A fter three years of serving fine wines and inventive dishes, Oakland’s Daytrip Counter has returned with a new look. This ...

“We treat the counter as the first interaction at a fine-dining restaurant,” says Arjav Ezekiel, co-owner and beverage director of Birdie’s in Austin, Texas.

Even though Ells scrapped Kernel (and that robot arm), his driving question remains the same in Counter Service: “How do we make a restaurant more efficient?” Yet the context of his starting a ...

The back story Amba, which is named for a delicious, golden-colored, Iraqi-Indian sauce made with fermented mangos, is a collaboration with the City of Cambridge, which owns the parking garage ...