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Emerging Brands

Tao Group and Groot Hospitality meet in Miami and more noteworthy openings

 By Lisa Jennings on Nov. 21, 2023

Detroit's Book Tower comes to fruition. Fontainebleau resorts brings big name chefs to Miami and Las Vegas. And Marcus Samuelsson's latest opens in New York. Here are the season's noteworthy openings—and some closures.

Operations

They come for the kitsch. They stay for the chicken dinner

 By Lisa Jennings on Nov. 10, 2023

Two restaurants in tiny Frankenmuth, Mich., are among the top-performing independent restaurants in the country. It's all about family, nostalgia and abundance.

Operations

How top independent restaurants are returning to normal

By Liz Barrett Foster on Nov. 10, 2023

Operators of restaurants on the RB Top 100 Independents ranking are thriving once again as consumers splurge and celebrate.

Financing

D.C.'s Clyde's group is sued for charging a service fee

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 09, 2023

A travelers' advocacy group is accusing the multiconcept operation of violating truth-in-pricing rules and wants the surcharge dropped.

Food

Kentucky restaurant puts mutton on the map

By Patricia Cobe on Nov. 07, 2023

Moonlite Bar-B-Q is one of the few restaurants in the U.S. that serves mutton, to the tune of 350,000 meals a year.

Marketing

How Hilltop Steak House would draw 3 million guests a year

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 07, 2023

Restaurant Rewind: The 1,500-seat, $30 million-a-year landmark may have been the restaurant industry’s greatest value story.

Operations

Momofuku Ko to serve its last meal next month

By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 25, 2023

Nov. 4 is to be the last day of service for the Michelin-two-star restaurant created by chef David Chang. But the group hints that something new is coming.

Emerging Brands

Love.Life is dead for now, but the restaurant plans resurrection

By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 20, 2023

The health-focused plant-based concept created by Whole Foods founder John Mackey earlier this year in Los Angeles has closed, blaming poor foot traffic. But a new flagship is scheduled to debut next year.

Operations

Ford Fry helms Auburn University's teaching restaurant as this year's Chef in Residence

By Patricia Cobe on Oct. 18, 2023

Hospitality students work alongside Fry and chef de cuisine Tom Baco-Wang to create lunch and dinner menus for guests at the university’s 1856—Culinary Residence restaurant.

Operations

The crackdown on fake reviews could put restaurants in the crosshairs

By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 18, 2023

The FTC as proposed civil penalties and online platforms are exposing perceived violators. Yet restaurants remain vulnerable. Can consumers learn to trust reviews again?

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