Jirapraphanan is exactly the kind of customer Thai Food Near Me hopes to scoop up. The New York-based restaurant is named after a literal Google search, betting it can bring in customers with the ...

An avid home cook and vegetable gardener, Aaron Aiken of Pasadena, Calif., visited his first restaurant supply store two years ago. “It was kind of like Candy Land,” said Mr. Aiken, 29, who ...