3 trendlettes to watch for January

Kicking off 2017, restaurants present the next iterations of subscription services, health-conscious concepts and coffee tonics.   

At least two new apps offer customers a number of drinks per month—either cocktails or coffee—from multiple restaurants, bars and cafes. Consumers pay $9.99 to $14.99 for a monthly membership. The apps pitch the service to venue partners as a traffic-driver.

Photo courtesy of Honeybrains 

Some new concepts are touting brainpower as a marketing tool. NYC’s Honeybrains develops dishes to help combat degenerative diseases. Neo-Pueblo concept Wild Living Foods in Los Angeles casts its menu as a way to nourish the spirit, with juices and tonics for digestion and mood balancing. Also in NYC, Bouley will be closing this winter with plans to reopen with a menu targeting multiple health conditions.

Move over, nitro coffee—a new iteration of carbonated java is bubbling up. Plenty Cafe in Philadelphia mixes cold brew with an Italian herb-citrus soda; All Day in Miami stirs together cold brew with rosemary limeade (pictured); and Colada Shop in Washington, D.C., tops off its coffee drinks with ginger beer.