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Saladworks Makes Nontraditional Push
- Development
- The Editors
Fast-casual create-your-own salad concept Saladworks opened 11 new restaurants in the first quarter of 2021, bringing the chain’s total number of locations to 217 across the U.S. and Canada.
How to Get into Ghost Kitchens
- Design
- Amanda Baltazar
According to Euromonitor, ghost kitchens could be a $1 trillion global business by 2030. Ghost kitchens are restaurants with no seats, whose business is all takeout. Depending on the setup, customers pickup their food from cubbies, counters, pickup windows or drive-thrus, but most often they have it delivered.
Specifying Outdoor Furnishings
- Design
- Lisa White
Outdoor dining dominated in 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many operators believe it will continue to do so in 2021, according to a December survey of rd+d subscribers.
Form + Function: Touchless Restrooms
- Design
- Peter Fabris
The adoption of touchless bathroom fixtures was well underway before COVID-19 upended the restaurant industry. But the coronavirus added fuel to this trend as more building owners installed hands-free restroom fixtures to reduce the spread of disease.
Survey Says: Biophilia Top Restaurant Design Trend Post-Pandemic
- Design
- The Editors
Biophilic design — bringing the natural world inside — topped the list of aesthetic trends moving the needle on pitches and current projects.
A World View: Buena Vida, Belgrade, Serbia
- Design
- The Editors
Located in a mixed-use commercial steel and glass structure, the design of Buena Vida mixes earth tones and tropical touches to create a timeless and modern restaurant.