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Patricia Cobe

Senior Editor

Articles by
Patricia Cobe

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Operations

A new restaurant changes its business model midway through opening

Little Original Joe’s transitioned from an intimate seated dinner spot to a bustling marketplace—and there’s no looking back.

Food

A mixed bag of new items recharges menus

Taste Tracker: Taco Bell fans the flames; thighs arrive at Golden Chick; Pollo Tropical goes Cuban; and hand-muddled lemonades refresh Lemonade’s drink lineup.

Operations

Hotel business still way down in major U.S. cities

21 of top 25 hotel markets in depression or recession, reports the American Hotel & Lodging Association.

Food

Grubhub’s midyear report ranks the top trending foods for 2021

The “State of the Plate” looks at how diners ate their way through the last six months, including a top 10 list of most popular foods and a forecast of what's ahead.

Food

How Smokey Bones diversifies the menu to please many palates and control meat costs

Chef Peter Farrand created a “protein candy store” to give guests more flavor variety and value.

Food

How Papa John’s created the Papadia—and launched a whole new menu category

Chef Scott Rodriguez and his team transformed pizza dough into a handheld Italian street food, and the chain now has a thriving sandwich business.

Food

R.J. Grunts' famous salad bar gets a digital makeover

The Lettuce Entertain You restaurant, largely credited with inventing the salad bar 50 years ago, is reinventing it as the Digital Chopped Salad Bar.

Consumer Trends

Chick-fil-A tops the list of consumers' favorite chains

The latest American Customer Satisfaction Index ranks full- and limited-service chains based on guest experience.

Food

Menus build on flavor and format wins through summer

Taste Tracker: Shake Shack dials up sweet heat; Qdoba and Moe’s layer on saucy flavor; preserved lemons bring a sunny twist to Cava’s new bowl; Dunkin’ and Ziggi’s offer new takes on summer refreshers; and more menu news of the week.

Marketing

Sonic challenges TikTok influencers to hack the menu with competitors’ ingredients

Three social media stars try to re-create iconic Sonic items, then post videos of their efforts in a new marketing campaign.

Food

How Old Chicago launched Detroit-style pizza—adding a few crazy twists of its own

Corporate Executive Chef Tim Griffin developed five varieties of Insanity Pizza to add to the chain’s innovative lineup.

Food

Wendy’s feeds the demand for plant-based options with a new Spicy Black Bean Burger

The new veggie burger is debuting on the chain’s Made to Crave sandwich menu for a limited time in select regional locations.

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