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2025 Award Winners
rd+d exists to share projects, examples and stories that educate and inspire. When the rd+d awards were launched nine years ago, our team wanted to highlight the projects that made readers proud
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KFC Debuts Saucy New Concept
A new chicken tender concept Saucy has opened in Orlando, Fla.
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new + notable: UMMO, Chicago
This two-story space with a sophisticated downstairs dining room and a loft bar upstairs offers a new take on luxe Italian dining in Chicago’s River North neighborhood.
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2024 Award Winners
Let’s take a moment and celebrate these fabulous, functional designs judged to be among the best of the best in rd+d’s annual contest.
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Golden Corral Debuts New Fast Casual Concept
Homeward Kitchen, a new fast-casual concept from Golden Corral Corporation, will open its doors this December.
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Expanding the Smoothie Factory Menu
BRIX Holdings plans to elevate a current brand with an expanded menu. Smoothie Factory + Kitchen will open its flagship location this fall in North Richland Hills, Texas.
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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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2023 Award Winners
There’s plenty to celebrate as the restaurant community continues to rebuild and apply important lessons learned over the last several years of upheaval.
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Chef-Driven Indie Restaurant Pushes Forward Despite Pandemic
What’s it like to open an independent restaurant at the start of a pandemic?
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Full-Service Indian Chain Debuts Fast-Casual Concept
Owned by husband and wife team Anjan and Emily Mitra, DOSA is a successful Indian food concept based in San Francisco. The company recently opened its first outpost in Oakland and third location
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Genuine Pizza Debuts in Miami, Plans Immediate Expansion
Genuine Pizza — a new concept from popular three-unit Miami chain Harry’s Pizzeria — debuted inside Aventura
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BRAVO Coastal Bar & Kitchen Lets Design, Not Art, Create Experience
Based in Columbus, Ohio, BRAVO | BRIO Restaurant Group (BBRG) has two main concepts. BRAVO Cucina Italiana which has a Roman Ruins-inspired design;
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New Concept Farmbird Brings Fast-Casual Chicken to D.C.
A new chicken-based fast-casual restaurant debuted in Washington, D.C. this summer.
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Buffalo Wild Wings Pilots B-Dubs Express
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.will pilot two new small-format locations in the Minneapolis metro market this summer.
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General Tso’Boy Goes from Pop-Up to Restaurant
General Tso’Boy, originally a flea market pop-up in New York City, will open its first brick-and-mortar restaurant in Austin this month.
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Protein Bar Owners Open New Concept
The group behind Chicago-based fast-casual concept Protein Bar has opened a sister concept in Chicago’s Loop neighborhood called Thrive360 Eatery.