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Emerging Brands

The Cheesecake Factory has big plans for its smaller brands

 By Joe Guszkowski on Dec. 05, 2024

The casual-dining chain believes it could eventually open hundreds of North Italias, Flower Childs and Culinary Dropouts across the U.S., more than doubling its current footprint.

Financing

Chi-Chi's restaurants set to return after disappearing 20 years ago

 By Joe Guszkowski on Dec. 03, 2024

The son of Chi-Chi's founder plans to start opening restaurants next year. The full-service Mexican chain shut down in 2004 following bankruptcy and a devastating hepatitis outbreak.

Financing

Some smaller eatertainment ventures aren't having much fun

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 02, 2024

Two players from the field both posted significant declines in their most recent quarters, but a music specialist is ready to hit play on growth.

Marketing

TGI Fridays needs to get its bad rep back

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 07, 2024

Restaurant Rewind: Once a true convention smasher, the casual-dining pioneer gradually sanded away the quirks and irreverence that made it saucier than anything the industry had seen before. Here’s a reminder of what it once was.

Emerging Brands

Huckleberry's parent launches a fast-casual quesadilla concept

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 06, 2024

Press Quesadilla Grill also offers burritos, bowls and salads. It's the fourth concept in the portfolio of Heritage Restaurant Brands.

Operations

Family dining shakes a cane at the segment's setbacks

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 25, 2024

Old-guard brands like Denny's and Cracker Barrel are intensifying their quest for a youth elixir, as once-potent competitors succumb to the sector's trying conditions.

Operations

The pioneer of daytime dining is a chain you've likely never heard of

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 24, 2024

Restaurant Rewind: Before there was a First Watch or Another Broken Egg, there was Le Peep and its godfather, Allen Bernstein.

Emerging Brands

Perkins is ready to fire up its second concept

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 08, 2024

The fast-casual venture, Griddle & Go, is intended to reach new consumers while also opening up new expansion opportunities.

Emerging Brands

Vets behind Toasted Yolk try a breakfast-and-lunch-only drive-thru

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 07, 2024

The menu of Twisted Egg Shack was drafted to provide portability without sacrificing quality, addressing a shortcoming of the daytime dining market.

Leadership

Carl Karcher's rags-to-riches story would make a killer mini-series. Here's the outline

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 26, 2024

Restaurant Rewind: The founder of Carl's Jr. borrowed against his old Plymouth to fund his first venture. The $326 bet would grow into a multi-billion-dollar empire Karcher would subsequently lose and regain, leaving behind a rich legacy in the process.

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