A Toast To The Operator

It's a Chef-driven world, even at the holidays...Scallop prices on the rise...Hospitality, too....and more

Record beef prices forecast for 2012....Resto recon in Montreal...Dolci hits stride...Mighty busts a move to the city

How to make the perfect cup of Hot Cocoa...Trader Joe's strikes deep into the heart of Wegman's...The Como gets its streetlight and Donnie B. visits Zorba's in Depew

Williamsville Red Mill gets Iskalo Development's work over..Taj Grill opening in Delaware Commons...Tricks of the trade from top toques....

Josh Ozersky reads the future of food in 2012...Chowhound sums up what's happening in Roc...and Patty's Place captures the true spirit of the season in Canadaguia.

Zealous restaurant inspectors flag Korean restaurants for kimchi prep....East meets West in an epic battle of food misunderstanding...

Falafel Bar in Amherst makes big move, Rochester local economy making bigger move, Russ Salvatore makes the biggest moves of them all...plus a pretty picture of seared trout.

Rich Product restructures...Valenti's unleashes red sauce in N.T..Foie Gras crudo via @offalchris...Mince Pie madness...and more...

Kobe Steak and Sushi, Cravings on Main in Roc reviewed....Halal Market and slaughterhouse in LA expands...Margin pressures force operators to more efficiency...

Local cheese makers arise at First Light..Some pesky regs going away in NYC restaurants...Templeton Landing moving closer to waterfront restaurant in Tonawanda...Niagara County brewer talking to IDA....

Sysco Syracuse expands...Sen. Schumer comes to WNY and vows to tear down obstructions to development...Noco on leading edge of C-Store foodservice... and more....

Openings: Yolo, Lagerhaus....Roc restaurant inspections...Ashker's on Elmwood...

Rochester beer/coffee concoction...chain restaurant margins to die for...top 50 bars in US-none in #WNY ;(....

Westwood goes to restaurant operators; Tuesday Tidbits from Spree; Templeton Landing does brunch; Stephen's Loft opens in Brockport and Restaurant moguls reveals secrets to success....