Featured Articles
2021 Award Winners
- Award Winners
- The Editors
After the incredible challenges the hospitality community faced in 2020, celebrating the bright spots — the best projects and the teams that created them — feels more important than ever. With that in mind, the fifth annual rd+d awards highlight and celebrate excellence in restaurant design and concepting.
Tijuana Flats' VP of Development Talks Long-Term Goals and Prototype Design
- Development
- Rebecca Kilbreath
Eric Taylor, Vice President of Development, recounts the wild ride that was 2020, Tijuana Flats’ new prototype and what the future holds for the chain’s development pipeline.
A Welcome Transition
- Design
- Maureen Slocum
As COVID-19 vaccinations across the U.S. continue to ramp up, the bleak pandemic funk that has dominated life here for the past year finally looks like it is beginning to lift. As more and more Americans get vaccinated, the focus has begun to shift to what post-pandemic life will look like and how quickly we can get back to something that we might recognize as normal.
The Light at the End of a Year-Long Tunnel
- Design
- Rebecca Kilbreath
It’s sunny today and the mountain of Midwestern snow that covered my yard is melting. Every day, more people I know are getting vaccinated against COVID-19. And, to top it off, I’m wrapping up one of my favorite features of the year — the fifth annual rd+d awards!
How Numbers Saved My Life
- Design
- Rebecca Kilbreath
When I think about how I spent most of last year — at my house, working and trying (and failing) to savor some of the downtime caused by the pandemic — it feels like I wasted a lot of time.
A World View: Maestro Bistrot, Rome
- Design
- The Editors
Maestro Bistrot in Rome is located near Opera Theater and at the base of a four-star hotel.