Top Fast Casual News

Q-BBQ, a fast-casual Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand-winning restaurant, brings its big bold barbecue to brunch starting this October every Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The awarding-winning Q-BBQ restaurant features their trademark smoky and spicy flavors in menu items like melt-in-your-mouth Burnt End Hash, hand-dipped Cornbread French Toast, authentic Chicken & Waffle, […]

Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza, the fast-casual artisanal pizza concept known for its chef-driven menu and casually hip restaurants, announced that it will open its first Boston location which is its second Massachusetts location, near Fenway Park, September 29. To celebrate the grand opening, the restaurant will offer free build-your-own artisanal pizzas on September 29 from 11 […]

Grown, Miami’s 100 percent organic fast-food restaurant by owners/co-creators, Shannon and Ray Allen, is taking root at Hard Rock Stadium for the 2016—17 season. The highly celebrated concept offers high quality farm-to-fork cuisine with the convenience of fast-food dining. While taking in a sporting event, concert or other world-class event, Hard Rock Stadium goers can […]

Morningstar published its latest Consumer Observer, “Lessons from the Next Generation of Moats in the Fast-Casual Restaurant Industry.” The Observer explores what it takes to become one of the up-and-coming, fast-casual restaurants that don’t just offer healthy ingredients but provide a holistic experience for consumers from ordering via mobile app to fostering brand loyalty once […]

Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. announced expansion plans in California with the signing of a franchise development agreement with a new franchise group to add five more restaurants in San Diego County by 2020. With 16 company and franchised locations currently operating in the San Diego area, Del Taco is thrilled to build upon its 16 […]

Chipotle made another effort Wednesday to assure its customers that the food safety issues responsible for the fast-casual brand’s recent troubles are a thing of the past. A video posted on Chipotle’s site features CEO/founder Steve Ells touting their recent improvements, which include increased transparency and traceability throughout the company’s supply chain, as well as […]

Panera Bread announced Wednesday that it will serve clean bacon on its sandwiches and salads that is free of artificial preservatives, flavors, sweeteners, and colors from artificial sources prohibited by the company’s “No No List.” The new product will also be sourced from pigs that meet Panera’s animal welfare standards for reduced confinement and antibiotics. […]

Neighborhood Retail Group announced BurgerFi will open at 111 N. Pitt Street in Alexandria, Virginia, on September 24. Local owners Dave Landry, his son Chris and their business partner Tim Kelly opened their first BurgerFi almost four years ago in Leesburg, Virgnia, and are again working together to open the Alexandria location. Neighborhood Retail Group […]