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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --When you're choosing a restaurant, the food is probably your primary driver, but CBS 2 Morning Insider Vince Gerasole shows us why restaurant owners are now focusing on our ears as ...

It’s a restaurant owner’s dream: a lively ambience with delicious food, crowded tables, vibrant music and buzzy energy. But is it a diner’s nightmare? A bustling eatery can feel like a dreadful ...

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 ...

Like many New York City singles, Gregory Scott was working way too hard to hear his dates. The city’s abnormally loud bars and restaurants make connecting with a stranger all the more difficult, and ...

In a restaurant setting, the volume of the sound can affect customers differently. For example, quiet and slow music may relax customers, allowing them to spend more time at the table. On the other ...

Restaurant noise continues to be a thorn in the side of diners. Jonathan Gold and Jerry Christoffdiscuss sound design with Frances Anderton, host of DnA. Plus, Bon Appetit's restaurant critic Andrew ...

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 ...

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 ...