7 Dining Trends That Will Matter in 2021
By andyfwai
Few would dispute that 2020 has been a hellacious year for the foodservice industry. While promises of a vaccine offer hope things will turn around, there’s still a long road to recovery. In addition to simply staying solvent in the ...
Post-COVID “Boom Town” Predicted for Restaurants
By andyfwai
Well-known U.S. restaurant operator says the industry will come back strong after vaccines are introduced, but with key changes. by Chris LaMorte - Foodservice Equipment Reports - Jon Taffer, perhaps best known as the host of U.S. cable TV’s ...
Historic Minnesota Brewery Gets a Modern Reboot
By Foodservice Equipment Reports
When Schroeder’s revealed the building’s origins as a beer saloon dating back to 1857, restoring it as a brewery became his goal. When Tom Schroeder decided to buy and restore a historic limestone building at 445 Smith Ave., St. Paul, Minn., ...
A More Efficient, Larger Display Kitchen at Prototype Chain Restaurant
By Foodservice Equipment Reports
Southwest Grill Chain Experiments With Layout to Optimize Flow In a time where many multiunit chains are shrinking kitchens, Moe’s has gone in the opposite direction. Its prototype and test restaurant, The Oasis, which opened November 2018 in Kennesaw, Ga., ...
How The French Laundry’s New Kitchen Combines Aesthetics with Efficiency
By Foodservice Equipment Reports
In Yountville, Calif., Chef Thomas Keller’s award-winning, Michelin-starred The French Laundry restaurant has leapt into its next 20 years of operation with a re-invention/ renovation that spanned four years and cost some $10 million. The resulting project preserved the original, ...
Upstate New York Hotel Restaurant Combines 21st Century Amenities with Roaring 20s vibe
By Foodservice Equipment Reports
Hotel Saranac has been awakened, not with a kiss but with an expert, respectful restoration. When the Roedel Cos. purchased Hotel Saranac, it was a ghostly presence at the heart of the mountain village of Saranac Lake, N.Y., looming over the ...
