RH_RESTAURANT HOSPITALITY_ A Penton Media Property November 10, 2009 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/restauranthospitality/v/52 NEWSLETTER --Tea Party? In Oregon, They'll Tax Even That Let's hope word of this doesn't leak out. Voters in Ashland, OR, last week renewed a five percent tax on restaurant meals due to expire next year. That's right, a city in Oregon, the state famous nationwide for having absolutely no sales tax whatsoever, has again singled out restaurants to be the lone exception to the state's otherwise-uniform sales tax policy. How come operators are the only ones whose businesses are forced to contribute to the common good? To view the full article go to: http://restaurant-hospitality.com/news/tea-party-oregon-1109 ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT Looking for a little action on the side? grilledandlonely.com Where centers come to find their side mates. Go to http://www.grilledandlonely.com ---------------------------------------- --Truffle Prices Come Down to Earth We've had 99 cent meals at fast food outlets, two-for-one BOGO offers in casual dining and, as we reported last month, even upper-echelon chains and their independent fine dining brethren have succumbed to the lure of the bargain meal, with "bargain" being a relative term at their level. But the restaurant industry will reach the final frontier of cut-rate dining later this week at San Francisco's Palio Asti, which is offering a sizable markdown on its legendary truffle dinners. Will other fine dining restaurants follow suit? To view the full article go to: http://restaurant-hospitality.com/news/truffle-prices-come-down-1109 ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT Make Every Meal A Celebration. http://www.butterballfoodservice.com ---------------------------------------- --A Buck Will Buy You A Restaurant The owner of Lucky's, an Italian eatery in Kalamazoo, MI, who apparently hasn't been quite so lucky, closed his two-year-old restaurant last year. Now he's raffling it off. Jim Sieklucki has announced that any applicant who ponies up a $185 processing fee can enter a raffle to decide who will be running the 2,000-square-foot, 72-seat restaurant in the future. He plans to select two applicants at random from the pool, fly them to Kalamazoo and have each one prepare pizza and an entr_e for the Sieklucki family. Best cook gets the keys -- for $1. To view the full article go to: http://restaurant-hospitality.com/news/1109-restaurant-buy/ ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT Lighting Your Way. Find out Why rechargeable lighting actually costs you more. Go to http://www.henalamps.com ---------------------------------------- Thank you for reading The Restaurant Hospitality Electronic UPDATE You are subscribed as #email#. You've received this e-newsletter for one of three reasons: 1) You signed up for it on one of our web sites. 2) You are a reader of Restaurant Hospitality. 3) You are an attendee of a Restaurant Hospitality conference or trade show. Manage Your Subscription To subscribe: http://restaurant-hospitality.com/subscribe/ To unsubscribe to this newsletter: http://email.restaurant-hospitality.com/webforms/newsletter/unsub/?email=#email#&lid=#list_id#&mid=#message_id# To change your email address reply to this newsletter with your old address and your new address in the body of the email. Contact Information Publisher: David Brodowski mailto:dbrodowski@penton.com Advertising/sponsorship opportunities New England Rachel McGaffigan mailto:rmcgaffigan@penton.com Midwest/Ohio Sam Wilson mailto:sam.wilson@penton.com Missouri/Arkansas David Brodowski mailto:dbrodowski@penton.com West Dian Melius mailto:dian.melius@penton.com Southeast Doug Mael mailto:doug.mael@penton.com Penton Media, Inc. 1300 E. 9th Street Cleveland, OH 44114 Copyright 2009 Penton Media, Inc. All rights reserved.