It was supposed to be a joyful family gathering. Last spring, Kim Powers-Brown took an overnight train from her home in eastern Washington state to join her relatives at a restaurant near Seattle.

Erin Perkins is an editor of Eater’s South region, covering Atlanta, Nashville, Miami, New Orleans, and the Carolinas. She has been writing about the food scene in the Carolinas and Savannah for 12 ...

"Loud is not better." It all started with a simple question to our Taste Q&A column about including decibel levels in our restaurant reviews. We published a hallelujah chorus of your responses about ...

The South bar and grill on Wilshire Boulevard is packed with people as they watch the Los Angels Lakers win Thursday night. (photo by Brandon Wise) WILSHIRE BLVD — A year since its opening, the ...

Do you feel you’re better focused on the job with a little light background jazz or coffee shop chatter compared to pin-drop silence? Scientists might know why. According to Onno van der Groen, a ...

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GUEST OPINION: Walk into a bustling restaurant at dinnertime, and the energy is undeniable. But if the sound climbs too high, that lively buzz quickly turns into a stressful roar. Noise has long been ...

When Joanne Rosen enters a noisy restaurant, the artificial intelligence in her ... adjust and help the wearer focus on ...

A unit in the historic Birmingham district was seeking permission for a change of use from commercial retail space to a restaurant/bar. The site in Warstone Lane is now set to be occupied by the ...