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The Most Fantastic Places to Eat Around Pittsburgh

Restaurant Clicks

Pittsburgh has several international dining options. Luckily, we compiled a list of some of the best restaurants in Pittsburgh that you should consider visiting to satisfy your dining needs. Its location also has an excellent elevated view of the city, enhancing its dining atmosphere for anybody looking for luxury.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurant sales were lower for November of 2018, November of 2019 did not include the same holiday headwinds. Fine and Family Dining Hurt by Holiday Shift. The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

Combining our backgrounds in tech, automation, and culinary fine dining, we knew we could fill this void to give more people access to healthy, high-quality food.” “Plant-based dining is not a fad that is going away. In 2018, 51% of chefs in the United States added vegan items to their menus. GlobalData).

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Healthy Fast Food Trend Part 1: Beyond Plant Based Burgers

Cheetah

In 2018, ultra-processed foods provided 57% of calories ingested by the average American. In between major chains and fine-dining are the vast majority of mom-and-pop restaurants that are now adding healthier options to their menus as well. The trend isn’t confined to fast food chains, either.

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10 Alternative Foodservice Formats Impacting the Restaurant Industry

Aaron Allen & Associates

in sales in 2018 — equivalent to about a third the global sales of the largest global consumer foodservice brand, McDonald’s. Chipotle, for instance, launched an accelerator in August 2018 to support food-focused ventures centered on innovation in agricultural technology or sustainability. There were some 180 food halls in the U.S.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

EATER

Blue Hill at Stone Barns’ alluring story — that a fine dining restaurant could be a model for changing the world — seduced diners, would-be employees, and thought leaders alike. His dream had been to work in fine dining, and he was determined to stay at Blue Hill long enough for it to count.

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#LifeOrDeathRecipe Challenge and ‘A Woman’s Place’

Modern Restaurant Management

Etana Diaz, who began her career as a pastry chef and a line cook in fine dining, but found her true love for butchery after discovering that pastry wasn’t her passion. In 2018 she became the first solo woman to win Grand Cochon, a national whole hog cook-off. Tough to measure up to. He left behind a huge legacy.”

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