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 ...

More than a third of people told a recent survey that they encounter venues that are too loud, with under half admitting they ...

Restaurant noise is a known nuisance. Zagat and Consumer Reports surveys have both named loud environments as the number one irritant for patrons. Many people choose their lunch or dinner destinations ...

TAUNTON - Alger Avenue resident David Aruda came before the City Council last month with a petition from residents concerned about loud noise coming from TJ's Diner on the weekends. Aruda said the ...

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 ...

Are restaurants getting noisier, or is our patience with restaurant noise growing thinner? We explore the question out loud in today's Taste Q&A column, a forum where my food-writing colleague Paul ...

“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 ...

If restaurant noise seems grating to you, or you find yourself anticipating an after-dinner headache, groaning and saying, "No, let's not go there. It's so loud!" you're not alone. Respondents to the ...