Lancaster County brought in more visitors and made more money through its tourism industry in 2021 than it did in 2019, according to Discover Lancaster’s 2021 tourism economic impact report. 

After more than 20 years as a community fixture, the Country Table Restaurant in Mount Joy will close. 

TJ Rockwell’s American Grille’s Mechanicsburg and Elizabethtown restaurants were recently purchased by the owners of Palmyra-based restaurant Funck’s. 

An update to Pennsylvania’s rules regarding how employers pay tipped workers will be voted on by the state Independent Regulatory Review Commission during a meeting next month. 

Area restaurants are geared up for a busy Valentine’s Day weekend as industry-wide workforce shortages continue. 

The Pennsylvania Licensed Beverage and Tavern Association (PLBTA) members want answers to how House Bill 2272 will impact their business before throwing support behind it. 

John Longstreet, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association (PRLA) announced his plans to retire from the association in July. 

Restaurants and bars can now offer seating within 1,000 feet from their main location and serve alcohol to those customers under legislation signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday. 

The allowance of cocktails-to-go that was made to help bars and restaurants during the pandemic is one step closer to being permanent.

New guidance through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allows anyone fully vaccinated to forgo face coverings in public settings, which could prove difficult for small businesses currently enforcing mask mandates.

In its first week after launching the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved over 16,000 applicants nationally.

The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States is hailing a bill that has just passed out of committee in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

More than 60 Adams County tourism and hospitality-focused businesses will receive a share of $1.1 million through Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP).

Four Republican Pennsylvania senators plan to introduce a series of bills they say will provide financial and tax relief for the state’s small businesses.

Restaurants can resume bar service, sell alcohol without customers needing to purchase food first and fill their dining room to 75% capacity beginning April 4, Gov. Wolf announced in a press release on Monday.