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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Hooter’s ‘breastaurant’ brand failed to evolve with the times

April 2, 2025

Lilly Jan, senior lecturer of food and beverage management at the Nolan School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, says the chain faced a number of limiting concepts, and failures to adapt. 

Economics and Business
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
School of Hotel Administration

Cold weather dining: Restaurants should ‘lean-in’ to the elements

September 30, 2020

Restaurants in New York City and other city centers around the country are making plans to reopen for reduced-capacity indoor dining. Lilly Jan, senior lecturer of food and beverage management at the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell, says that restaurant operators should find creative ways to resume indoor dining while considering maintaining viable options for outdoor dining as well.

Food & Agriculture
School of Hotel Administration