Most restaurants are smoke-free, but exceptions existMore than three months after Virginia’s new restrictions on smoking in restaurants went into effect, about 88 percent of restaurants in the state have gone smoke-free, the state Health Department says.RESTAURANTS : Ginkatsutei 田村銀勝亭Taipei is home to a fair number of Japanese chain restaurants serving tonkatsu, or Japanese fried pork cutlet, with Saboten (勝博殿), Anzu (杏子) and Koshiya (晃士家) among the most popular.Wendy's Owner Eyes CKE RestaurantsWendy's/Arby's owner makes a bid for CKE Restaurants, according to reports.Bill would ban NY restaurants from using salt during food preparationALBANY -- A bill introduced in the New York State Assembly late last week would ban restaurants from using salt during food preparation.Choice Tables: Museum Restaurants: Where Art and Haute Cuisine Meet in ParisFrom bold experiments to understated havens of cool, new restaurants have sprung up in cultural institutions all over the city.Expired food? Dirty dishes? Health inspectors cite restaurantsAt least 1,900 area restaurants and food vendors, including some of D.C.'s finest restaurants, have been cited for health code violationsColumbus Junction City Council wants to mop up late water billsCOLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa - Columbus Junction residents could behit with a $25 penalty for failing to pay a delinquent water bill,under a proposal floated before the Columbus Junction City CouncilWednesday.Thrashers try to end slide in ColumbusThe Atlanta Thrashers will be out to halt a poorly-timed three-game losing streak in tonight's matchup with the Columbus Blue Jackets from Nationwide Arena. Atlanta had put itself in the Eastern Conference playoff mix with a 4-0-2 stretch that spanned the NHL's break for the Winter Olympics, but have fallen back a bit in the race due to the team's recent slide. The Thrashers enter this evening's ...Columbus Center development goes belly-upThe Columbus Center project had been on hold for 13 long years. Now, the plan is officially dead.Columbus authorities suspect arson in Sept. 27 River Road Pharmacy fireThe Sept. 27 blaze that destroyed Columbus’ River Road Pharmacy as exhausted firefighters tried to bring the flames under control now is being investigated as an arson, authorities said today.Unmanned Vehicle Systems expo today at Columbus Trade CenterThe Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International is being held today at the Columbus Convention & Trade Center North Hall.
