Category: Restaurants

October 6, 2022

Proper Hospitality has added the historic Culver Hotel in Los Angeles to the Collective, the company’s portfolio of independent, design-driven boutique hotels. The Beaux-Arts urban destination was reintroduced following a refresh led by the hotel’s owner, Maya Mallick, who drew […]

September 23, 2022

Parent company CKE Restaurants is hoping to better connect the visual identity of its Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s brands with their “drippy, messy and indulgent” food by launching a brand refresh that focuses on updated design elements. “This reimagined identity […]

August 31, 2022

McDonald’s USA President Joe Erlinger announced Wednesday his public opposition to AB 257, a California bill that would form a council to regulate wages and working conditions for the state’s fast food employees. In a letter posted to McDonald’s corporate […]

August 29, 2022

Despite rapidly evolving to address the pandemic’s effects on the restaurant industry, many businesses are still struggling. Small and medium sized restaurants throughout the country are dealing with industry-wide obstacles like supply chain interruptions and rising food costs making it […]

August 24, 2022

ConverseNow’s growth reflects intensifying restaurant demand for labor-saving solutions as the industry struggles to navigate an historic talent shortage. The company has recorded 12-fold revenue growth over the past year, and CEO Vinay Shukla said in a statement that corresponding […]

August 23, 2022

Martha Stewart has expanded her global lifestyle empire with the launch of a restaurant. The Bedford by Martha Stewart at the Paris Las Vegas offers a warm and intimate counterpoint to the glitz of Sin City dining. “I am so […]

August 18, 2022

Greek restaurant Souvla has unveiled its fifth San Francisco location in the city’s Dogpatch neighborhood. Like its predecessors, Souvla Dogpatch was crafted by the brand’s founder and CEO Charles Bililies and channels the Mediterranean as well as accentuates the character […]

July 26, 2022

This fall, a modern contemporary Japanese restaurant is set to open within Wilshire Grand Center, Los Angeles’ tallest building. Niku X, a yakiniku concept, will feature a design by Chicago-based architecture firm DWDW that comprises a natural, warm palette inspired by the preparation […]

July 6, 2022

Greek concept Avra Estiatorio has opened its third New York outpost within the historic Time Life Building at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. Spread across 16,500 square feet, Avra Estiatorio Rockefeller Center comprises three floors and an alfresco space overlooking 6th […]

June 30, 2022

Matthew Goodrich and his team at local design studio Goodrich created 51 distinct schematic plans for New York restaurant Ci Siamo before he and Danny Meyer, founder and CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG), were fully content with the […]

June 16, 2022

Italian restaurant Fiorella‘s latest location in the Inner Sunset section of San Francisco is now home to Bar Nonnina. The intimate cocktail concept was crafted by locally based creative agency STUDIO by Lark as a moodier, more modern take on […]

June 15, 2022

Whether subdued and monochrome or vibrant and boldly hued, these goodlooking F&B concepts serve up much to be admired. Friendship and familial connection are at the heart of Tomo, located in the developing White Center in Seattle. The name is […]

June 14, 2022

Oil hissed as the White Castle fry cook lowered a basket full of chicken rings into the vat. Next, the cook pulled a basket of fries out of the fryer, letting hot oil drain off for a moment before dumping […]

June 13, 2022

The restaurant industry is all too familiar with economic downturn challenges and the lasting impacts of unprecedented events. And while foodservice organizations have proved their resiliency and ability to pivot on a dime, no one wants to feel like they’re […]

June 9, 2022

Toast is heating up competition in the restaurant payments market by adding more services and aiming to take business away from fintech rival Square and industry heavyweights Oracle and NCR. Boston-based Toast has unveiled offerings in recent weeks for hotel […]

June 8, 2022

John Meyer is gearing up to solve what he considers a glaring problem within the ghost kitchen segment. The CEO of Ghost Financial — a fintech that provides loans, insurance, payroll and other financial products to ghost kitchen operators — […]

June 2, 2022

Contemporary restaurant and bar Dovetail is now open at Viceroy Washington DC. The indoor-outdoor destination draws upon the distinctive verve of the nation’s capital with a colorful, eclectic aesthetic crafted by EDG Design. “Our primary goal was to fit into […]

June 1, 2022

On the heels of the opening of Bica café in Midtown Manhattan, the Pedro family has now reintroduced Brazilian eatery Ipanema next door. The previously shuttered concept has been revived with a new bi-level address crafted by Bolt Design Group […]

May 18, 2022

Seoul-based design practice Studio Studio has created a box-like eatery, 020 Walls, in Incheon, South Korea. Spread across more than 1,800 square feet, the restaurant occupies the ground floor of a large housing complex and boasts a roomy layout distinguished, […]

May 12, 2022

Junction Bistro, Bar & Bakery has opened in Washington, DC’s buzzy Chevy Chase suburb. Designed by local firm //3877, the new laidback community hub pays homage to the rich history of the neighborhood with a contemporary spin. “Being in a […]