Barnes & Noble to expand food and beverage offerings

Barnes & Noble Inc. is taking a page from restaurants and creating expanded cafés with larger menus, table service, and beer and wine sales, the company said last week. Executives of the New York-based bookseller told an investor conference Thursday that the first of four expanded cafés would open at the Vernon Hills Shopping Center in Eastchester, N.Y., in October. The other three are planned for the Edina Galleria in Edina, Minn.; the One Loudon mixed-use community in Loudon, Va.; and the Palladio at Broadstone Mall in Folsom, Calif. http://nrn.com/onsite/barnes-noble-expand-food-and-beverage-offerings