Food Types
Restaurants can be broken down into not only multiple types of restaurants such as casual dining, fine dining etc, but also in the food types they prepare and serve. Although there are just a few different types of restaurants, there are endless foods they may focus on. This is true especially if you consider all the ethnic food choices out there. This site breaks all the food choices into 13 types –
- American
- Asian
- Bakery
- Barbecue
- Chicken
- Coffeehouse
- Desserts (and more)
- Family Style
- Hamburgers
- Italian and Pizza
- Mexican
- Sandwiches
- Seafood
There are of course so many more food types than that and hopefully, as our restaurant database grows so will our different food types. Keep checking back for any additional food groups you may be looking for.
Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt
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Schlotzsky’s was started by Don and Dolores Dissman in 1971. They should be credited with doing one thing very well. Not many restaurants could pull off a menu with one sandwich but they found a…
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Part one of a three part trilogy. Au Bon Pain (we’ll tackle the pronunciation later) began in France, now resides in Germany with one American businessman in the center. The story begins in 1976 when…
View PostFreebirds World Burrito
“Born in California. Raised in Texas” is their slogan. Mark Orfalea originally designed the restaurant around the roasted chicken concept similar to El Pollo Loco and wanted to deliver food to the UC Santa Barbara students.…
View PostHooters
Regardless of your thoughts on the chain, their story is at least unique. It almost begins as a joke or skit on Saturday Night Live. What happens when you have six businessmen in Florida who…
View PostCracker Barrel
Dan Evins could have probably remained prosperous in his family oil business, but he wanted to serve a different market. Dan turned to the restaurant industry and identified something missing. He saw the new interstate system…
View PostBiggby Coffee
The story of Biggby coffee is one of two separate friendships. If you read the company history page, they begin with the second relationship, but there’s a prequel. If you want to know how it…
View PostFleming’s Steakhouse
Paul Fleming has undoubtedly come a long way since growing up in Iberia, Louisana. He attended Loyola University and his first professional experience in the dining industry began as a dishwasher at a local New…
View PostNoodles & Company
The story of Noodles & Company starts in the trendy Greenwich Village in New York City when a 33-year-old brand manager for Pepsi stopped in Mamie’s Asian Noodle Shop for a bite to eat. Arron Kennedy was…
View PostBill Miller Bar-B-Q
It is difficult to open a successful restaurant today, but it was undoubtedly as tricky or more in 1950 when Bill Miller took a $500 investment (loan) from his dad and opened his first business.…
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