Yard House

How to spot an up-and-coming neighborhood early

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 01, 2012

Every city’s got a Motor Row. On Chicago’s Near South Side, it’s block after block of boarded-up car dealerships. Now, it’s blossoming into an entertainment district, and some of the city’s top restaurateurs are eyeing its empty buildings.

Consumer Trends

What’s hot in Arizona

By Sara Rush Wirth on Mar. 31, 2014

Where to eat, from fancy to food trucks.

Garage restaurants rev up

By Sara Rush Wirth on Apr. 28, 2014

Converted repair shops give way to unique design.

4 trends shaping tomorrow's dining rooms

By Alaina Lancaster on Jan. 19, 2016

As consumers’ preferences tend toward social, transparent and authentic eating experiences, restaurateurs are designing smaller, faster and more open concepts.

Food

Fries show growth on appetizer menus

By Lizzy Freier on Oct. 31, 2016

Within the appetizer mealpart, all product categories have dropped in year-over-year mentions except one: fries.

2017 Top 500: Varied Menu

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 08, 2017

Overall, the varied menu category is flat, up .3% in sales to $23.9 billion and .5% in units to 7,792.

Financing

20 top full-service chains in satisfaction and sales

By Restaurant Business Staff on Aug. 23, 2017

When it comes to restaurant brands, the sales leaders are not always consumers’ favorites for a variety of reasons. Chains best at parlaying customer satisfaction into sales are hard to beat.

U.S. Foodservice-Kansas City finishes 50,000-square-foot expansion

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 19, 2010

KANSAS CITY (March 18, 2010)—U.S. Foodservice-Kansas City has wrapped up a 50,000-square-foot expansion at its Topeka distribution facility.The extra space...

Workforce

3 ways top-performing restaurant chains retain general managers

By Alaina Lancaster on Dec. 22, 2017

Chains with winning sales numbers do these three things for their GMs.

Margaritas

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 01, 2011

As the weather gets warmer, Margarita sipping becomes more popular. Although the lime-flavored classic still tops cocktail orders, these places are shaking up refreshing variations.

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