24 eateries taking part in Puerto Rico Restaurant Week
May 13, 2015
The fourth edition of the Puerto Rico Restaurant Week event, slated to take place May 27-June 3 will feature 25 local eateries that will offer pre-fixe dinner menus for $28 or $38, with options for the appetizer, entrée and dessert.
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Loíza St. energized by wave of new restaurants, stores
June 4, 2014
A wave of new developments is sweeping across Loíza Street, injecting renewed vibrancy into this well-known sector of San Juan and highlighting once again the area's resilience in the face of Puerto Rico's endless recession.
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LongHorn Steakhouse 2 restaurants, 2 more planned
May 23, 2014
Restaurants Operators Inc., franchisees of the LongHorn Steakhouse restaurant chain in Puerto Rico, announced Thursday the opening of two new eateries in Guaynabo and Manatí, and plans to open two more in the next five years.
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3rd edition of Puerto Rico Restaurant Week on for May
April 28, 2014
Puerto Rico will celebrate its third annual Puerto Rico Restaurant Week — a culinary event that gives diners the opportunity to sample the best restaurants on the island at special prices — from May 14-20, said Gustavo Antonetti, president of Kinori Group, the company that produces the event.
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Electricity costs taking a bite out of restaurant business
March 19, 2014
Payroll, food and electricity represent the three major expenses for Puerto Rico restaurants, which are feeling the crunch of rising costs all-around, Restaurant Association President Carlos Morell said Tuesday during a public hearing at the Senate.
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Restaurants balk at new PRASA regulatory charge
December 20, 2013
The Puerto Rico Restaurant Association raised a red flag Thursday against the decision by the Aqueduct and Sewer and Authority’s examiner to enact an Environmental and Regulatory Compliance fee based on consumption for customers whose meters are less than 2 inches in diameter, and a flat rate for those with larger meters.
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Taco Maker grows to U.S., LatAm; launches new concept
December 12, 2013
The owners of the Taco Maker chain in Puerto Rico are setting their sights on other markets on the U.S. mainland and in Central and Latin America to fuel growth in 2014, when the company also plans to expand on a newly introduced modular restaurant concept they believe is the cornerstone to successfully bucking local economic conditions.
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Restaurants open in Santurce, Isla Verde
November 14, 2013
Metropolitan area foodies have two new options in fine dining with the recent openings of a pair of restaurants featuring very different menus. While newcomer Bodega Las Tablas in Santurce offers authentic Spanish fare, Salt Gastrobar in Isla Verde serves up modernist cuisine, combined with innovative luxury cocktails.
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ASORE sponsors seminar on new taxes, industry impact
August 28, 2013
The Puerto Rico Restaurants Association, known as ASORE, sponsored a seminar Tuesday on the recently approved Law 40, which has brought on a new set of taxes, and its impact on the industry.
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Invasive lionfish presents biz opportunities for Puerto Rico restaurants, fishermen
July 5, 2013
In the past five years, Puerto Rico has experienced an unprecedented surge in its lionfish population.
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Restaurant operator IRSI adding 2 more eateries to chain
January 30, 2013
International Restaurant Services Inc. will be expanding its presence in Puerto Rico this year with the addition of two new restaurants — a Chili’s Grill & Bar in Bayamón and a P.F. Chang’s in Ponce — pushing the number of establishments in its chain to 30, company officials said Tuesday.
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Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Longhorn to create 2K jobs
January 23, 2013
The arrival of Red Lobster, Olive Garden and more Longhorn Steakhouse eateries to Puerto Rican shores will represent the creation of some 2,000 new jobs and investments of about $36 million by 2017.
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Ahead: Retail sector must ‘evolve, adapt’ in ’13
January 1, 2013
While much has been said about “economic uncertainty” and “consumer confidence,” the fact is that Puerto Rico’s economy has been in a state of disarray for so long it has become the new normal. So says Francis González, vice president of property management for DDR Corp., owners of 15 shopping centers islandwide.
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Fast food credit card purchases get more expensive
September 26, 2012
If you’ve gone to a fast-food restaurant lately and noticed a sign announcing a minimum purchase of $10 if paying with a credit card, you should know the policy responds to a federal law passed late last year regulating so-called “swipe fees,” or what merchants must pay debit card companies to process transactions.
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More than 30 eateries participating in ‘P.R. Restaurant Week’
May 11, 2012
For seven days starting May 14, fine-dining enthusiasts will have the chance to experience some of the San Juan metropolitan area’s best restaurants, which will be offering a three-course “prix fixe” dinner menu (including appetizer, entrée and dessert) for either $29 or $39, as part of Puerto Rico Restaurant Week.
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