Author: Sahar Chmais

When a sleek sign advertising a “digital kitchen” recently appeared on a Whataburger LLC restaurant under construction in Austin, social media was abuzz with questions about the new fast-food burger joint. Austin Business Journal has learned more about…

Lick Honest Ice Creams is diving into Houston with three locations, a new market for the Austin-based retailer. Click through to read about the plans and to learn more about the company, including revenue and details about its growing consumer packaged…

A bill that showed an inkling of promise earlier in the state legislative session now appears to be dead. It would have added chronic pain to the list of treatable ailments under the Texas Compassionate Use Program.

Beer brewers cannot ship directly to homes in Texas. They want to change that, and argue it could be an economic benefit for the state, which already allows wineries to ship hundreds of thousands of cases to consumers per year. As one local brewery own…

Issues like child care, health care, property taxes and benefits are top-of-mind for the TRA when requesting support for the 53,000 food service businesses in Texas. We dive into the wants list in this article.

The embargo was announced Sunday, Feb. 13, reportedly in response to a threat posed toward a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico. Restauranteurs in Central Texas said the immediate effects have been muted but worry there could be trouble just around …

Two Texas-based burger chains are joining forces to become more accessible to customers across the nation.

Austin-based Hopdoddy Burger Bar Inc. announced Jan. 13 plans to buy Bryan-based Grub Burger Bar and put both companies under the umbrella of th…

With an employee shortage, restaurant owners worried about how to handle employees who refused to comply. In early December, before the Omicron variant became rampant in Texas, 70% of members told the Texas Restaurant Association they did not have enou…