Homegrown menus
Mellow Mushroom tailors each of its restaurants to the local market through menu, decor and other elements. In sync with that mission, the 170-unit casual-dining chain invited employees to help curate its new Homegrown Picks Menu. Servers, bartenders and cooks submitted personal recipes for pizzas, appetizers and cocktails using all in-house ingredients. Nine were chosen for the chain’s systemwide menu, which accounted for $1 million in sales during its run, says a spokesperson.