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Though it’s a chain, no one would describe &pizza as corporate. The brainchild of founder and CEO Michael Lastoria, the concept was created to be “a modern, forward-looking brand” driven by more than profit.

HiHo, a better burger restaurant that exclusively serves grass-fed Wagyu beef, moved to a new location in Santa Monica, Calif., from its original location in Ojai.

Single Speed Brewery began operating in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 2012 with a brewing operation and a taproom that seats about 40. Success came quickly, and the company began scouting spots for a second location within several months of opening.

Green can mean a lot of things these days. In the restaurant world, it can mean growing your own food on-site, partnering or even managing local farms, installing energy-efficient equipment, using reclaimed wood and other sustainable materials, composting, recycling, using LED lighting and more. Here’s a look at four restaurants with some unique interpretations of what it means to be green.

In October 2016, a hurricane damaged the One&Only Club on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Chef Jean Georges Vongerichten’s restaurant Dune suffered significant wind and water damage, resulting in a temporary closure.

Italienne, Chef Jared Sippel’s new restaurant in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, combines the best of Northern Italian and Southern French cuisines in a space that offers subtle nods to Provence and New York City.

When Peet’s Coffee & Tea decided to open a new unit in Washington, D.C.’s colonial Georgetown neighborhood, the restaurant’s design had to fit both the historic building and the expectations of the community.

Ping Pang Pong, a Chinese restaurant inside the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, unveiled a redesigned and expanded space.