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Top 20 Restaurant Trends of 2009

What's Hot: 20 Restaurant Trends

  1. Locally grown product
  2. Bite-size/mini desserts
  3. Organic produce
  4. Nutritionally balanced kid dishes
  5. New/fabricated cuts of meat
  6. Fruit/vegetable kid's side items
  7. Superfruits (acai, goji berry, etc.)
  8. Small plates/tapas/mezze/dim sum
  9. Micro-distilled/artisanal liquor
  10. Sustainable seafood
  11. Nutrition/health
  12. Gluten-free/food-allergy conscious
  13. Non-traditional fish
  14. Artisanal cheeses
  15. Exotic fruit (durian, dragon fruit, etc.)
  16. Culinary cocktails (matched with food)
  17. Micro-vegetables/micro-greens
  18. Organic wine
  19. Dessert flights combos/platters
  20. Free-range poultry/pork