You slide into a booth at your favorite new restaurant, excited about the food that's coming your way. The server arrives, leans in close, and shouts something that sounds vaguely like tonight's ...

Have you ever left a restaurant with ringing ears and barely any memory of what your dinner companion actually said? You're not alone. The modern dining experience has transformed into something that ...

Howard Davis has started a petition to have Big Apple eateries publicly post their decibel levels so those looking for quiet can make informed decisions about where to dine. He is pictured with an app ...

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 ...

“Loud is not better.” It all started with a simple question to our Taste Q&A column about including decibel levels in our restaurant reviews. We published a hallelujah chorus of your responses about ...