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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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Project Profile: Fancypants

All of the fine, none of the fuss.

The State of Open Kitchens

Open kitchens are no longer a must-have element in new restaurants.

Project Profile: Two Twelve

Rustic elegance defines a new ski-country destination.

Are Open Kitchens Over?

How open kitchen design is evolving and why.

Form + Function: Fanning the Flames

Kevin Gillespie has had an open fire in every restaurant he’s opened but one, and that was only because he couldn’t get the permitting approved.

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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What’s Played Out in Restaurant Design

Open/visible kitchens topped the list of overdone restaurant design trends for 30% of survey respondents.

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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London in Flames

Here’s a look at three restaurants in London where fire-cooked food is the main attraction. 

Le Bon Nosh Brings Elegant, Parisian Café Culture to Atlanta

Inspired by Paris’ café culture, the operation brings to life owner and executive chef Forough Vakili’s vision for a casual-yet-sophisticated all-day café, market, wine bar and restaurant celebrating the simplicity of high-quality, seasonal local ingredients and warm hospitality.

Southern Concept Blends Modern Trends with Traditional Roots

A contemporary southern concept, the operation is inspired by and named after Executive Chef-Owner Rob McDaniel's grandmother.

Back Yard Burgers’ New Prototype Offers Outdoor Vibe

Back Yard Burgers debuted a new prototype and has plans to expand using the updated building design going forward.

Celebrated Dumpling Hotspot Opens Outpost at ARIA Resort & Casino

Taiwanese chain Din Tai Fung has opened its first outpost in Las Vegas, inside the ARIA Resort & Casino.

Domino’s Comes Ashore in Croatia

Domino’s Pizza opened its first location in Croatia.

Wayback Burgers Modernizes

This burger concept has updated its look, but it still aims for an old-time experience.

Balance Pan-Asian Grille is Turning the Tide in Toledo

This concept is helping to revitalize downtown Toledo with a new restaurant and an indoor farm, both located in a formerly abandoned parking garage.

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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Six Restaurant Construction Trends for 2020

Staying relevant in the ultra-competitive hospitality space means creating higher-quality experiences for patrons, according to Maxim Parkhomchuk, VP of construction and executive project manager at LOTT Restaurant Construction in Philadelphia. The LOTT team has collectively built over 400 restaurants throughout the United States since 1992.

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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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

Trend: Incorporating Fire in Design

“Everyone is drawn to fire,” says Tim Byres, the executive chef and partner of Smoke in Plano, Texas. “Everyone has memories of fire, so there’s a nostalgia element to it.”

On Display: Expo Kitchens Can Dazzle, but Require Careful, Strategic Designs

Freshness, authenticity and transparency are big buzzwords today. They’re what restaurant customers want, and they’re the forces driving so many concepts to turn to exhibition kitchens, letting diners see first-hand their food is not only fresh but also made from scratch.