiny, Briny Luxury Item

  For $1.75, a quick, briny luxury that comes shucked (pearl not included). Read More... Posted Dec 19 2008, 08:07 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Economic Conditions and Trends, Holidays and Special Occasions, Oysters, Luxury Goods

• Across France, Cafe Owners Are Suffering

  Traditional cafes and bars all over France are suffering and in some cases even closing, hit by changing attitudes, habits and now a poor economic climate. Read More... Posted Nov 23 2008, 03:51 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, France, Economic Conditions and Trends, Bars, Sidewalk Cafes

• Spam Turns Serious and Hormel Turns Out More

  The canned meat product has become the emblematic food for hard times as consumers look for ways to stretch their grocery budgets. Read More... Posted Nov 14 2008, 09:46 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Economic Conditions and Trends, Recession and Depression, Spam (Canned Meat), Hormel Foods Corporation|HRL|NYSE

• Hastings-On-Hudson: A Chef Sells Customers on Providing Him Capital

  A hole-in-the-wall organic restaurant tries an unorthodox financial improvisation, selling V.I.P. cards guaranteeing buyers discount meals for years to come. Read More... Posted Oct 31 2008, 11:12 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Economic Conditions and Trends, Westchester County (NY), Customer Relations

• Across the Country, Restaurants Feel the Pinch

  In parts of the country where the economy has struggled longest, restaurants have been hit hardest. Read More... Posted Oct 21 2008, 03:15 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Economic Conditions and Trends, Recession and Depression

• As Checks Shrink, Restaurants Stretch Hours

  A growing number of local restaurateurs are seeking shelter from the economic storm by expanding their hours of service. Read More... Posted Oct 14 2008, 03:23 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Food, Restaurants, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Economic Conditions and Trends

• Uniting Around Food to Save an Ailing Town

  Facing a Main Street dotted with vacant stores, residents of Hardwick, Vt., are betting on farming to make it the town that was saved by food. Read More... Posted Oct 07 2008, 03:11 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Agriculture, Organic Food, Economic Conditions and Trends, Farmers, Sustainable Living, Vermont, Local Food, Entrepreneurship

• As Belts Tighten, Lobsters Shrink and Bar Menus Grow

  Many New York restaurants aren’t taking their success, or for that matter their survival, for granted. Read More... Posted Sep 02 2008, 09:46 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, New York City, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Economic Conditions and Trends

• Demand and Price Are Falling for Lobster

  This year fewer people are ordering lobster, driving down prices and making times harder for lobster fishermen already reeling from the high cost of fuel and bait. Read More... Posted Sep 02 2008, 12:22 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Seafood, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Economic Conditions and Trends, Lobsters, Fishing, Commercial, New England States (US)

• Op-Ed Columnist: Slow Train to Champagne

  Champagne has no need to jump on the easy-drinking bandwagon; it’s a recession-free zone. Read More... Posted Jul 30 2008, 11:36 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Wines, Champagne (Wine), France, Economic Conditions and Trends, Recession and Depression, India

• Restaurant Chains Close as Diners Reduce Spending

  Soaring food costs and a surfeit of locations have hurt the casual dining sector’s bottom lines just as Americans are choosing to take more meals at home. Read More... Posted Jul 29 2008, 10:36 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Economic Conditions and Trends, Consumer Behavior, Bankruptcies, Metromedia Restaurant Group, casual dining