The Tables Turn By WILLIAM NEUMAN Published: April 14, 2010 On many weeknights last year, in the depths of the recession, Tursi’s Latin King restaurant in Des Moines closed one of its three dining rooms and pared its kitchen to a skeleton crew. Multimedia Graphic Hinting at Recovery Now, all three rooms are open on most nights, […]
Click to continue reading → By Mark Brandau at Nations Restaurant News ATLANTA (April 9, 2010) Consumer spending in the U.S. retail sector, including restaurants, showed its strongest signs yet of recovery last month, according to a Friday report from First Data, a payment card processing firm. In the Atlanta-based company’s “SpendTrend Report” for March of 2010, First Data said […]
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