50 Great Ideas

The top industry ideas we've spotted in the last year

50 Great Ideas 2018

By Sara Rush Wirth on Jul. 30, 2018

These 50 ideas go beyond what’s “cool” to deliver smart, trend-forward solutions that might just serve as an inspiration for others.

50 Great Ideas

50 Great Ideas 2015

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 12, 2015

50 Great Ideas

50 Great Ideas: 2015 Edition

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 15, 2015

In compiling this roundup, we spotted several hotbeds of creativity in bar service and drink menus, chic decor on the cheap, sustainability solutions and hyperlocal marketing.

50 Great Ideas

New ways to network and build business

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 15, 2016

Want to get guests' attention? Check out some of these smart marketing moves.

50 Great Ideas

Chain moves that apply beyond the big guys

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 15, 2016

Some of the biggest restaurant concepts are hotbeds for innovation, testing out ideas that will be a boon for operations of any size.

50 Great Ideas

Ideas for winning with staff

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 15, 2016

Operators across the country beefed up their HR practices with new ways to work with their teams.

50 Great Ideas

Ideas making the modern menu

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 15, 2016

Operators are winning over millennials, among others, with trend-forward dishes and menu presentations.

50 Great Ideas

50 great ideas: 2016 edition

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 14, 2016

What takes a notion from “that’s cool” to a smart, business-forward point of differentiation? We present 50 of the greatest on-trend ideas we’ve collected.

50 Great Ideas