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Many restaurants that got coronavirus relief loans have spent the money and now find themselves in the same precarious position as in the pandemic’s early days

Tacos 4 Life started with the mission to end childhood hunger. It’s strategy is simple: With every taco purchased, a child in need receives a free meal. The business, which launched as a pizza joint in Arkansas, now has 16 taco restaurants in five states and has provided 14 million meals to kids in countries around the world in partnership...

The city of Miami is aiming to help restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic with a program to allow more outdoor seating. NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez reports.

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez signed the executive order allowing gyms to stay open and prohibiting indoor dining. NBC 6’s Alyssa Hyman reports.

NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez talks to restaurant owners as Miami-Dade County limit dining to outdoor seating only.

Restaurants in Miami-Dade have to stop serving food after a certain time to reduce crowds. NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez reports.

The Raleigh, North Carolina, restaurant A Place at the Table offers pay-as-you-wish or free meals to its customers. During the pandemic, they have gone from serving about 70 meals per day to now serving up to 300 per day. Owner Maggie Kane explains how she and her staff continue to serve their community.

If you’re a tourist in New York City, or even a harried local trying to get across midtown Manhattan, you’ve seen it, or maybe eaten in it — the giant McDonald’s on 42nd Street in Times Square with the Broadway-style marquee. No more, though — the company confirmed Wednesday that the location has shut down for good as of...

Some restaurant owners are struggling between enforcing masks at their locations while not turning away their much-needed customers. NBC 6’s Arlene Borenstein reports.

On Saturday night about midnight on Hollywood Boulevard, NBC 6 saw what could have been a scene well before anyone ever heard of COVID-19. The music was going, the drinks flowing, and people were enjoying a meal.

The new rise in COVID cases are prompting leaders to urge businesses and residents to follow CDC guidelines. But across Hollywood Boulevard, Midtown Miami, and Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale — cameras captured people ignoring these coronavirus restrictions. NBC 6’s Willard Shepard reports.

As the restaurant industry tries to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic, Dunkin’ is looking to hire 25,000 employees. The coffee chain is launching its first advertising campaign centered on hiring to tout the benefits of working at its restaurants. Dunkin’ said it is partnering with Southern New Hampshire University to offer store employees an online college education. The summer months typically...

At the restaurant The New Wave Billiards just off of Florida International University’s campus, health and safety upgrades have been expensive to implement since the coronavirus pandemic brought about a new way of life. Now, as a result, a 3% ‘COVID-19 fee’ is being added to each customer’s bill.

A Miami restaurant is adding a “COVID fee” to customers’ receipts to cover pandemic-related costs. NBC 6’s Steve Litz reports.

Restaurants across the globe are beginning to reopen, but since coronavirus cases are still being confirmed daily, many eateries are using unique concepts to encourage social distancing among customers and employees.

As restaurants around the world look for ways to safely reopen, some restaurants in France are experimenting with plastic domes to help keep restaurant workers and diners healthy.

Sunrise police responded Saturday to a shooting outside a Jamaican restaurant, where cops say five men were shot.

When Pitas and Sticks, a Greek restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, gets an order from Grubhub, owner John Stamos gives each bag a personal touch, printing out a small note with a simple message: Grubhub orders are killing his business, reports NBC News.

Dining out in a post-coronavirus world just isn’t going to be the same again.

We are now getting a glimpse of the future of dining out. Restaurant executives played a large role in the governor’s Reopen Florida Task Force, weighing in on what establishments could look like and how best to keep us safe. One of those CEO’s is Tim Petrillo with The Restaurant People in Fort Lauderdale. TRP owns nearly a dozen...