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Future 50: Emerging Brands

Restaurant Business magazine's annual ranking of the fastest-growing small chains in America

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Keke's Breakfast Cafe

 Jul. 04, 2017

The extensive menu at this midscale breakfast and lunch concept riffs on morning staples with items such as Pina Colada stuffed French toast and Buffalo chicken omelets. Says its website: “It’s like y...

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Verts Mediterranean Grill

 Jul. 04, 2017

Since receiving a $20 million private investment last spring, this Mediterranean fast casual has opened its first East Coast locations, hired a new executive chef, created its own test kitchen and exp...

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Kneaders Bakery & Cafe

Sep. 13, 2013

Kneaders Bakery & Cafe is a fast-casual bakery chain with the motto “It’s all about the bread.” It was created in the tradition of family-owned...

Future 50: Emerging Brands

P.J. Whelihan’s Pub & Restaurant

Sep. 13, 2013

P.J. Whelihan’s Pub & Restaurant offers casual American fare and a full-service bar at lunch and dinner in the ambience of a neighborhood pub. Takeout,...

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Bru’s Room Sports Grill

Jun. 25, 2014

Bru’s Room Sports Grill is a traditional casual-dining chain that serves a varied menu of traditional bar food.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Crumbs Bake Shop

Jul. 08, 2014

Crumbs Bake Shop’s famous cupcakes have put them at the forefront of the recent cupcake craze.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Twin Peaks

Jul. 08, 2014

With a ski lodge theme and its “Twin Peaks Girls” servers, Twin Peaks quickly expanded from its original Dallas location (founded in 2005).

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Rotelli Pizza, Pasta, Perfect

Jul. 09, 2014

Joseph Bilotti opened his first Rotelli’s as a “neighborhood family Italian restaurant” in 1999. The pasta menu includes baked ziti, linguini and clam sauce and penne alla vodka—all pure Italian-American in execution—and the pizza is a hand-tossed New York-style pie.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill

Jul. 09, 2014

Wood Ranch now operates 13 “premium-casual” full-service restaurants in California; the newest addition recently opened in the city of Ventura. They “do it better” by slow roasting their tri-tip, ribs and chicken over-night, then heating up the grill and slathering on the sauce in a unique, two-step cooking process.

Future 50: Emerging Brands

Zoup! Fresh Soup Company

Jul. 15, 2014

More than 200 proprietary soups are served at Zoup! on a rotating basis, with a dozen selections daily. The recipes were fine-tuned by the founders, former owners of a spice and soup-mix company.

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