Owners hope Black Restaurant Week kick starts return from COVID-19 slump

Black Restaurant Week in Atlanta kicks off September 3 and runs until September 13. The coronavirus hit many restaurants hard and forced some businesses to shut their doors for good. Organizers hope this event is a boost in the right direction to get people to support those still open.

Burgers with Buck: The Beverly in Grant Park

In this week's Burgers with Buck, Good Day's Buck Lanford takes on The Beverly.

Athens business owners, county commission settle lawsuit over last call

Business owners in Athens and the Athens-Clarke County Commission have come to an agreement on when bars will stop serving drinks. 

Burgers with Buck: The Tucker Fountain

This week, Good Day's Buck Lanford takes on The Tucker Fountain.

Formerly incarcerated teens get a second chance at employment

Getting a job and staying out of trouble can be daunting tasks for teens who've just been released from the Department of Juvenile Justice system. A new partnership between DJJ and a popular Atlanta restaurant is making it easier for young men like 17-year-old Christian White to accomplish both.

Burgers with Buck: Carson Kitchen

When Cory Harwell brought his Las Vegas restaurant concept, Carson Kitchen, to Alpharetta City Center in February, he had no idea what was about to happen.

UK pub installs electric fence to enforce social distancing

As businesses reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, one U.K. pub has devised a unique way of ensuring its guests comply with social distancing orders — the bar’s owners installed an electric fence to separate the bar staff from their patrons.  

Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows' diets

The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change.

Demand for robot cooks rises as kitchens combat COVID-19

Starting this fall, the White Castle burger chain will test a robot arm that can cook french fries and other foods. The robot, dubbed Flippy, is made by Pasadena, California-based Miso Robotics.

McDonald’s halts dine-in service reopening plans due to spike in US COVID-19 cases

The announcement from the fast-food chain comes as multiple areas across the country are reinforcing lockdown restrictions in efforts to clamp down on surging COVID-19 cases.