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Fine Dining

Another investor’s curbside treasure?

 By Peter Romeo on Jan. 15, 2014

Some of the restaurant industry’s best-known and most-venerable brands are providing acquisition opportunities seldom seen outside of a yard sale. Are they dream purchases, or just badly worn bread makers headed for the attic?

9 trends from that other type of food service

 By Peter Romeo on Feb. 24, 2014

A conference for the menu planners at colleges, hospitals, nursing homes and other so-called non-commercial venues provides restaurateurs with rich food for thought.

5 questions not to ask at the NRA Show

By Peter Romeo on May 01, 2014

The National Restaurant Association’s May convention is an ideal place to find answers to everyday dilemmas. Here's how to avoid being hissed off the trade-show floor.

The value of family friendly

By Kelly Killian on Jun. 03, 2014

Recent headlines spotlight restaurants that ban kids or offer discounts when they behave as they should. But Executive Editor Kelly Killian argues that good restaurants know how to serve both families and guests without kids equally well.

Recognizing regulars

By Sara Rush Wirth on Aug. 13, 2014

With hundreds of names and faces filtering through the door every day, committing guests to memory isn't so simple. Here are some steps to follow to boost recognition.

Linguistic takeaways from FSTec

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 22, 2014

Digital advances are coming with some lingual ones as well. Here’s how the restaurant industry glossary is being rewritten to reflect advances on the tech front.

Financing

Sales-leading independent theme restaurants

Oct. 16, 2014

The theme restaurant is alive and doing very well, as RB's Top 100 Independents sales ranking attests. Here are five theme restaurants from this year's list, all grossing more than $11 million annually.

Concept to Scout: Ten 50 BBQ

By Sara Rush Wirth on Nov. 25, 2014

For his latest venture (and first fast casual), Chili’s founder Larry Lavine converted a clothing store into the 13,000-square-foot Ten 50 BBQ, which has been serving central Texas-style barbecue in an indoor-outdoor setup since August.

Your picks of the year’s top chain CEOs

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 16, 2014

We offered our choice of the year’s best restaurant leaders last week. Here are the ones you would have put on the list.

Consumer Trends

9 surprises from Technomic’s consumer CAT scan

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 15, 2015

Technomic’s detailed look at customers brought some unexpected revelations about the restaurant business.

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