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Ohio shooting at Bob Evans restaurant; waitress dead, ex-boyfriend arrested: police

2 days ago James Brave

An Ohio man who allegedly shot and killed his ex-girlfriend at a Bob Evans restaurant where she waitressed was arrested following an 11-hour manhunt Friday night, according to reports.

Rebecca Jean Rogers, 38, was shot multiple times and taken to a hospital where she succumbed to her wounds, police said, according to FOX 8 in Cleveland.

Diners at the Canton, Ohio, restaurant “took cover under tables” on Friday morning when the suspect, Richard James Nelson, 54, allegedly opened fire on Rogers, then ran out the back door, precipitating the manhunt.

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Worker shortage further hurting NYC restaurants

3 days ago James Brave

Big Apple restaurants can only serve half their pre-pandemic indoor capacity — and yet they still don’t have enough help to make it work.

Eateries are getting crushed by a shortage of workers both in kitchens and on the floor despite sky high unemployment and a growing vaccination effort. It’s part of the national hiring crisis in many industries, which The Post’s Lisa Fickenscher reported this week.

“It’s  as bad as I’ve ever seen in my 17 years in New York,” said Bernard Collin, a partner in the Upper East Side’s Orsay, La Goulue and Bar Italia. He blamed much

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Restaurant Worker Shortage Deepens In Bloomington-Normal

3 days ago James Brave

The unemployment rate for the McLean County area labor market may have been 5.1% last month, but it’s a lot lower in certain job sectors. Restaurants, for instance, have had difficulty finding enough people to staff operations.

WGLT first reported on the shortage in February as pandemic restrictions began to ease. It has worsened substantially since then, according to owners and observers.

“I’ve been around the restaurant scene in Bloomington-Normal for a long time and I have not seen the labor shortage we are looking at right now,” said Larry Carius.

Carius headed the food service program at the McLean

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Mexican Restaurant Casa Bonita Just Filed for Bankruptcy

3 days ago James Brave

As more temporary restaurant closures become permanent, many eateries are struggling to survive after a drop in sales of $240 billion in 2020, according to The National Restaurant Association’s 2021 “State of the Restaurant Industry” report (via Restaurant.org). Unfortunately, the lack of revenue is affecting large chains and small independent operations alike, with some institutions falling victim to hard economic times. This now includes beloved Denver-area Mexican restaurant and cultural icon Casa Bonita, which recently filed for bankruptcy. Read on to see why the restaurant is struggling and how fans are reacting to the news, and for more on

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Owner of Alibi Drinkery denied liquor license for Northfield bar, restaurant

4 days ago James Brave

The embattled owner of Alibi Drinkery in Lakeville, who defied Gov. Tim Walz’s order closing bars and restaurants amid the pandemic last winter, has been denied a liquor license for another establishment in Northfield. The Northfield City Council denied Lisa Monet Zarza’s request for a liquor license renewal for Alibi at Froggy Bottoms on a 4-3 vote at a meeting last week.

“For me, this really boiled down to doing what was in the best interest of public health,” City Council Member Clarice Grabau said in an interview Thursday. She voted to deny the liquor license.

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The Best Frozen Pizzas: Restaurant-Quality Pies to Heat and Eat

4 days ago James Brave

MENTION FROZEN pizza and most of us think of the utilitarian discs found in the supermarket freezer case, not wood-fired creations meticulously crafted by top pizzaioli. “If you would have told me [a year ago] I would be doing frozen pizza, I would have told you I have a bridge to sell you,” said Chris Bianco, chef-owner of Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix, Ariz., credited with some of America’s best pies. But with his restaurants operating at half capacity during the pandemic, Mr. Bianco began supplementing earnings by freezing his celebrated pies and selling them nationally through the delivery site Goldbelly.

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