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The future will be personalized

We asked some leading restaurant innovators where the industry’s increasing reliance on data will lead. These are their predictions for the decade ahead.

Emerging Brands

6 concepts boosting the dine-in fun quotient

Operators are adding haircuts, carnival games, virtual reality and more to draw diners.

Nestle acquires third-wave roaster Blue Bottle

The move may have Starbucks looking over its shoulder.

Emerging Brands

Inside Birdcall

A new fast casual ditches front-of-house staff for tablets.

Mammoth storms pummel the restaurant industry

As eateries in one of the nation’s biggest restaurant markets set their sights on recovery, those in the path of Hurricane Irma and other storms brace for an uphill climb.

Emerging Brands

7 new concepts that merit a closer look

From a chicken nugget tasting room to a vegan cheesesteak concept, here are the latest restaurants worth tracking.

Roeing upstream: concepts go upscale with caviar

The premium ingredient is being menued at a variety of price points.

Emerging Brands

5 food hall-based concepts poised to pop

Food halls are a low-risk incubator for young concepts.

Consumer Trends

Is a la carte dead in fine dining?

As it proliferates, the tasting menu grows up.

Tupelo Honey Cafe’s big bar play

A one-of-a-kind unit capitalizes on Colorado’s looser liquor laws.

An aging FSR gets a food hall facelift

Will The Proud Bird fly after its multiconcept makeover?

Newcomers to the retro luncheonette

The old-school lunch counter is undergoing a rebirth. The luncheonette design makes smart business sense in an ever-challenging restaurant economy.

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