The Restaurant Association of Maryland cheered the recent repeal in the state’s General Assembly of a law that would have imposed licensing fees for soda fountains on restaurants and retail establishments.

Red Mango, the 45-unit frozen yogurt chain, has unveiled a program in which it will buy back a store for up to $275,000 if a franchisee is dissatisfied within six months of opening.

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Union Square Hospitality Group said Monday it had been selected to create a new restaurant for Ian Schrager’s Gramercy Park Hotel in lower Manhattan, as well as run all of the hotel’s food and beverage operations, including room service, banquets and private events.

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Union Square Hospitality Group has been chosen to create a new restaurant for Ian Schrager’s Gramercy Park Hotel in Manhattan. The restaurant will mark the group’s first new full-service restaurant since it opened The Modern at the Museum of Modern Art in 2005.

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California Pizza Kitchen on Monday launched their second annual Thank You Card program, a move to increase traffic by offering customers a chance to win prizes of up to $50,000 in cash on a return visit.

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The New York Mets and Aramark will be playing ball with three of this city’s culinary powerhouses at Citi Field, the Mets’ new stadium, when the Major League Baseball season starts in a few weeks.

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