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Leadership

Iron Hill Brewery hires Joyce Polsenberg Cremin as VP of marketing

 By Joe Guszkowski on Apr. 25, 2022

The experienced hospitality marketer joins the 20-unit brewpub chain as it looks to expand.

Creative menu writing

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 11, 2006

Consultant Gregg Rapp, a menu engineer based in Palm Springs, California, critiques some variations on the traditional menu nomenclature.

Ice Cream Tops New List of Top 10 Dessert Trends

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 17, 2009

“Usually relegated to a topping or an accompaniment to the dessert star, frozen desserts are coming into their own with new flavors, styles and...

Ice Cream Desserts

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 12, 2010

There’s no better way to beat the heat than with summer’s favorite dessert—ice cream. These restaurants are looking beyond the scoop and finding creative ways to feature this frozen treat.

October 2011 Ideas Index

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 01, 2011

Ideas from October 2011

Food

Bread on the rise

By Patricia Cobe on Jul. 01, 2012

The restaurant breadbasket has been evolving, moving away from a ho-hum selection of dinner rolls and baguette slices to more varied and unique items. Now a growing number of operators are elevating bread service even higher—and in some cases, charging for the goods

Operations

Strike while the cast iron is hot

By Tom O'Brien on Apr. 02, 2014

Everything old is new again when it comes to the cookware many chefs prefer.

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.

Iron Skillet

Jun. 11, 2017

Truck-stop concept serving homestyle breakfast, burgers and more in skillets