One of the most common complaints on review sites against us and many restaurants in the area is that the service was slow and or they needed to wait a bit long for a table.

Though famine still takes its toll on the unfortunates across the sea, the greatest nation in the world has transcended such concerns. Here, our Statue of Liberty's upraised torch beckons with the message: In America, our appetizers are endless.

Here's some great news for the dying food truck industry: A new study shows that in comparison to restaurants, food trucks are often a safer place to eat. A report by the Institute of Justice concluded that food trucks and carts tend to receive less health and safety violations than restaurants do.

Fast food titans like McDonald's are conquering the globe, but are losing in the U.S., according to Consumer Reports.

Turns out nobody’s loving it. The standard McDonald’s hamburger — the one that claims to satisfy “billions and billions” — finished dead last in a new Consumer Reports taste test.

Why does fast food look so much better in ads than in reality? We returned sad-looking food at McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and Jack in the Box to see if they actually could make their food look like it does in their own pictures!

KFC says it's investigating allegations that a restaurant employee in Jackson, Mississippi, asked a 3-year-old to leave because her facial injuries disturbed other patrons. The company is also giving $30,000 toward Victoria Wilcher's medical bills, a spokesman said Sunday.

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One Saturday morning in January 2013, Heather Mottershaw was at home scrolling through status updates on Facebook when a photo caught her eye. A friend had uploaded a picture of his soon-to-be-devoured meal at a restaurant, which Mottershaw describes as a folded-over waffle sandwich filled with eggs and avocados and other fixings you’d expect in a Southern California meal. “I went, huh, that’s an interesting idea,” she says.

I have three words to say to this pizza: Get in my belly. Wait, that's four.

Food additives: The worst toxic food ingredients.

Chipotle is asking customers not to bring firearms into its stores after it says gun rights advocates brought military-style assault rifles into one of its restaurants in Texas. The Denver-based company notes that it has traditionally complied with local laws regarding open and concealed firearms.

Would you like some microchips with that burger? McDonald's Europe strikes another blow against human interaction by installing 7,000 touch-screen computers to take your order and money.

Darden Restaurants has sold its struggling Red Lobster chain of seafood restaurants to private-equity firm Golden Gate Capital for $2.1bn (£1.2bn).

Looking for a traditional Brazilian dish of rice and beans while in town for the World Cup? Try McDonald’s.

It is enough to make a vegan weep. Takeaway boss John Clarkson has taken extreme food to new heights, or should that be depths?

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Pee cola? Mmmm.

The ranges on menu items are so vast that, depending on what your order looks like, a burrito could have 350 or 970 calories – nearly a threefold difference. (Never mind that it is nearly impossible to order the lowest-calorie Chipotle burrito, which consists of a flour tortilla with beans.)

At Eenmaal, customers are encouraged to enjoy meals without the distractions of dinner companions.