Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A couple’s toast, the clicking of the utensils, fire crackles around a pan of sizzling oil: These are some of the sounds cascading ...

An acoustics professor, a food critic and an audio producer are staring at their devices in a Peruvian restaurant in downtown Washington. “What are you getting?” “Let’s see … it’s fluctuating.” “I ...

Walk into a modern restaurant today, and you might not notice the playlist at first, but it's shaping your experience in subtle ways. The tempo of the music affects how quickly you eat, the genre ...

“Good food but it’s SO dang loud,” reads a Yelp review for one of Fresno’s most popular restaurants. It’s a complaint that you hear a lot in Fresno. Someone goes to a restaurant anticipating a cozy ...

A note to San Antonio restaurants: Our readers would like you to turn it down, please. This week’s Taste Q&A column on noisy restaurants — prompted by a question wondering why I don’t include decibel ...

Investing in a high-quality sound system is an aspect of business that restaurant owners often overlook. However, a great sound system can actually increase profits by creating an inviting environment ...

Since its start, “The Bear” has been lauded by restaurant workers for its realistic portrayal of kitchen chaos. The show relays how frenetic back-of-house operations can get, often through the sensory ...