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Neil Strebig, York Daily Record Published 12:31 pm UTC May. 3, 2021 Neil Strebig, York Daily Record Published 12:31 pm UTC May. 3, 2021 When it comes to increasing the minimum wage, the restaurant industry finds itself at a crossroads.  Some believe the proposed $15 per hour increase could shutter some restaurants, while other advocates believe the increase will benefit the industry and the local communities restaurants serve as a whole.  "Why do restaurants get to be the only industry in the whole country that has to let the customers directly compensate for employee wages? Every other i...

Critic's notebook: How to create a restaurant-style experience at home Susie Davidson Powell FacebookTwitterEmail Susie Davidson Powell's multicourse takeout meal from dp: An American Brasserie included the restaurant's signature stir-fried noodles, called bakmi goreng (top and bottom plates), salad with roasted beets (middle) and, at center right, dumplings. (Photo by Susie Davidson Powell.)Susie Davidson Powell/For the Times Union Remember when Friday meant cocktails after work (the kind without mandatory food) or table hopping with no reservations but a bunch of friends? Or when date night...

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HADDON TWP.  - Westmont Diner will celebrate New Year's Day with something new of its own — another Westmont Diner. The closed Crystal Lake Diner on Cuthbert Boulevard will become a second, and larger, location for the family owned diner, a business that has occupied the corner of Haddon and Maple avenues for the past 30 years. "We are expanding our operation and I decided to open the second diner here because I love Westmont more than anything. I live and work here and I love the community — it's like a Greek agora, a gathering place — and the friendly relationship we have with the...