According to a Wall Street Journal article released September 1st, beginning this fall, there will be 15 new, big restaurants opening in the New York City area. The five main trends of these restaurants are: Italian cuisine, American cuisine, TV chef, hotel restaurant, and food hall/food court. These varieties are very popular now because of their "comfort food" and "moderate menu pricing."
All of the restaurants, with the exception of three, have a combination of two or more trends before mentioned. For instance, "Eataly" will serve Italian cuisine, will be opened by a TV chef, and will be located within an "enormous food hall." "Neely's Pig Parlor" will serve American cuisine and will be opened by a TV chef.
I believe the opening of the 15 restaurants will create important, new growth for the Hotel, Restaurant, and Leisure industry. According to the Wall Street Journal, "hotels have become home to big restaurants." This means our industry will have the opportunity to receive more revenue from: hotel guests who dine in the hotel's restaurants; non-hotel guests who dine in the hotel's restaurants; and non-hotel guests who dine in the hotel's restaurants and decide to book a room, while pleasing our consumers on a higher level. I also believe the restaurants owned by TV chefs will be another important trend. Consumers enjoy trying new restaurants where a TV chef is the owner. The opening and progress of these 15 restaurants should be followed carefully by our industry because they have great potential.
Nice job, Lauren. Be sure to include links to your source documents in your blog entries in the future. Do you think that the trend of restaurants in hotels is growing enough to be significant within the industry? Possibly think about this in future posts.
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