You'll be confronted with a whirlwind of new and unfamiliar dining options hungry for business. Burgers and meatballs will fly, but keep alert and you can avoid the most tragic meals.

I can't pretend to be the most elegant of men. My manners, as you would expect of any zealot, are half feral at best....

Eating dinner with a group of people at a restaurant can be fun. You know what's not fun? Trying to figure out who owes what when the check comes--whe...

Dear BA Foodist, I was dining out for a friend's birthday, and our group was having a great time...until the check arrived. Not everyone had cash, t...

Pre-mobile phone era, we called each other "at home," made dinner plans, arrived at the restaurant on time, and proceeded to engage in un-interrupted eating, drinking and conversation with friends.

After I posted my top five restaurant service pet peeves, readers quickly chimed in with their own dining out dislikes. Many took issue with one of m...

If a restaurant, no matter how starchy the table linens, decides to carry a food traditionally eaten with your hands, then by all means use your hands.

Dear BA Foodist: Isn't it time for restaurants to step in and ask diners to cool it with the mid-meal photography? I know everyone loves playing foo...