Six restaurant pivots that deserve to outlast pandemic
The piece lists six changes from the pandemic that could endure: cocktails to go with repurposed packaging, higher hygiene branding with sanitizers, ubiquitous takeout with personalized touches, year round outdoor dining with shelters, BYO blankets for warmth, and genteel, well spaced dining with higher prices. It notes chef Brendan Latoile of Cafe Colline in Arlington, Virginia expressing hope for lasting appreciation for restaurant workers.
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America
Gladys Kravitz
Brendan Latoile
Cafe Colline
Arlington
Haitian immigrant opens Cedar Rapids Caribbean restaurant
Lafortune, 33, moved from South Florida with her family in 2017 and opened a Haitian restaurant in Cedar Rapids after years of self taught cooking. She uses wet spices, adapts flavors for American tastes, and aims to expand to multiple locations while teaching her four children the family business.
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Haiti
South
Florida
Cedar Rapids
Lafortune
Wilkerson
Wawa
Iowa
Wings Price Surge Hits Chicago Area Restaurants
Wing prices rise with shortages as suppliers cap daily wing sales and costs jump. Bronzeville Wingz owner Nich ole Jackson raised prices about 10 percent and halted specials to cope with higher wing costs and tighter supply, a trend echoed across Chicago with takeout demand and new wing chains entering the market.
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Chicago
Bronzeville Wingz
Nichole Jackson
Jackson
Ing
Isaac Olvera
ArrowStream
Olvera
Chili’s
Applebee’s
Rosemont
U.S. Foods
Texas
Tom Super
Chicken Council
Super
Midwest
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Neil Jolcover
Gators Wing Shack
Palatine
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