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Dog Haus Builds a Better Hot Dog Place

With an indoor/outdoor bar, improved queueing area and more efficient kitchen, this chain out of California has taken full advantage of its first ground-up build.

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Steve Starr, president of starrdesign, explains the tectonic shift restaurants are facing due to sudden changes in guests’ priorities, and how to address them.

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Reports that buffet dining is dead have been greatly exaggerated. Pizza Inn launched a Right-Way Buffet effort to reassure guests as restaurants continue to reopen across the United States.

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Great American Cookies and Marble Slab Creamery opened its first co-branded store featuring a cohesive brand vision and design in Columbia, S.C.

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Panera updated its curbside service to include an opt-in geofence service that extends Wi-Fi into the parking lot and alerts staff when a guest pulls up to pickup their order, allowing for a frictionless curbside delivery experience.

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Umami Burger opened the first of five planned locations in the Middle East. The first, in Doha, Qatar, is the 28th location overall for the restaurant chain.

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Golden Chick opened its first location in Louisiana in May, in the capital city of Baton Rouge.

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Atlanta-based fast-casual restaurant chain gusto! opened its sixth location, this one in the North Buckhead neighborhood, in May.