design

Operations

18 restaurants to scout in 2017

Steal ideas from these hot spots when visiting Chicago for the National Restaurant Association Show—or at any time throughout the year.

Design

8 spaces that innovate

Fresh noncommercial  concepts open their doors with new technology, an eye toward community and inspiration from the good old-fashioned outdoors.

The foodservice vendor is taking cooking demonstrations on the road.

The Marketplace caters to the business school’s diverse student body via a 10,000 square-foot space inside the school’s Global Hub.

Since the University of Chicago Medical Center was completing a floor-to-ceiling redesign and expansion of one of its patient kitchens after just one year, the project proved a chance to perfect. 

Hybrid restaurant Corridor uses streamlined planning to solve staffing troubles.

Line times at one campus eatery were slashed by an average of 23%.

See how one nutrition services director and her team put an overhaul in motion.

When revamping, the design process can feel like fitting together the pieces of a puzzle: What needs to fit in the space, what’s the most efficient flow and more?

University of Colorado at Boulder is using tech to transform its dining program from the ground up. 

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