Continue to Site >>>
Emerging Brands

How a boozy brunch chain pushed through the pandemic

The Toasted Yolk Cafe is going head-to-head with others in its growing full-service breakfast-lunch category. By Heather Lalley on Oct. 12, 2021
The Toasted Yolk
Photograph courtesy of The Toasted Yolk Cafe

Chris Milton, CEO of the 17-unit full-service chain The Toasted Yolk Cafe, joins this latest edition of the "Buzzworthy Brands" podcast.

Milton discusses how his chain's extensive lunch menu helps differentiate it from other boozy brunch concepts, as well as the operational shifts made by the brand to survive the pandemic. 

Tune in for more details on The Toasted Yolk's upcoming growth plans. 

 

Members help make our journalism possible. Become a Restaurant Business member today and unlock exclusive benefits, including unlimited access to all of our content. Sign up here.

Breakfast  concepts  News 
Heather Lalley is the managing editor of Restaurant Business, Supermarket News and CSP Daily News. She previously served as editor in chief of Winsight Grocery Business
View All Articles by This Author

Multimedia

Paul Ramirez takes an unusual approach to cocktails at We Got Company

Ryan Poli of Iggy’s in Nashville gets ready to open a steakhouse called Claymore

How responsible are manufacturers for the end-life of their product?

JoJo Hernandez is putting Jacksonville, Florida, on the map as a Filipino food destination

The Latest

Food

Dr Pepper moves from the beverage side of the menu into food

Premium
Technology

How Another Broken Egg is preparing for scale by keeping things simple

Workforce

Senate confirms Trump’s pick, Keith Sonderling, for U.S. Labor Secretary

Listen to your daily news: RB PodcastsNew episodes weekdays
Restaurant Daily
A Deeper Dive
Menu Talk
The Week in Restaurants
Working Lunch

More on this Topic

Emerging Brands

Urbane Café prepares for growth outside California with a slow-and-steady pace

Emerging Brands

Here are the highly anticipated independent concepts coming this fall

Emerging Brands

Meet Diafa, a company that aspires to be the largest operator of luxury restaurants in the world

Emerging Brands

Goop Kitchen co-CEO on growth ahead for actress Gwyneth Paltrow's restaurant brand

Emerging Brands

In the bakery-cafe race, 85°C Bakery could be the brand to watch

Emerging Brands

Pura Vida Miami captures health-minded diners with fast-casual hybrid

Exclusive Content

Technology

How Another Broken Egg is preparing for scale by keeping things simple

At FSTEC in Dallas, Chief Technology Officer Chris Harrison shared how he plans to modernize the fast-casual brand's back office and point-of-sale systems.

Financing

In the True Food Kitchen bankruptcy, a heavy reliance on alternative financing

The Bottom Line: A quarter of the casual-dining chain’s debt came from merchant cash advance and other alternative financiers. That’s been increasingly common of late.

Food

The restaurant world is buzzing right now

Food Writer’s Diary: The parties are back, the food is abundant, and the mood is … complicated.

Trending

Food

Dr Pepper moves from the beverage side of the menu into food

Premium
Technology

How Another Broken Egg is preparing for scale by keeping things simple

Workforce

Senate confirms Trump’s pick, Keith Sonderling, for U.S. Labor Secretary

More from our partners

Menu challenges? California dairy has you covered.

SIGEP World Returns: International Buyers set to Double as Ties with the United States Grow Stronger

What Kendall College gained from working with RATIONAL

Foolproof floor care: Simpler procedures; visible results

Meet TruFlavour by Monin