From concept development to brand protection, here’s how companies that made the move to fast casual tackled the challenge.
Spring is in the air, and it can’t get here fast enough.
More than a decade ago, a partnership was quietly formed. Vincent Celano, owner of Celano Design Studio in New York City, worked with Elizabeth Blau on Buddy V’s in Las Vegas.
Seafood Stalwart Captain D’s recently introduced a new prototype in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The restaurant features the same look and feel but a smaller footprint — 56 seats in 1,994 square feet vs. the previous 82 seats in 2,800 square feet.
DRNK coffee + tea and QWENCH juice bar opened in Sterling, Va. It’s the chain’s first outpost outside its home market of Hollywood, Calif.
Mixing the old and the new, Seattle’s new izakaya restaurant JUNKICHI opens in April. The restaurant features traditional robatayaki served with a modern twist: a tabletop robot named SOTA with artificial intelligence capabilities interacts with customers.