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Fork & Salad, a Maui, Hawaii-based health-forward fast-casual concept with two locations on the island, will debut its first mainland U.S. restaurant in Orange, Calif., later this year.  

Experience-focused emerging coffee chain Alfred Coffee opened its eighth location, this one in new the LINE LA hotel in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood.

Arkansas-based Slim Chickens, a fast-casual “better chicken” chain opened a corporate-owned restaurant in its headquarters market of Fayetteville in August.

Build-your-own poké concept Pokeatery will be opening its first East Coast location in Charlotte, N.C., inside the Epicentre shopping center, before year’s end.

The Hummus & Pita Co. opened its first franchised location in Brookfield, Conn., in August.

Atlanta-based McAlister’s Deli is rolling out a new prototype restaurant and brand updating in Atlanta in September focused on families and community engagement. 

As part of a redevelopment of Southern California’s Ontario International Airport’s (ONT) dining facilities, Wahoo’s Fish Taco opened an outpost in Terminal 4.

Houston-based King’s BierHaus, a casual German-style eatery and biergarten, signed its first franchise deal to bring three additional units to the greater Houston area.