Patricia Cobe
Senior Editor
Contact PatriciaPat plans and executes menu, food and drink stories for Restaurant Business, covering food and beverage trends, Menu R&D, profiles of chefs and restaurateurs and Technomic research. She edits the weekly On the Menu newsletter and writes the regular Behind the Menu and Taste Tracker features. Pat hosts a weekly podcast called Menu Talk in collaboration with Bret Thorn of Nation's Restaurant News, covering a wide range of menu topics through interviews with chefs and operators.
Pat came to Informa Connect from Hearst, where she was an executive editor. She is the co-author of the Mompreneurs series of books as well as two cookbooks. She graduated from Cornell University and earned a Masters in Journalism from Boston University. She is active in several professional organizations, including Les Dames d’Escoffier and the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC), and serves as a judge for the James Beard Media Awards.
Articles by
Patricia Cobe
Page 1During this summer of value, restaurants are repositioning happy hours to build traffic
Reverse happy hours are turning late-night time slots from dead zone to business booster for some operators, while others are creating value-oriented promotions earlier in the day.
Portillo's, Dunkin' and Paris Baguette fall for dessert
Taste Tracker: Sonic launches queso; new plays on pizza at CPK, Twin Peaks and Donatos; wing sauces take off at Bojangles, Wingstop and Whataburger; and pumpkin drinks keep on coming.
