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Future 50: Emerging Brands

Restaurant Business magazine's annual ranking of the fastest-growing small chains in America

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Dion’s Pizza

 Jun. 25, 2014

Dion’s Pizza is a quickservice regional concept offering scratch-made pizzas featuring fresh, high-quality ingredients.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

El Fenix

 Jul. 08, 2014

El Fenix has been around since 1918, when Mexican immigrant Miguel Martinez pioneered the Tex-Mex craze by serving an American twist on traditional Mexican cuisine at his one-man shop in Dallas.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Hurricane Grill & Wings

Jul. 09, 2014

Its uniquely savory chicken wings “flowing with flavor” and served in a family-friendly atmosphere have attracted a solid customer base for Hurricane Grill & Wings. The chain has aggressive national expansion plans and is looking to New York, Arizona, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan and California to develop new units.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe

Jul. 15, 2014

Taziki’s was born in 1998 following a European vacation founder Keith Richards (not that Keith Richards) took with his family.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Barcelona Restaurant & Wine Bar

Jul. 15, 2014

The vision for this upscale casual is laid out clearly in the forward of its cookbook: “Yankee Connecticut might be the last place you’d expect a tapas bar and restaurant to be successful, but [the owners] have proved that tasty, quickly prepared Spanish-inspired food … can be a hit anywhere.”

Future 50: Emerging Brands

The Counter

Jul. 14, 2014

The Counter is an emerging chain of upscaled burger joints. The limited-service concept was founded with the goal of recreating the classic ’50s burger joint with a modern and chic twist.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

The Original Gino’s East of Chicago

Jul. 14, 2014

Kids won’t get in trouble for scribbling on the walls at this full-service Chicago-style pizza parlor—customers are encouraged to leave their mark on the graffiti-covered walls.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Le Pain Quotidien

Jul. 18, 2014

These rustic Belgian bakery-cafes, whose centerpiece is a large communal table, sell organic, Fair Trade coffee and an increasing number of products from self-sustaining, bio-diverse farms. The brand was founded in Brussels in 1990 by Alain Coumont, and the Belgian owners, PQ Licensing SA:. They opened the first stateside store in 1999.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Seasons 52

Jul. 21, 2014

Darden Restaurants moves decidedly up market with Seasons 52, a stylish grill and wine bar.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Wildfire Restaurant

Jul. 21, 2014

Wildfire offers a step back in time to the 1940s when dining out meant a special occasion, with a steak and chophouse concept featuring open-flame cooking and food spit-roasted over wood.

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