All things considered, now’s a pretty good time to be an emerging brand in the Mexican fast-casual segment. Just ask Downing Barber, whose ...

The right number of tables in a restaurant is a balancing act between generating revenue and creating the perfect ambiance

Fast-casual chain Baja Fresh opened its latest restaurant in Sherwood, Ore., an expanding suburb of Portland.

Fast-casual has been the “it” segment in foodservice for a few years now. With so many restaurants in this one space, it’s no surprise that some emerging concepts

Veteran chains continue to invest in trendy and emerging new concepts

Why have restaurant-market hybrids become such a rising trend? It’s simple math, really. When well designed, the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts.

New prototype elevates the fast-casual dining experience.

Amaize restaurant in Doral, Florida, is the flagship store in a planned chain of fast-casual eateries serving Latin-inspired

Chicago-based Naf Naf Grill, a fast-casual concept serving authentic Middle Eastern cuisine, has secured private-equity funding from

Ono Hawaiian BBQ, a fast-casual restaurant specializing in Hawaiian plate lunches and other island specialties, has opened

Seeking to stake a claim as the first "fast-fine" Neapolitan pizza chain, MidiCi celebrated the grand opening of its flagship

Amy's Kitchen, the pioneering manufacturer of vegetarian frozen entrees, soups and other items, is now on a mission to "shake up American fast food."

Fast-casual concept Tava Indian Kitchen has closed $4.5 million of new equity financing, providing capital to expand the management team and accelerate development in the

It was 1990. I was just barely 18, and my first real job was delivering pizzas for Rocky’s Pizza Ring. This local mom-and-pop joint could have

When customers enter a fast-casual restaurant, they head straight for the service line. That’s where they view the menu, place their orders, select from ingredients on

Milano Restaurants International, which operates the Me-n-Ed’s Pizza Parlor, Victory Grill and Coney Island Grill concepts,

Atlanta-based Fresh To Order (f2o) opened its 13th location on November 19 and the first for the fast-casual brand in South

Fast-casual vegan restaurant chain Native Foods Cafe has opened the first of eight units planned for the Washington, D.C./Northern Virginia market.

Amsterdam Falafelshop, a fast-casual concept founded eight years ago in Washington, D.C., has begun to grow through franchising.

The fast-casual pizza segment continues to sizzle, tossing a whole new competitive element into the mix for both traditional pizzerias and other fast-casual concepts.