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Organic Burger Franchise Expands to West Coast
- Development
- The Editors
Burger Village, the New York City-based organic burger chain with full-service restaurants in Long Island and Brooklyn (and plans for quick-serve locations in the same boroughs) signed a multi-unit franchise agreement to expand to California.
Sandella’s Flatbread Café to Add 12 Locations
- Development
- The Editors
Diversity Food Brands (DFB), a foodservice provider specializing in captured audience spaces, plans to expand its Sandella’s Flatbread Café brand by adding at least 12 locations in 2019.
Redesigned Stores and Third-Party Delivery Pays Off for Krystal Restaurants
- Design
- The Editors
The Krystal Company credits a store revitalization plan and third-party delivery for an uptick in sales, per a company release.
Tao Chicago Takes Advantage of Impressive Space
- Design
- Toby Weber
New York-based Tao Group operates see-and-be-seen restaurants and nightclubs on three continents. One of the company’s latest ventures is Tao Chicago, located in a granite-clad Romanesque Revival-style building constructed in 1892.
The State of Casual Dining
- Development
- Dana Tanyeri
Reach in to a grab bag of casual-dining brands these days and what you pull out might just surprise you. Yes, many in the segment continue to struggle and suffer consequences of over-supply, under-differentiation and chronic inertia. And all share the pain of higher costs — labor, real estate and food — compared to their fast-casual and QSR competitors. But the odds of pulling a shiny apple out from among the lumps of coal are beginning to improve.
Brooklyn Coffee Roaster Opens Second Retail Cafe
- Design
- The Editors
New York coffee roasters Toby’s Estate opened a second location in Brooklyn.