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Will Chipotle's new concept be the one that gets traction?

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 14, 2023

Restaurant Rewind: Earlier diversification attempts have been short-lived. Here’s what went wrong in those efforts.

Marketing

How Steak and Ale and Red Lobster invented casual dining

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 31, 2023

Restaurant Rewind: The graybeards are planning comebacks. Here’s how they changed the game 60 years ago.

Operations

How supper clubs are keeping the past alive

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 13, 2022

Restaurant Rewind: A true Midwestern peculiarity, establishments that grew out of speakeasies and roadhouses are still going strong. Mix yourself an old fashioned and find out why.

Operations

Hot restaurant concepts of 2022

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 09, 2022

The transitional year turned several previously obscure segments into big gainers.

Operations

Are these the weirdest concepts the restaurant industry has ever seen?

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 06, 2022

Restaurant Rewind: At a time of rampant format development, it’s appropriate to consider the great misfires of the past.

Leadership

John Y. Brown was famous for many reasons. One is spelled K-F-C.

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 29, 2022

Restaurant Rewind: Yes, Harland Sanders started the brand. But Brown made it a powerhouse.

Operations

Why the automat has inspired so many modern copycats

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 25, 2022

Restaurant Rewind: The lemon meringue pie helped, but it really was an early flash of price-cutting technology.

Operations

What opportunities Denny's sees in its new venture, Keke's Breakfast Cafe

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 20, 2022

Concept President David Schmidt speaks with Restaurant Business about his plans. But first, maybe a cheese steak omelet?

Food

Before there was a Mexican restaurant boom, there was Chi-Chi's

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 13, 2022

Restaurant Rewind: Here's the little-remembered saga of the casual-dining pioneer that gave us fried ice cream.

Operations

With tweaks and enhancements, the food hall gears up for its next act

By Patricia Cobe on Jul. 22, 2022

Developers are far from abandoning the model, but they are reworking and updating it to make the format, food and site locations more relevant.

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