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Phone-free restaurants: Sardinia trials screenless family meals
Fifteen restaurants in ten Sardinian towns ask parents and children to put their devices in a basket for a month, and hand out board games designed with paediatricians.
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Village Hotel Club to open its 35th UK site in Sheffield
A former DoubleTree by Hilton becomes Village's newest property, with the leisure club, bedrooms, spa and pool opening in stages through spring 2027.
Wendy's takeover bid: Peltz and Flynn offer $7.35 a share
Nelson Peltz and franchisee Greg Flynn offer $1.4 billion for the burger chain, as Wendy's reports its sixth straight quarter of falling sales.
Air India business class swaps the tray for plated courses
Flights between India and the UK now serve appetisers, mains and desserts one by one on linen. The airline talks about fine dining, but names no chef and no dish.
Fireman Hospitality Group sells to Landry's out of Chapter 11
Three of Sheldon Fireman's New York dining rooms are heading to a Houston buyer, a year after his death and a cash crunch fed by merchant cash advances.
Pizza Pilgrims lands in Germany, targets 50 restaurants
The Neapolitan chain opens in Schwabing on 2 November, backed by German group L'Osteria, which bought a majority stake last year and wants dozens more sites.
La Dolce Vita Orient Express adds four routes for 2027
Wine in Bolgheri and Verona, truffles in Alba, plus Portofino and Venice: the Italian sleeper train's new programme starts at €3,060 a head, and most of the tastings are extras.
Playing Solo closes its Madrid counter after four years
Luis Caballero serves the last dinner at his eight-seat counter in Malasaña on 26 September, citing physical exhaustion and the limits of a one-cook restaurant.
Michelle Bernstein closes Sra. Martinez in Coral Gables
The Spanish restaurant she revived on Galiano Street in late 2024 serves its last dinner on 26 September. The couple behind it keep the space and have not said what comes next.
Christopher's Covent Garden to close after 35 years
The American restaurant and Martini Bar leaves its Grade II listed home on Wellington Street a year after a refurbishment. Its owners say they will relocate.
Bruno Verjus will close Table in Paris on 22 December
The chef behind the two-star restaurant, eighth on The World's 50 Best, says fine dining is dead and that he no longer wants a table whose price shuts people out.
Alchemist Copenhagen will close five months every year
Rasmus Munk's two-star restaurant stops regular service from December for an annual Intermission, keeps about 100 staff on the payroll and makes a drinks package of DKK 3,000 compulsory.
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