Emerging Brands

New brands and soon-to-open concepts worth watching

Emerging Brands

9 up-and-coming independent restaurants

The operators behind some of the top-grossing independents have turned out some new concepts.

Emerging Brands

Danny Meyer does fast-casual pizza

Unlike similar concepts, Meyer isn’t trading on three-minute pies.

See the emerging chain's new prototype design, which is aimed at boosting speed and hospitality.

Eatsa, the automat-style chain heralded as a possible solution to rising labor costs, has shuttered all but two of its locations, citing plans to retool its menu and sell its technological platform to other concepts.

Big-league players say they appreciate the freedom of young chains.

These restaurant concepts are proving themselves in food halls, pop-ups and more.

Express combines selections from Outback and Carrabba's into a delivery-and-takeout-only format.

The better-for-you ice cream brand will sell soft serve, cones and more to compete with frozen yogurt shops.

The old-school Jewish deli is making a comeback, with some thoroughly 21st-century twists.

Closures represent a third of the concept's total units.

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