Apr 13, 2026 | Restaurants
Another franchisee files for bankruptcyCrumbl's unit volumes declined last yearA Farmer Boys franchisee declares bankruptcy and blames cash advance financingThere's a new No. 2 brand in casual diningOPINIONFinancingThe Bottom Line: Noodles & Company and...
Apr 13, 2026 | Restaurants
The Top 10 US Restaurants, According to the Experts These standout tables channel Jamaica, Guadalajara, southern Thailand, Cantonese tradition, and more. Published on April 8, 2026 A spread at Dogon in Washington D.C. Credit: Photo by Scott Suchman The best...
Apr 13, 2026 | Restaurants
Sales soared more than 20%, to more than $5.5 billion. | Photo: ShutterstockThe U.S. casual-dining category has a new No. 2.Chili’s Grill and Bar surged past Olive Garden in 2025 to become the second-largest casual-dining chain in the country behind Texas...
Apr 13, 2026 | Restaurants
At the center of Project Catalyst is a modernization of in-store technology, including point-of-sale and kitchen display systems (shown here: Shake Shack location in Las Vegas).By Lea Mira, RTN staff writer – 4.11.2026 As restaurant brands look to scale in an...
Apr 13, 2026 | Restaurants
Chick-fil-A's U.S. system sales grew 5.2% last year. | Photo: Shutterstock.The difficult operating environment isn’t stopping Chick-fil-A, but it is not leaving the chain completely unscathed. The fast-food chicken-sandwich chain continued to grow last year,...
Apr 6, 2026 | Restaurants
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Apr 6, 2026 | Restaurants
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Apr 6, 2026 | Restaurants
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Apr 6, 2026 | Restaurants
Restaurant operators reported stronger sales and traffic readings in February A solid majority of restaurant operators reported higher same-store sales in February, though that was largely because of dampened year-ago comparisons. Sixty-one percent of restaurant...
Apr 6, 2026 | Restaurants
Colleen Booth and David Barzelay. Credit: Photo By Kelly Puleio / JouJou Suited diners and staff with animal print pocket squares walk through a glass menagerie housing a long bar with paintings of birds on either side. Seafood towers pinwheel through the restaurant....
Mar 30, 2026 | Restaurants
How and where people decide to dine out continues to evolve, and their changing preferences directly affect the country's retail real estate map, pushing restaurant operators to rethink major choices about the size and locations of their restaurants, according to...
Mar 30, 2026 | Restaurants
2/200:00The Bitchy Waiter reveals the lowest tip he ever received Continue watchingThe Bitchy Waiter reveals the lowest tip he ever receivedafter the ad As more restaurants experiment with eliminating tips, the idea of a no-tip dining model is gaining traction — but...
Mar 30, 2026 | Restaurants
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – DECEMBER 17, 2025: Participants Jung Ho-young, Hudukjuk, Monk Sunjae, Son Jong-won, producers Kim Eun-ji and Kim Hak-min, Yoon Jumo Yoon Nara, French Papa, Chinese Cuisine Witch, and Baby Beast pose during a press conference for the Netflix series...
Mar 30, 2026 | Restaurants
Credit: Alexander Spatari / Getty Images Dining out is getting increasingly more expensive, but which cities are particularly high-priced? According to Yelp data shared with Food & Wine, New York City, San Francisco, Miami, Los Angeles, and Boston have the...
Mar 30, 2026 | Restaurants
For many diners, scoring the best seat in the house is the first item on their personal menu. Forget anyone else who's in the restaurant; the one table that they have deemed the most perfect is the one they feel they should have. The thing is, the "best seat...
Mar 23, 2026 | Restaurants
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. With many of the same macroeconomic conditions from 2025 continuing this year, restaurants have had a tough time increasing traffic and sales. Some chains, like McDonald’s, Chili’s and Taco Bell,...
Mar 23, 2026 | Restaurants
I went to Mon Lapin in Montréal for my birthday last month. Mon Lapin is venerated by people for whom food is an experience. I am one of these people, but only because I was once a 10-year-old whose greatest dream was that the whole world could be made of Buffalo...
Mar 23, 2026 | Restaurants
The growing number of Americans choosing to abstain from alcohol has bars and restaurants scrambling to rethink their menus and other offerings.More and more consumers, especially younger ones, are ditching booze during their nights out on the town, marking a cultural...
Mar 23, 2026 | Restaurants
At The Eighty-Six in Manhattan, exclusivity is the point.The luxe, 11-table steakhouse is the sort of place that lavishes caviar and aged mimolette cheese on its potatoes, and crows that your market-price duck was raised by one Dr. Joe Jurgielewicz, DVM, in the rural...
Mar 23, 2026 | Restaurants
You can now purchase everything from tacos to ice cream, chili to chicken sandwiches, subs to stir-fries via a drive-thru window. What a time to be alive. But if we're being honest, nothing hits quite like a fast food burger. One bite is all it takes to transport...
