Category: restaurants

Chicago Mayor Says Restaurants Should Reopen for Indoor Dining as Soon as Possible

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday said she wants restaurants and bars in her city to open for indoor services as soon as possible. She plans to discuss with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on how to lift the statewide indoor dining ban. “I am very, very focused on getting our restaurants reopened. If we look…


State Agency Hits Non-Compliant Restaurants With Warnings, Fines

Orange County officials might not be cracking down on local restaurants defying state health orders, but that doesn’t mean the eateries are off the hook. California’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) has been penalizing non-compliant restaurants since July, and has cited 19 Orange County businesses for violating state health orders. It has issued several…


Orange County-Based Food Chain Plans to Hire 15,000 New Workers

NEWPORT BEACH (CNS)—Chipotle Mexican Grill will host a “Coast To Coast Career Day” on Jan. 15, with plans to hire 15,000 new workers for its restaurants across the United States, the Newport Beach-based company announced today. Although the pandemic has resulted in lost business for many companies, Chipotle officials said their model has allowed them…


Orange County Cities, Districts Roll Out Latest Relief Plans for Ailing Businesses

As small business owners across California anxiously await distribution of the latest round of stimulus checks while pandemic restrictions linger on, some Orange County cities—along with the Board of Supervisors—have created relief programs of their own. Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa, and Mission Viejo are among the cities that have created their own grant programs to…


San Juan Capistrano’s Annual ‘Elf Crawl’ Supports Local Restaurants

San Juan Capistrano’s 10th annual Elf Crawl is looking a little different this year. For the past decade, about 100 people dressed in elf attire would stop by San Juan Capistrano restaurants the day after Christmas for happy hour and food specials, in an event organized by the Southern California city’s chamber of commerce. This…


Newsom Says SoCal Stay-at-Home Order Expected to Be Extended

LOS ANGELES (CNS)—With regional intensive care unit (ICU) capacity still officially considered to be zero, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Dec. 21 the regional stay-at-home order imposed by the state for the entirety of Southern California will almost assuredly be extended beyond next week’s expiration date. “We are likely, I think it’s pretty self-evident, going to…