Development

: Sep 10, 2015; Development; Dana Tanyeri

Intent on carving out a slice of the fast-casual market, Southern Concepts Restaurant Group (SCRG) will launch its Carve Barbecue concept this September. SCRG is a publicly traded, Colorado Springs–based restaurant holding company that licenses the Southern Hospitality restaurant brand in Colorado. The original Southern Hospitality, located in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen, was founded in 2007 by musician and actor Justin Timberlake with friends Eytan Sugarman and Trace Ayala.

BBQ restaurants

: Sep 10, 2015; Development; The Editors

The nation's largest franchised companies continue to grow even larger, according to Technomic's Top 400 Franchise Report.

franchising

: Sep 10, 2015; Development; David Farkas

As more restaurant franchisors embrace an asset-light approach, what they look for in franchisees continues to evolve dramatically.

localized design

: Sep 10, 2015; Development; Thomas Henry Strenk

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. Restaurants that incorporate one or more retail food sections enjoy several advantages. However, guiding customers through the experience requires design elements such as traffic patterns, materials and finishes.

retail-restaurant hybrids

: Sep 10, 2015; Development; The Editors

A beta test of the Hyatt Regency brand, Viento, at the Hyatt Century City in Los Angeles was designed as a pop-up restaurant that can be periodically switched out to showcase different concepts through menu and design changes. As such, designers looked to develop a blank slate for the renovated space so that additional decorations could be added to create that changing concept. If successful, the hotel giant plans to roll out the pop-up concept nationally.