Casual Dining

A group of people play a game at Dave & Buster's.

Dave & Buster’s is Reawakening as a Better Brand

While it would be an effortless trap to fall into, Dave & Buster’s doesn’t want to get stuck in recent history or the near-term realities of COVID-19.

BJ’s Awards Stock Grants to Make Up for Pay Reductions

BJ’s Restaurants announced in an SEC filing Wednesday that it ended pay reductions for executives and certain employees and replaced the lost compensation with special stock grants. ...

Smokey Bones Overhauls Menu to Focus on 'Meat for Meat Lovers'

Building on its reopening momentum of all its restaurants and the progress of opening 121 virtual kitchens and the Chicago ghost kitchen, Smokey Bones is now overhauling its menu to focus on what i ...

Outdoor Dining Gives Red Robin a Much-Welcomed Boost

In August, Red Robin started to reshape its dining experience. This was as much a physical change as anything else, as the brand guided three weeks to expand patios systemwide.

A Reason to Celebrate: Keeping Guests Engaged with Specials and Promotions

Celebrating National Pasta Month for easy guest engagement that's also easy on your operation

Bennigan’s Rolls Out the Deals for National Monte Cristo Day and Benntoberfest

Bennigan’s National Monte Cristo Day and Benntoberfest are here.

During the pandemic, Pizza Inn has made operational changes like introducing delivery service and doubling down on sanitation.

COVID-19 Fallout: The New Way of the Buffet

Even before COVID-19, some consumers were wary of buffet-style dining, despite the fact that the vast majority of those restaurant regularly passed sanitation standards with flying

Buffalo Wild Wings four plates of wings.

Buffalo Wild Wings Adds Four New Flavors, Including Pizza Wings

Buffalo Wild Wings has spent much of the past two years fine-tuning its menu by introducing the craveable All-American Cheeseburger, hand-breaded chicken platform, bigger, juicier and tastier bonel ...