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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Good food but it’s SO dang loud,” reads a Yelp review for one of Fresno’s most popular restaurants. It’s a complaint that you hear a lot in Fresno. Someone goes to a restaurant anticipating a cozy ...

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 ...