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New Smithsonian museum unveils cafeteria

The eatery aims to serve as an extension of the exhibits.

Design

Tap into diners’ talents for dining room decor

Operations are starting to follow suit of K-12 student murals, making the most of the artistic talents of diners sitting right there at the table.

Planning, designing, menuing and launching just one restaurant is no small feat—but at Western Michigan University’s new Valley Dining Center, nine microrestaurants will open for business this fall.

The new student union nabbed the food hall’s concept and even one of its designers.

The tech company’s new eatery—which features six food stations, a cafe and a juice bar—was designed to transport employees out of the office. 

Extended breakfast hours, private dining areas, a fresh produce market and more await students this school year. 

Western Michigan University’s recently opened dining hall takes action stations to a whole new level. 

Over the summer, a number of college dining programs cooked up some new ideas to greet returning students.

Snap Kitchen leans on a c-store-style layout and scratch-made packaged items to compete with home cooking and supermarkets.

Operators have come a long way since the days of their first food trucks. Learn from these FSDs’ mobile adventures to keep trucking without a hitch.

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