SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Bhc Group said Monday it has opened its first bhc chicken restaurant in North America as part of the overseas expansion of South Korea’s largest chicken franchise by sales. The new restaurant, located on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, will be directly operated by the company and be used [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A street in Jerusalem, Israel is home to a small restaurant where visitors can eat as much instant noodles, or “ramyeon” in Korean, as they want for free. Bethel Ramyeon was first opened by the Korea-Israel Club during the pandemic and has been in operation for over a year. [...]
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Today, Romacorp, Inc., the parent company of Tony Roma’s®, the world’s largest casual dining concept and widely-recognized restaurant brand that specializes in ribs, celebrates its 50th anniversary. On January 20, 1972, the company’s founder Tony Roma opened his flagship restaurant, Tony Roma’s, in North Miami, Florida. The restaurant quickly became [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A restaurant that unveiled plans to offer free meals to unvaccinated customers has drawn mixed responses from online commenters in South Korea. A restaurant specializing in abalone located in western Seoul uploaded a post through its official Instagram account saying that it would provide an additional abalone for free [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A near-century-old restaurant in Seoul, believed to be the first to serve western-style cuisine in Korea, has announced it will shut down due to the pandemic after nearly a century of business. Seoul Station Grill, which opened on Oct. 15, 1925, on the second floor of the old Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 200 owners of cafes and restaurants sued the government on Friday over losses caused by COVID-19 business restrictions. The plaintiffs — 170 cafe owners and 70 restaurant owners — said they are seeking 1.2 billion won (US$1.08 million) in compensation from the government. The lawsuit, which was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Corp., South Korea’s top web portal operator, introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) call technology that automatically responds to customer calls for restaurant reservations. If a customer asks to make a reservation, the AI responds by asking the time of reservation, number of people, and if a baby [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Boulevard Erkindik, located in the heart of downtown Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, is home to one of the most popular restaurants in town – Chicken Star, which was launched in May 2015 by Chung Chi-hoon, a 37-year-old Korean. TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel information website, ranked Chicken Star [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Woowa Brothers Corp., a South Korean service provider for a major food delivery app, Baedal Minjok, will open a next generation restaurant, Merry-Go Kitchen, in Seoul’s Songpa District. The restaurant will be run with ‘smart orders,’ autonomous driving robots, and other cutting-edge technology. At the restaurant, each table will [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — True to form the latest Michelin Guide Seoul recommends the best places to eat in South Korea’s capital city with posh five-star hotel restaurants to small noodle places being lauded for their culinary excellence and service. Its third edition, which once again demonstrated its love for local cuisine, the [...]