Food Safety Starts Behind The Scenes: Why Preventive Equipment Maintenance Matters in Hospitality We’re excited to share that Parts Town’s very own Frank Faso was recently featured in Lodging Magazine discussing the critical role equipment plays in supporting food safety across hotel operations. As operators recognize Food Safety Education... Read More

I sat down to write this blog entry with the intent of summarizing what makes Parts Town great. Once I began to put my thoughts on the screen, I decided that it would make more sense to consolidate everything into a more digestible (more readable?), “A-Z,” format. (Please note that this... Read More

James from Parts Town interviews Frank from Vainisi’s restaurant. Looking at your menu, is that your sense of humor coming through with the helipad directions and carry-out/reservation disclaimer? Yeah, I wrote all that. Is that sort of humor part of the restaurant culture and experience? I... Read More

This year’s NRA Show wrapped up this week, and Parts Town was proud to have been onsite throughout the four-day event. Attendance for the 94th annual convention, again held at Chicago’s McCormick Place, is expected to top last year’s count of 61,000 attendees, according to a... Read More

James from Parts Town interviews Alex of CHEESECAKES by Alex If we were to walk into your place for the first time, what’s the first cheesecake we should try? Oh, goodness. I would probably say New York, because it’s kind of the standard; kind of the hallmark of all cheesecakes. Is the New York... Read More

Kaboom! 2013 is now over and done with. All that hard work has turned into something truly beautiful, I must say. In 6 ½ hours, over 250 volunteers pulled together and took an empty lot and built an amazing playground for the children of St. Nicholas of Tolentine in South Chicago. A few hundred... Read More