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Plus, a vaccinated-members-only club opens in Los Angeles; March sales for restaurants are up Each week, Restaurant Hospitality gathers five stories that impact independent restaurant operations that you may have missed. Here’s your list for the week of April 26: Labor proves to be a challenge for owners and management Across the industry, there has been a shortage of willing workers for restaurants. The industry still remains 15% below pre-pandemic job levels, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ March 2021 numbers. Finding back-of-house labor has been especially difficult,...

Iris, From John Fraser, Opens in Midtown Manhattan An Eataly restaurant teams up with Color Factory, mostly vegan selections from Baja California, and more restaurant news. Amy Racine, the beverage director at Iris, manages a sweets and libations cart at the restaurant.Credit...Karsten Moran for The New York Times Headliner Iris With its November opening derailed by the pandemic, this elegant addition to Midtown Manhattan dining, from the chef and restaurateur John Fraser, is now ready for business. The food makes clear Mr. Fraser’s Greek heritage, something that was less evident in his oth...

Dillon Burke for John Fraser [Official Photo] Chef and restaurateur John Fraser’s long-in-the-works Midtown spot Iris — located on the ground floor of office building 1740 Broadway, at West 55th Street — is finally opening on Wednesday. According to Iris’s website, the new restaurant will focus on Mediterranean fare, with Fraser digging into “his Greek heritage and deep admiration for Turkish cuisine.” Dishes on the opening menu include lamb tartare with ramp labneh and a sweetbread kokoretsi with purslane and lemon, according to the New York Times. The full opening menu is incl...

Replies(3) A chef has launched a new line of chocolates on the North Fork. (Courtesy Disset Chocolate.) CUTCHOGUE, NY — A chef who has traveled the world has set down roots on the North Fork and is debuting her new chocolate line, Disset Chocolate, just in time for Valentine's Day. Ursula Sala-illa, whose professional name is Chef Ursula XVII, is debuting two collections of hand-crafted, small-batch chocolates. A Michelin-trained pastry chef and chocolatier, Ursula is a New York native with roots in Catalonia. She trained with world-renowned pastry chefs and worked at several Michelin-starr...