On this week’s Extra Serving, NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and executive editor Alicia Kelso discuss the news that Michael McDermott, son of Chi-Chi’s founder Marno McDermott, plans to resurrect the Tex-Mex casual chain more than 20 years after it closed its last location.
Will consumers be eager to embrace it? Plus, Alicia got a preview of Technomic’s Top 500 showcasing the 500 biggest restaurant chains in America based on 2024 sales, and she and Sam talk about some major shake-ups in the top 10.
In this week’s extra serving, senior editor Ron Ruggless joins to talk about Portillo’s “Restaurant of the Future” and Pizza Hut’s new drive-thru prototype.
Finally, managing editor Leigh Anne Zinsmeister shares a recent conversation she had with Broken Yolk Cafe president John Gelastopoulos about his journey from Greek immigrant to restaurant owner.
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