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  A new book, "The Language of Food", analyzes restaurant menus across the US, and tries to find patterns between the words used on the menu and the price of dishes. As The Independent reports, Dan Jurafsky, a professor of Linguistics at Stanford University in California, studied 6,500 restaurant menus, to try and unearth what words correspond with price increases and decreases. His research, quite thorough, gives restauranteurs and consumers a like a lot to think about. While some of the points are obvious, many are very subtle. Keep reading for the full breakdown.  Continue reading →

  With the Affordable Care Act requiring larger businesses (50 + FT employees) to provide health insurance for workers, some restauranteurs  have begun adding a 3% surcharge to customer's bills, to help cover the increased costs of doing business. While San Francisco restauranteurs were faced with a similar issue in 2008, when a citywide mandate required they provide health insurance, the LA Times is reporting that many Southern California restaurants are now following suite.  Continue reading →

Coca-Cola's "Share a Coke" campaign, in which the company printed some 250 different names on Coke bottles and cans, boosted sales for the first time in a decade, the Verge reports. While sales of soft drink have been steadily declining for the last 10 years as people move towards "healthier" alternatives, Coke's crafty marketing gave the company a 0.4% boost. Continue reading →

  A new San Francisco based start-up, called 6SensorLabs, has recently raised funding to manufacture a small, personal device called Canary. The portable device can detect Gluten in foods and beverages, and is aimed at helping those with celiac, or those simply avoiding gluten, gain more knowledge about the products and restaurant dishes they consume. Continue reading →

Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law a new bill that makes it legal for patrons to bring their dogs to restaurants, with some restrictions. While previously many restaurants allowed dogs in their outdoor patios, the practice was technically illegal. The new law brings some relief for restaurateurs who have been allowing dogs all along, and may help create even more dog friendly restaurant atmospheres in California. Continue reading →

Today's customer photo comes courtesy of Kathy Frizzel, who paired our RFL750X3 stainless steel table base with her custom, cracked glass table top. This unique and beautiful table and base combination really helps to compliment the underwater-themed colors in her dining area. Continue reading →

You can now find Tablebases.com on Pinterest! We realized that our customers have been pinning photos from our site to Pinterest for years now, helping to inspire restauranteurs looking for design tips, as well as those completing DIY home projects. Now, we're there to help out, comment, and answer any questions you may have about our Table Bases! Continue reading →

  Cheese is a particularly interesting, and varied, category of food, with different types made all over the world. They can be strong and pungent or mild, hard and crumbly or soft and smooth, with colors ranging from white to blue, yellow to beige. So would you be surprised to learn that a Sardinian sheep milk cheese is actually made using flies? Casu Marzu - roughly translated as "rotten cheese" - is made by purposefully allowing fly maggots to grow inside the cheese. This peculiar traditional method produces a soft cheese with a strong taste, and is surrounded by controversy. The traditional food's questionable legality makes it quite captivating. Read on for more information about this exotic piece of European tradition. Continue reading →

Summer is the perfect time of year to revamp your bar or outdoor patio and whip up some refreshing cocktails for your guests! At Tablebases.com, we have a wide selection of bar height table bases and table tops to help you create custom tables that fit with your style. No matter your tates, modern or vintage, minimal or decorative, we have high-quality table bases, chairs and table tops to suite your needs. Best of all, we are currently offering free shipping* for table base orders. Below are some of our favorite cocktails to help you get started with your summer celebrations! Table Bases shown above (from left to right): JSS18, Brasserie 3, CR17 Continue reading →

Wine is an important part of dining out for a lot of people. While beer and cider have their appropriate food pairings, and even mocktails are making a splash as the craft drinks scene really heats up, there is still nothing quite like a perfectly paired bottle of wine with your entrée. While Wine Spectator has been compiling a list of the best restaurant wine lists for some time, London based The World of Fine Wine recently introduced a 3 star rating system for wine lists. Continue reading →