1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (177+ words) The 2026 Restaurant Tech Power List Nation’s Restaurant News The 2026 Restaurant Tech Power List These are the most powerful players driving foodservice’s technology revolution. Technology has never been more vital for restaurants. CTOs and CIOs are taking on a larger role…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (353+ words) High Stakes by Bartolotta will be joined by the Peacock Lounge, an adjacent cocktail bar. Chef Paul Bartolotta opened his first Milwaukee-area restaurant in 1993. More than thirty years later, he and the Bartolotta Restaurants group is still going strong, with…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (310+ words) The fast-casual chain has added or reimagined 33 items, and created a new grilled-chicken category. It has been a year of change for Dog Haus. The fast-casual chain this year has unveiled a break-the-mold franchising model, hired new leadership, opened its…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (228+ words) Cofounders and co-owners Anthony and Haley Sitek share how they’ve prepared their seven-restaurant group for expansion. As any restaurant founder will tell you, growing from one restaurant to a second is hard. And for a small, corporate-owned restaurant business, growing…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (294+ words) The closures add to 150 restaurants shuttered in 2024 and 2025. The franchisee operating the affected locations plans to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Denny’s has closed five more locations. According to Fast Company, franchisee M15 Inc. said it has accumulated unsustainable debt and plans…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (233+ words) According to local news reports, and corroborated by phone calls to individual restaurants, all corporate-owned restaurants are scheduled to shutter permanently at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, including all eight in the central Tennessee area. An employee at one franchised O’Charley’s location in…...

5+ day, 8+ min ago   (323+ words) The Yum Brands chains will remain in Irvine, California, but the new campus will be much bigger. Taco Bell and sibling chain Habit Burger & Grill plan to relocate their shared global headquarters to Alton HQ at 15955, 15967, 15975 Alton Parkway in Irvine,…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (179+ words) Get all the headlines in today’s Restaurant Daily podcast. Leigh Anne Zinsmeister is a managing editor for Informa’s Foodservice Media, with brands including Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Business, and Foodservice Director. Leigh Anne works on all of the brands’ special…...