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6 days agoEvery Leon should be magical': food chain's co-founder on what went wrong and how to fix it
John Vincent is going back to the future. Four years after selling Leon, the fast food chain named after his father and founded in 2004 with two friends, he has bought it back with hopes of reviving its fortunes. In a crisis you need a pilot in full control, the martial arts fan says, speaking to the Guardian from Leon's headquarters near London Bridge.
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fromTasting Table
1 month agoReview: My $21 Meal At Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips In NYC Was Fine - If You're A Tourist - Tasting Table
Born in Scotland and brought up in England, Ramsay is arguably the most famous British chef in the U.S. With dozens of restaurants around the globe, one of Ramsay's U.S. endeavors has been a fast-casual restaurant chain called Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips. Not to be confused with potato chips, British chips are what Americans consider french fries, and are often paired with battered white fish in the U.K.
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1 month ago6 Facts About Dave's Hot Chicken Worth Knowing - Tasting Table
But move over, Chick-fil-A and KFC, because there's another chicken joint on the block. It's Dave's Hot Chicken, a company that's exploded over the past few years. Chances are, if you're on foodie social media, you've seen a lot about the company. But whether you've tasted the chain's chicken yet or not, there's probably some things you still don't know about the brand.
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fromSlate Magazine
2 months agoSlop Bowls Have Taken Over the Working Person's Lunch Break. We've Ranked Them From the Sloppiest to the Supreme.
Fast-casual 'slop bowls' dominate corporate lunch culture, offering overpriced, assembled bowls of chopped ingredients marketed as healthy but lacking true culinary substance.
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2 months agoThe Meat You Should Skip At Panera, According To Employees - Tasting Table
Our seatbelts are (literally and proverbially) buckled for fairly low-quality food, but an experience that's more about low-cost and high-pleasure. At Panera Bread, however, comparatively higher price tags (think $10-$15 for a salad) suggest closer attention to "the little things." You get what you pay for...or, reason might suggest you should. In reality, a wave of apparent Panera employees is flooding Reddit to voice their dissatisfaction with one ingredient from the chain's kitchen - the chicken.
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fromFortune
3 months agoMultimillion-dollar restaurant CEO used to splurge on Range Rovers and McLarens-but he's reining it in now, because today's economy makes no sense
Derrick Hayes built Big Dave's Cheesesteaks into a multimillion-dollar chain and has reduced luxury spending amid economic uncertainty.
fromBusiness Insider
6 months agoI had the same meal at Wahlburgers and Smashburger. Both were good, but there's one I can't stop thinking about.
The burger was piping hot with perfectly melted cheese and all the promised toppings. I loved the flavorful addition of the secret Wahl Sauce, a condiment that adds a creamy convergence of tang and sweetness.
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