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Why your favorite local restaurant might throw away its menu this year

Reservation-only and prix fixe menus are helping some chefs to save their restaurants

Matthew Korfhage
USA TODAY NETWORK
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It was January when chef Dominic Piperno finally hit the wall.

His wood-fired restaurant, Hearthside, ranks among the most acclaimed in New Jersey. "Bon Appetit" named the Collingswood, New Jersey, restaurant among the best in the country in 2018. The food press turned somersaults over the restaurant's wagyu carpaccio and wood-fired everything.