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Black Bear Diner

Food

9 winter specials warming up restaurant menus

Operators are tapping seasonal ingredients and holiday flavors to create new dishes.

Top 500 Chains

Black Bear Diner

Financing

Black Bear Diner crosses the Rockies

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 11, 2018

The California-based family-dining chain is taking its expansion east.

Leadership

Black Bear Diner makes changes to executive team

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 17, 2017

The family-dining concept has promoted one executive and added another.

Top 500 Chains

Black Bear Diner

Jun. 12, 2017

The chain strives to have a mom-and-pop feel

Black Bear Diner

Jun. 11, 2017

Offering the feel of a small-town mom-and-pop shop with affordable country-style favorites

2017 Top 500: Family Style

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 07, 2017

While some of the legacy brands (such as IHOP and Bob Evans) saw declines, Technomic Chief Insights Officer Darren Tristano expects breakfast-and-lunch concepts to keep growing.

Food

How leading chains stack up by menu size

By Lizzy Freier on Mar. 16, 2017

The top and fastest-growing chains don’t always align with average total menu items in their sectors.

2016 Top 500 restaurant chains

Jun. 21, 2016

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

Food

Sweet comfort

By Patricia Cobe on Apr. 14, 2014

Apples and cream partner up in a homespun dessert for a diner concept.