3+ day, 16+ 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, 18+ 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, 19+ 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, 14+ hour ago   (298+ words) Hooper is shifting to an advisory role, and the parent company’s regional group CEO is taking the helm for North America Troy Hooper is stepping down from day-to-day management as CEO of Hot Palette America, parent to Pepper Lunch’s U....

4+ day, 17+ 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, 16+ 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…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (771+ words) Efforts are already paying off with same-store sales tracking above 3% so far in third quarter. Expect to see a lot more from Jersey Mike’s in digital advertising. Sure, the TV ads featuring Danny DeVito and Eli Manning during NFL games…...

4+ day, 21+ hour 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,…...

4+ day, 22+ 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…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (266+ words) The return of the $4.99 promotion comes on the heels of Domino’s launch of the individual Detroit-style Domino. Little Caesars has brought back its Detroit-style Slices-N-Stix promotion for a limited time as the regional format gains popularity across the category. The…...