If that reservation does not show up, staffing and food waste can cost the restaurant more than the profit that the table was going ... co-owner of one-Michelin-starred Lazy Betty.

Amelia Schwartz is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who has been covering food, beverage, and culture for over seven years. She is currently an editor at Food & Wine magazine, focusing on trends ...

A bartender at the Italian restaurant Fausto ... who already run their businesses on thin profit margins, worry that tables for one will cost them. Reservations for solo dining in the United ...

Don’t even think about trying that at a One Off restaurant, says Barriball: “When you show up with two, you’re going to be put at a table that is the size of your party.” Maggie Hennessy ...