Continue to Site >>>

National Restaurant Association Show

Saturday, May 17, 2025

The National Restaurant Association Show offers attendees ideas and inspiration year-round. From menus to workforce to technology to operations. Restaurant Business will be covering the Show’s resources to bring you the latest updates, trends and insights. Stay connected here.

Learn more
Financing

Focus on dine-in customers, even as more opt for takeout

 By Jonathan Maze on May 21, 2025

The Bottom Line: Data from Technomic shows that dine-in service builds equity with customers. So restaurant chains should not ignore it, even if most business walks out the door.

Financing

For more restaurant consumers, the car is the dining room

 By Jonathan Maze on May 20, 2025

A growing percentage of diners are eating their meals in their cars, thanks to social media and growing use of drive-thru and mobile order.

Beverage

How casual dining can recoup sagging bar sales and boost traffic

By Patricia Cobe on May 20, 2025

Consumers are visiting restaurants less and shifting to lower priced drinks, but they still want alcohol to be part of the full-service dining experience.

Operations

Kevin Hochman takes home the Gold Plate, AI gets serious and more

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 20, 2025

After four days strolling the floor of the National Restaurant Show, here are some takeaways from our editors’ notebooks.

Food

From restaurant to retail: Here’s how to turn a signature dish into a supermarket star

By Heather Lalley on May 19, 2025

With 80% of small food launches failing, Johnson & Wales University experts outline how to navigate the complex process during a session at the National Restaurant Association Show.

Financing

Here's what people are talking about at the National Restaurant Show

By Jonathan Maze on May 19, 2025

The Bottom Line: We had a lot of conversations during the first two days of the country’s biggest restaurant exhibition in Chicago. Here’s what we’ve been hearing.

Financing

In a takeout world, some dine-in benefits still matter

By Jonathan Maze on May 19, 2025

Consumers may be getting their food to-go more often, but they still demand music and free Wi-Fi. They also want their restaurants to be innovative, sustainable and provide good value.

Leadership

Meet the chef behind the Hulu series 'The Bear'

By Lisa Jennings on May 19, 2025

Courtney Storer is the culinary producer who taught the actors knife skills and brought an unexpected authenticity to the restaurant drama.

Food

Here are our best bites from the Show floor

By Restaurant Business Staff and FSD Staff on May 18, 2025

Check out some of the dishes served at National Restaurant Association Show booths that made these editors say, “Wow.”

Food

Put these Chicago restaurants on your radar during the National Restaurant Show

By Patricia Cobe and Lisa Jennings on May 10, 2025

After playing with the latest tech and equipment, and sampling a smorgasbord on the Show floor, here’s where you can sit, relax and enjoy a meal at some of the city’s favorite spots.

  • Page 1