Out to Lunch
Midday meals and business deals are pairing up again.
Largely forgone in the lean years since the dotcom bust, the business lunch is making a comeback. The National Restaurant Association projects a record $476 billion in overall industry sales for 2005, a 4.9 percent increase over last year, and restaurateurs report more bustle and business-deal making during the lunch rush. Check out the report from the trenches of three business lunch hot spots.
Swifty's, New York City
Business Lunch Buzz: Business clientele have been
frequenting this Upper East Side eatery more regularly, and
business is up from past years, says co-owner Robert Caravaggi.
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