#restaurant-transformation tag

This Neon-Lit Neighborhood Studio City Bar Gets Everything Right

Before opening Studio City's Oy Bar in 2022, owner Jeff Strauss happily assembled sandwiches from his Highland Park shop, Jeff's Table. Before that, the restaurant owner spent decades producing television programming, most notably NBC's Friends. But Strauss has always been obsessed with food and began a new form of storytelling with his restaurants, especially his San Fernando Valley destination. Strauss took over the shuttered 50-year-old Oyster House Saloon and transformed it into a low-lit space

Food & drink

fromThe Atlantic

1 week ago

The Innovation That's Killing Restaurant Culture

Delivery platforms have transformed restaurants into pickup-focused, commodity-driven businesses, increasing packaging and exposing precariously employed couriers to higher safety and labor risks.

Food & drink

fromPortland Monthly

1 month ago

At Chin's Kitchen in Northeast Portland, It's Always Soup Season

Wendy Li's 2017 transformation of Chin's Kitchen turned it into a welcoming northeastern Chinese restaurant that became Patrick Herlihy's regular favorite.

Marketing

fromwww.mercurynews.com

2 months ago

Cracker Barrel unveils a controversial logo change

Cracker Barrel is modernizing its brand, removing the barrel and man from its logo while launching a $700 million transformation of menus, marketing, and restaurants.

Miami food

fromLos Angeles Times

2 months ago

From cowboy to sushi chef to social media star, Tetsuya Nakao is doing it 'Asanebo style'

Tetsuya Nakao's viral cooking videos have transformed Asanebo sushi restaurant into a global culinary phenomenon, attracting customers from around the world.

fromLondon On The Inside

3 months ago

Thai Restaurant Patara in Soho Has Flipped Into Platapian

Nam Parama Raiva has transformed the Greek Street site into Platapian, which offers a menu inspired by traditional Thai family recipes and regional dishes.

London food

Dining

fromGreenpointers

5 months ago

Nura and Kellogg's Diner Team Reopens JR & Son with a Menu of Italian-Influenced Tavern Classics and Amaro-Forward Cocktails - Greenpointers

JR & Son has reinvented itself from a dive bar to a supper club offering Italian-inspired cuisine.

Portland food

fromSFGATE

6 months ago

Original Downtown Disney restaurant to be demolished and replaced

La Brea Bakery is being demolished to make way for a new Porto's Bakery in Downtown Disney.

Boston food

fromEater Boston