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Emerging Brands

New brands and soon-to-open concepts worth watching

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Patina Restaurant Group is getting back to the stand-alone restaurant game

 By Lisa Jennings on Jul. 23, 2024

The contract-management company has long been known for signature restaurants in cultural, sports and entertainment venues. Now, Patina is planning to launch a brasserie chain with worldwide potential.

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Paws a moment to consider these inflation-resistant concepts

 By Peter Romeo on Jul. 09, 2024

Reality Check: We've lived through the cat cafe craze. The next evolutionary wrinkle could be a proliferation of restaurants where dogs roam free.

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Mark Wahlberg has launched a casual-dining chain and other notable restaurant openings

By Lisa Jennings on Jul. 01, 2024

Here's a look at the latest from Tiffany Derry in Dallas; Drew Deckman in San Diego; the Sarkar brothers in San Francisco and more.

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Craveworthy Brands opens a food hall in Chicago

By Joe Guszkowski on Jul. 01, 2024

The owner of Budlong Southern Chicken and a dozen other brands is the new operator of Hayden Hall, a downtown food hall that closed during the pandemic.

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4 types of hot restaurant concepts muscling their way into the Top 500

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 04, 2024

Past rankings showed inroads being made by cookie concepts, drive-thru drink brands and a new wave of salad specialists. What sort of restaurants are this year's standout rookies?

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Scott Taylor hits the ground running as CEO of Cherry Bounce Hospitality

By Joe Guszkowski on May 31, 2024

The industry veteran with a knack for scaling full-service brands is bringing his expertise to three Southeastern mainstays and is on the hunt for more.

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Cracker Barrel slows development of Maple Street Biscuit Co.

By Peter Romeo on May 30, 2024

Resources and management's attention will be focused on a rejuvenation of the company's namesake brand, whose traffic is down 20% year to date, executives told Wall Street Thursday.

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Fuzzy's Taco Shop to open 40 restaurants in Arizona and Texas

By Joe Guszkowski on May 23, 2024

The development agreements represent a return to unit growth for the fast-casual Mexican chain under new owner Dine Brands, the parent of Applebee's and IHOP.

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5 pre-emerging restaurant brands ready for takeoff

By Lisa Jennings on May 23, 2024

These small concepts are still proving out their ideas, but each shows promise as a potential candidate for the next generation of emerging chains.

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Chipotle officially kills Farmesa as potential second concept

By Lisa Jennings on Apr. 25, 2024

Farmesa's healthful bowl menu was tested but CEO Brian Niccol said the company is focused on growing Chipotle into an iconic brand.

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