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- Dana Tanyeri
New Design Brings the Brand Home
In Cuba, “paladares” represent a unique and much-loved form of hospitality: Essentially, they’re small, comforting restaurants that operate out of people’s homes. When partners Elie Weiss and Andy Himmel launched their first restaurant in Cleveland in 2007, they took the Paladar name as a way to represent the vibrant Latin cuisine and cultural experience on which they wanted to build their brand.
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New menu items, a revamped website, new social media and advertising campaigns, redesigned packaging and the introduction of a fresh new restaurant prototype are all part of Kentucky Fried Chicken’s 75th anniversary celebration this year.
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- Toby Weber
This fast-casual comfort food concept draws inspiration from autumn in Northern Michigan to meet the needs of its diverse customer base.
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- Dana Tanyeri
Element's entrance greets guests with a taste of what's to come, including repurposed materials such as reclaimed barn wood and original brick walls juxtaposed with contemporary design elements.
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Ted's Montana Grill has been awarded LEED Gold certification under the LEED for Interior Design and Construction: Retail rating system for its Alpharetta, Ga., restaurant, which opened in October 2014. This is the chain's first restaurant to be LEED-certified.
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When Nathan Andrew of New York-based The Department of Interiors took on the job of converting an existing restaurant and bar space into the comfortably stylish Pounds & Ounces, he and owner Etai Cinader knew a large communal table had to be part of the plan.
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Restaurant designers were among the culinary world's glitterati feted at the 2015 James Beard Foundation Awards gala, held May 4 in Chicago. Those taking home top awards for outstanding recent restaurant design or renovation projects were Michael Abboud of SOMA Architects in New York, for Workshop Kitchen + Bar (76 seats or over), and James Gorski and Tom Nahabedian of Bureau of Architecture and Design, Chicago, for Brindille (75 seats or under).