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California
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Rodizio Grill Expands West
Rodizio Grill is set to open four new locations including the brand’s first foray into California.
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Toastique Breaks into Two New Markets
Toastique has expanded into Kansas with its first location set to open in Wichita this fall. Additionally, the brand has opened its first Los Angeles location.
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A Vegan Restaurant Designed to Feel Restorative Inside and Out
Wildseed is a health-focused, vegan restaurant that was designed to feel restorative inside and out. The resulting restaurants offer a lively and energetic take on biophilic design.
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Wetzel’s Pretzels Launches new Concept
Looking to unlock new development opportunities for the company, Wetzel’s Pretzels will launch a new concept that promises to provide guests with a “bigger, bolder, more imaginative expression of
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Private Club Elevates Member Dining
A country club in Northern California caters to a younger demographic with a dining renovation that includes the dining room, bar and patio.
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Pizza Guys Opens First San Diego Location
Pizza Guys has expanded its California presence by opening its first location in San Diego, at Pacific Beach.
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Riviera Vibes with Pacific Coast Views
This upscale Santa Monica restaurant boasts three open-air patios with Pacific Ocean views for a French-meets-Californian dining experience.
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How to Create Authentic Design
Authenticity is key to a restaurant having a soul, and it can’t be faked.
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Here’s the Scoop: Häagen-Dazs Unveils New Design
Häagen-Dazs will roll out a new shop design.
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Café Gratitude Keeps it Natural
This California Vegan chain is updating its locations, giving each its own personality but keeping a California feel.
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San Diego’s Surf and Skate Inspired Restaurant
A relaxed, coastal palette plays with tradition and irreverence in this Mediterranean-meets-California-inspired space.
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Full-Service Breakfast-and-Lunch Chain Moves Beyond California Border
Huckleberry’s Breakfast and Lunch recently opened its first location outside California in Reno, Nev.
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Ruffin’ it in Palm Springs
How Boozehounds morphed from a dog-friendly bar into a full-blown restaurant, lounge and coffee/co-working space that’s comfortable, contemporary, stylish and playful.
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New Prototype Paves Way for Growth for Lemonade
Lemonade, a California-based fast-casual brand known for its seasonal food and drink menu hosted a grand re-opening of their Toluca Lake, Calif., location in October to celebrate a remodel and
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Blaze Pizza Heads North to Alaska
Blaze Pizza signed two new multi-unit franchise agreements to expand its West Coast footprint.
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Are Home-Based Restaurants the Future of Foodservice?
In June, the City of Berkeley Environmental Health Division approved its inspection of the first “Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation” (MEHKO) in the San Francisco Bay Area, authorizing home
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SAJJ Kitchen Debuts at Virtual Food Hall
Mediterranean fast-casual concept SAJJ Mediterranean partnered with Local Kitchens, a digital food hall concept, to launch its first SAJJ Kitchen in Cupertino, Calif.
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Yogurtland Debuts New Fast-Casual Spin-Off
Frozen yogurt chain Yogurtland debuted a new fast-casual concept, Holsom By Yogurtland.
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Cowboy Star
Refreshed and Ready to Ride Again
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Hurricane Grill & Wings Comes to California with New Format
“While we have had great success with our full-service model, we see a huge appetite and demand for a fast-casual experience as well with our consumer base."
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SAJJ Mediterranean Launches Digital Market in Bay Area
Fast-casual SAJJ Mediterranean launched an online market in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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WaBa Grill Debuts New Design
California-based WaBa Grill debuted a new restaurant design with the opening of its second North Hollywood location. Founded in 2006, WaBa Grill is a “better for you” rice and salad bowl chain
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Juice It Up! Refreshes Prototype
Juice It Up! is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2020 and has announced plans to open a new flagship in Costa Mesa, Calif., this summer that will also debut the chain’s new prototype.
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Designed to Bring People Together
Opened in the fall of 2019, Black Rail Kitchen + Bar is an upscale yet relaxed operation offering craft cocktails and Southern California cuisine with Mediterranean influences. Interior design by
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Luxury Hotel Updates Dining Options with Fresh Designs
California’s Four Seasons Westlake Village hotel recently upgraded three of its foodservice operations. The spaces were all designed by EDG design and are owned by billionaire businessman David
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Library Bars Showcase Single-Spirit Collections
To carve out a niche and create a point of differentiation in a crowded market, more bars and restaurants are amassing curated collections of a single-spirit category — whiskey, tequila and
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Organic Burger Franchise Expands to West Coast
Burger Village, the New York City-based organic burger chain with full-service restaurants in Long Island and Brooklyn (and plans for quick-serve locations in the same boroughs) signed a
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Camper sets up in Menlo Park
Located in the heart of Menlo Park, Calif., Camper is a new polished casual concept serving elevated dishes ranging from house-made pastas to ginger-steamed
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The Brass Tap Signs Five-Unit Deal in California
The Brass Tap signed a five-unit development deal in Modesto, Calif.
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Mess Hall Market, Orange County’s Newest Food Hall, to Open Early 2019
Mess Hall Market, designed by RCH Studios, will open in Tustin, Calif., in early 2019 at FLIGHT,
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