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Restaurant of the Future Webcast

Watch live on Tuesday, December 9, 2025

How will consumer demographics evolve in the coming years? How will customers changing tastes impact the way they use restaurants? How can the restaurant industry prepare for the future?
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Restaurant Design Trends 2025

Recorded Live July 24, 2025
From immersive dining experiences and sustainable materials to cutting-edge technology and flexible floor plans, our panelists will share insights, ideas, and real-world examples that are redefining how restaurants look and feel.
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Restaurant Design Trends 2024

Recorded Live July 25, 2024
What’s in? What’s out? What’s promising to shape or reshape how designers think about restaurant projects in an environment in which providing good value and great experiences are mission critical for restaurant brands?
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Outdoor Dining

Recorded Live April 11, 2024
This webinar will discuss current trends, weather, regional concerns, and best practices in designing and implementing outdoor dining areas.
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Flexible Kitchen Design

Rapidly changing consumer tastes put pressure on restaurants to update menus frequently.

The Firehouse Ripple Effect

Developing a custom steamer allowed Firehouse Subs to streamline its kitchen workflow and improve the customer experience.

Maddon’s Post: Leading Transformation at Wrigley

Joe Maddon may no longer be skipper of the Chicago Cubs, but his legacy will live long in Chicago. It was Maddon, after all, who led the oft-maligned, “loveable loser” Cubs to victory in the 2016 World Series, the team’s first championship since 1908.

Restaurant of the Future

Recorded live on November 3, 2020.
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The Future of On-Premises Dining

Recorded live on August 4, 2020.
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A Q&A with Larry Jones, Innovation Leader at Captain D's

Innovation leader in construction, equipment design and process improvements, Captain D’s

Four Tips for First-Time Restaurateurs

In my nearly 20 years of designing kitchens and consulting, I see some very consistent mistakes during the planning stages of a new restaurant. When owners are eager to put their dreams in action, they often push the smaller things to the side.

Outdoor Dining Webcast

Recorded live on June 4, 2019.
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Form + Function: Open Kitchens in Restaurant Design

An “open kitchen” is an imprecise term encompassing many types of designs. Depending on who you ask, an open kitchen can range from providing a view to the back of the house through a large counter-height window to positioning cooking stations next to dining tables so that customers can freely interact with chefs.

Open Kitchens Webcast

Recorded live on March 28, 2019.
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Consultant's Take: Stop the Creep

Have you ever noticed how, over time, a huge number of things become must-haves in a kitchen? I call this The Creep.

One Problem | Three Solutions: What Should be Considered When Purchasing Kitchen Equipment?

Equipment is such a critical component of any restaurant, and operators need to weigh all sides before making a decision.

10 Kitchen Design Best Practices

Putting in the time up front makes for a cost-efficient project in the long run.

Kitchen Design Best Practices

Recorded live on April 25, 2017
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Trend: Hot and Heavy with Pizza Ovens

While all types of pizzas have been among America’s favorite foods, Neapolitan-style pies are the current hottest trend. As spelled out by the Italian organization Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana, restaurant operators must make this “true” style of pizza to exacting standards. The association specifies the quality and type of ingredients, sauce and dough production techniques, and rising times. Most important, Pizza Napoletana

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Kitchen Incubators

Gone are the communal commissaries or simple shared kitchens of years past. They have been replaced by fully integrated, meticulously designed kitchen incubators. In these spaces, small food businesses and professionals can work side by side with kitchen ownership, sharing best practices, sparking new ideas, pooling resources and knowledge as well as supplies, marketing and more. These incubators continue to become

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