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These breakfast-focused chains are trying to reach the big dogs

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

November 20, 2023

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Breakfast chains can feel a bit stodgy at times. There are the big players, and then it feels like a big whitespace. It’s not, though, and there are players in the game who aren’t about just serving breakfast — they’re serving an experience.

Take Hash Kitchen, for example. The chain is all about the party atmosphere, with DJs at brunch and a Bloody Mary bar. The vibe is definitely a party, but also welcoming to kids. While it’s still a family-dining chain, Hash has more to offer than pancakes — just look at the cotton-candy toppers for mimosas, or the Ferris wheel of cupcakes, or the cereal shots.

That brand is not alone in trying to stand out from the crowd. On the other side of the coin is Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken. That chain is making a name for itself with the food it produces. Chef-driven, Rise is all about the quality of its chicken and biscuits. It has to be — it’s literally in the name. The company takes pride in its homemade biscuits and delicious fried chicken.

Check out more up-and-coming family-dining restaurants below.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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