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Taco Bell opens its first public restaurant in Germany
After nine years confined to US military bases, Taco Bell opens a franchise restaurant on Cologne's Hohenzollernring on October 3, with Berlin and Stuttgart lined up next.
Potsdam packaging tax puts 50 cents on every takeaway cup
From 1 October, cafés, bakeries, fast-food outlets and petrol stations in Brandenburg's capital pay a levy on single-use containers and cutlery, with reusables exempt.
Haebel Hamburg to close its one-star restaurant after 16 years
Fabio Haebel will stop regular service at his 20-seat St. Pauli restaurant on 31 December, blaming the building rather than the books, and plans pop-ups instead.
Paul Stradner will open 1839 Malerhaus in Achern in 2027
The Austrian chef keeps his two-star kitchen at Villa René Lalique in Alsace and hands the daily running of a restored house from 1839 to the Swiss chef Julian Schmid.
Oktoberfest 2026 draws more foreigners but fewer visitors
Phone data put the Munich festival's opening weekend at 1.04 million people, slightly down on 2025, while one in three Saturday visitors came from abroad.
Sazerac bids 5.55 euros a share for Berentzen
The American group behind Buffalo Trace has put a voluntary offer on the table for the Haselünne distiller, and both Berentzen boards have already backed it.
Restaurant VAT cut in Germany leaves menu prices unchanged
Nine months after Germany taxed restaurant food at 7% instead of 19%, a union-commissioned study finds almost nothing got cheaper. The employers' association says the money went into wages and jobs.
Card payment mandate: Germany targets cash-only restaurants
Finance minister Lars Klingbeil wants every shop, café and restaurant to offer at least one digital way to pay from 2027. Dehoga says the fees are the real question.
CHEF:IN Awards winners: Berlin takes five of nine titles
Hallmann & Klee and CODA share Chef of the Year at Germany's first awards for women in hospitality, while Ana Roš takes the international title and the jury's criteria reach beyond the plate.
CHEF:IN Awards debut in Hamburg with seven categories
Germany's first all-women fine-dining awards hold their opening ceremony tonight at Foodlab Hamburg, naming 2026 winners across seven categories from the kitchen to the bar.
Zwiebelkuchen recipe, the onion tart of the harvest
A kilo of onions cooked without colour, a set custard and a yeast base rather than pastry. In the German wine villages it is eaten with new wine, standing up.
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