Restaurant Influencers

Once An Unfinished Roof, Years Later, His Restaurant Sits Above the Center of Dublin

This CEO Says Quarterly Thinking Is “Insane.” His Company Is Building a Hotel Designed to Stand for 100 Years

She Helped Instagram Take On TikTok and was as CTO of Tinder — Now this Founder is Betting on AI’s Next Big Opportunity

Easier Ways to Make Money Exist. So Why 100 Years in Restaurants?

Restaurants Use 5,000-Pound Cars to Deliver 5-Pound Bags of Food. These Founders Asked Why — Then Built a Different Solution

They've Baked More Than 1.5 Million Bagels. Going ‘Full Bagel' Helped This Franchise Bring in Serious Dough.

He Made One SEO Adjustment. Two Weeks Later, His Restaurant Had $10,000 in Catering Orders

Most Restaurants Buy Technology First. An Amazon Web Services Exec Says That's Backwards.

"They're Selling Things Other Than Food on a Plate" — Why One Founder Believes Restaurants Are Changing Forever

This London Restaurant Grew Its Social Media 333% by Keeping It ‘Scrappy, Not Spielberg.'

He Asked Instagram Where to Eat. It led to a 13-Location Burger Brand

They Automated the 'Impossible' Restaurant Invoice and Now They Process 290,000 a Week

He Built a Drone Delivery Network That Can Reach 10 Times More Customers — And Restaurants Are Taking Notice

Tacotarian Built a Vegan Restaurant Business Chasing the ‘Other 97%’ Instead of Preaching to the Choir

He Bet on Baltimore Before Anyone Else — Now His Restaurant Group Is Transforming Cities Across America

This Restaurant Owner Was Secretly Cleaning Airbnb’s to Pay Rent — Now Her Investors Want To Open More Locations

Most Restaurants Ignore the Most Profitable Part of the Business, This Bar Expert Says

This Restaurant Operator Thinks Hospitality Stigma Is ‘Total BS’ — And He’s Challenging Students to Think Bigger

This Restaurateur Crashed on a Friend’s Floor to Make It to Pizza Expo — Now Operators Line Up to Listen

He Didn’t Know He Had a YouTube Channel — Now He Has 1 Million Subscribers and a Packed Dining Room

How Andrew Zimmern Broke Through With an Exorcism and a Tonight Show Call

He Joined a 90-Year-Old Texas Donut Brand With Barely Any Tech. Now It’s Racing Toward 750 Stores by 2030

He Started as “QSR Guy” on X — Then Used Anonymous Posts to Build Relationships That Shaped His 35-Restaurant Business

He Turned a $22,000 Restaurant Into 235 Locations Across the U.S.

She Helps Restaurant Brands Win on YouTube — Here’s What Most Operators Still Get Wrong About Content

First 90 Days on the Job of P.F. Chang’s Chief Marketing Officer

They Planned for 50 Burgers. After Selling 300, This Founder Began Building the Restaurant in Public

José Andrés Group Is Using Technology to Cut Food Waste

They Prayed Someone Would Buy a Cup of Coffee — Now They Run One of the Most Iconic Bakeries in America

A Lie at a Family Reunion Turned Into a National Frozen Food Brand: Feel Good Foods

Inside Google’s Offices, Food Does More Than Feed People — And It’s Completely Intentional

His Restaurant Earned Michelin Recognition — But Survival Came Long Before the Awards

This CEO Took Over a Beloved Ice Cream Brand — and Built Growth Without Cutting Corners

He Rethought the Sports Bar Experience — Now Fans, Teams, and Celebrities Want In

This NFL Star Spent Two Weeks in the Offseason Working at Smoothie King. Here’s Why

This Founder Didn’t Set Out to Open a BBQ Restaurant – He Recognized an Opening And Went For It

Here’s How Her 24-Hour Pizza Pivot Turned Into a $20 Million Deal

He Started Making Wings at Home. Nine Buffalo Wing Festival Trophies Later, He’s Scaling Nationwide

He Builds Events Like the National Restaurant Show. This Is the Strategy

She Believed Digital Could Feel Human — Now Shake Shack Proves It Daily

Super Bowl Champion Ndamukong Suh Chose This Emerging Franchise Company To Create Impact Far Beyond Restaurants

She Realized CEOs Can’t Stay Quiet. Now Her Voice Is Helping Shape the Next Era of OpenTable

He Trained in Michelin-Starred Kitchens — Now He Brings Market-Fresh Cooking to One of California’s Fastest-Growing Restaurant Brands

He Turned One Small Store Into One of America’s Fastest-Growing Salad Chains

His Restaurants Won Awards. His Shoes Changed the Industry. Here’s How He Did Both

What Happens When AI Thinks Like a Restaurant Operator? Toast IQ Is Showing Us.

He Signed the First Business Deal on His Honeymoon. Now, His Coffee Brand Has 15 Locations

She Dropped a Sharpie in the Fryer on Opening Night — and Her Restaurant Became One of New York City’s Best.

A Restaurant Sign So Famous the Texas Governor Got Involved. El Arroyo’s Playbook for Building a Brand

He Hid on a Keg During His Pub’s Opening Day. Now He Runs 27 Restaurants in Oklahoma and Arkansas