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Metro Diner

Metro Diner Adds Fried Chicken and Waffles Meal Pack

Celebrating Fried Chicken & Waffles all month long, Metro Diner has introduced the delectable dish to their Meal Pack lineup available for takeout or delivery.

Delivery

Restaurant employee hands coffee and a bag of food to customers.

NYC, L.A Extend Third-Party Delivery Fee Caps

Chef Daniel Boulud Expands Delivery Concept Nationwide with Goldbelly

Muscle Maker Grill Partners with REEF's Delivery-Only Kitchens

Restaurant Design

In miami, Bakan’s existing indoor-outdoor bar proved a winning design element during the pandemic.

Restaurant Design Will Be Forever Changed by COVID

The Restaurant of the Future 3.0: Eight Drivers of Change in a ‘New Normal’

The Restaurant of the Future 2.0: Off-Premises, Simplification, and the Evolution of Dine-In

Kitchen Equipment

Chefs at work in a restaurant kitchen.

How to Budget for Restaurant Maintenance

50 Cities Inc. Unveils Ultraviolet Air Purification System

NatureSeal Helps Control Freshness of Cut Potatoes

Menu Innovations

Outback Steakhouse New York Strip steak.

Outback's New Menu: More Steak, Lower Prices, Larger Portions

Bob Evans Adds Hand-Breaded Crispy Fried Chicken to Menu

Shari's Adds Impossible Sausage to Menu

Food Safety

A table with hand sanitizer on it.

4 Overlooked Spots Restaurants Need to Clean

Something You Probably Didn't Consider with Ghost Kitchens

Gluten Intolerance Group Rebrands Gluten-free Restaurant and Foodservice Safety Program

Consumer Trends

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this highly magnified, digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, revealed ultrastructural details at the site of interaction of numerous yellow colored, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) viral particles, located on the surface of a Vero E6 cell, which had been colorized blue.

Navigating the Coronavirus Crisis

Close to 20,000 Restaurants Have Permanently Closed Since COVID

NYC Indoor Dining to Return September 30

Casual Dining

Cracker Barrel exterior of restaurant.

Sardar Biglari: Cracker Barrel Made ‘One of the Worst Business Blunders’ in Restaurant History

Applebee’s Customers Can Now Add a Dozen Double Crunch Shrimp for $1 with Any Steak Entrée

Country Star Jake Owen Making Music for Outback Steakhouse

Technology

Inside an empty restaurant.

Protecting the Bottom Line with Tech in Post-Pandemic Reopenings

OpenTable Extends Open Door Pricing, Introduces New Features

FAT Brands Teams with Revel Systems on POS Rollout

Labor and Employee Management

Strawberry Shortcake Pizookie

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

Twin Peaks Adds Two to Senior Leadership Team

Boka Restaurant Group Gives Layoff Notice to 516 Workers

Finance

The exterior of a J. Alexander's restaurant.

J. Alexander’s Turnaround is Moving Ahead of Schedule

Dave & Buster’s Warns of Potential Bankruptcy

American Blue Ribbon to Emerge from Bankruptcy with Fewer Units, New Structure

Marketing & Promotions

Buffalo Wild Wings Browns Dawg pound restaurant.

Buffalo Wild Wings Builds 'Customized Dawg Pound' for Football Season

Main Event Creates Ezekiel Elliott Bowling Shoes

Applebee’s Celebrating National Cheeseburger Day with $8.99 Burger Bundle

Chain Restaurants

Cracker Barrel

Cracker Barrel is Transforming During COVID Times

BJ’s Starts Piloting a Beer Club Program in Sacramento

Huddle House Opens in Pell City, Alabama

Beverage

Cup of coffee in a mug.

Boosting Morning Sales During a Pandemic Starts with Coffee

Twin Peaks to Highlight Rare Buffalo Trace Single Barrel Bourbons

Quaker Steak & Lube Unveils Upgraded Beverage Menu

Franchising

Bowl of chocolate fondue at The Melting Pot.

The Melting Pot is Ready to Get a Lot Bigger

Grumpy's to Open Second Franchised Unit in St. Johns, Florida

VooDoo Daddy’s Steam Kitchen Secures its First Franchise Deal

Chef Profiles

Spiaggia's spaghetti Pomodoro with bone Marrow Cipollini, and Horseradish

Chicago's Dining Scene Proves its Resiliency Yet Again

Kevin Dubel Named Executive Chef of Delta Hotels Virginia Beach Bayfront Suites

Commander’s Palace to Reopen September 11