Robert Earl launches Tyga Bites, first in a series of celebrity-fueled virtual restaurant brands

Jul 29, 2020

This new take on franchising is positioned to help independent restaurants generate new revenue out of underutilized kitchens

How COVID-19 has accentuated the racial divide in restaurant ownership, according to restaurant and bar owner Karl Franz Williams

Jul 24, 2020

Karl Franz Williams, the owner 67 Orange Street in Harlem, New York and the Anchor Spa in New Haven, Conn. on why access to capital represents is a racial issue in the restaurant community

Front Burner Brands and Bavaro Hospitality team up for new Italian fast-casual concept in Tampa, Fla.

Jul 24, 2020

Oronzo Honest Italian opened in Tampa on June 16 with a menu of Italian burritos, bowls, pastas, and salads

Look who’s franchising now: Summer 2020 edition

Jul 22, 2020

Franchising is picking up again after COVID-19 put expansion on pause: here are seven companies that have launched or have expanded franchising

How food halls are evolving in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

Jul 21, 2020

From utilizing outdoor spaces to investing in virtual entertainment and online ordering, food halls are keeping up with social-distancing norms in new and creative ways

Cooking for charity model sparks longer-term investments

Jul 17, 2020

What began as a way to get by through the crisis has become a more permanent aspect of the restaurant business

Independent restaurants turn to ghost kitchens as new pandemic revenue stream

Jul 17, 2020

The delivery-only trend began before the crisis, but has been embraced by dine-in-deprived guests

Getting back to business, Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group to convert three venues to community kitchens

Jul 06, 2020

Partnership with Brookfield Properties and Rethink Food will provide 125,000 meals to the food insecure in South Bronx

24/7 Southern California diner chain Norms debuts new prototype, Norms Junior

Jul 01, 2020

The new store will cater to the influx of customers who wish to have on-the-go meals amid the uncertainty of dine-in operations

Return of Restaurants We’re Dying to Try: 5 intriguing restaurant openings

Jun 22, 2020

New beginnings spring eternal, even as the restaurant industry faces its toughest, most complicated summer in recent memory. Here are some concepts opening in the face of a different world, full of reinvention and promise.