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Emerging Brands

New brands and soon-to-open concepts worth watching

Emerging Brands

Cava founders plot full-service concept

 By Heather Lalley on Nov. 29, 2017

New all-day restaurant will feature French-Mediterranean cuisine.

Emerging Brands

6 just-unwrapped concepts to watch

 By Heather Lalley on Nov. 30, 2017

Some of the latest concepts are ditching small footprints for Texas-sized operations.

Emerging Brands

3 concepts on our radar

By Kelly Killian on Dec. 09, 2017

Here are some concepts we’re watching out for in 2018.

Emerging Brands

Honeygrow fast-tracks expansion of scaled-down Minigrow concept

By Heather Lalley on Dec. 13, 2017

Strong sales plus recent investment spur growth.

Emerging Brands

KFC's new spinoff brands take root in Asia

By Aaron Jourden on Dec. 14, 2017

The chain has added a fast casual and deli of sorts.

Emerging Brands

Diners’ picks of 2017’s 100 best restaurants

By Peter Romeo, Heather Lalley, Benita Gingerella, Patricia Cobe and Lizzy Freier on Dec. 19, 2017

OpenTable diners reveal which restaurants won them over this year.

Emerging Brands

5 shiny new concepts for the new year

By Heather Lalley on Dec. 28, 2017

Learn about some of the latest entrants in the fast-casual segment, as well as a retail-cafe mashup making a splash. 

Emerging Brands

Guy Fieri’s Times Square concept to close

By Heather Lalley on Dec. 29, 2017

Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar, consistently one of the country’s top-grossing independent restaurants, announced this week that it will close on New Year’s Eve. The Times Square restaurant from ...

Emerging Brands

5 predictions for emerging concepts

By Heather Lalley on Jan. 01, 2018

Emerging chains, with their innovative spirit and potential for nimble execution, are excellent predictors of changing winds in the restaurant industry. Here are some of our predictions for emerging concepts for 2018.

Emerging Brands

Slapfish spins off a raw-bar concept

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 04, 2018

The new spot is part of a boom in California places featuring oysters on the half shell.

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