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Pat Cobe

@RBPat

I'm the senior editor at Restaurant Business Magazine

 Chicago
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Joined March 2009
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What's with all the drizzles? It seems that restaurants are adding spicy, sweet and saucy drizzles to wings, pizza, desserts, lattes, you name it.
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Starbucks fall menu is finally here and it's not all about pumpkin spice. restaurantbusinessonline.com…
Starbucks releases fall menu, exploring flavor profiles beyond pumpkin spice

Starbucks releases fall menu, exploring flavor profiles beyond pumpkin spice

In a nod to Gen Z and Millennial customers, the coffee shop chain is adding more cold beverages and teas to the seasonal lineup.

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All of a sudden, fast casuals are staking a claim on steak

All of a sudden, fast casuals are staking a claim on steak

Consumer demand for protein is pushing steak to the center of the plate—and the salad bowl—in concepts where you’d least expect it.

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@jonathanmaze21 Jun 2024
Why are all of these fast-casual chains rushing to put steak on their menu? It's a great question and one that @RBPat did a phenomenal job answering this week. She has some great details like this from sweetgreen $SG: restaurantbusinessonline.com…
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#RLC2024 Peter Cancro Restaurant Leader of the Year; his Irish mother suggested he buy the original Jersey Mikes 50 years ago
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Hey I know that guy.
Restaurant Business (@RB_magazine) profile pictureRestaurant Business@RB_magazine12 Apr 2024
Our Editor-in-Chief, @jonathanmaze, joins the Today Show to talk about fast food menu prices. Watch the full segment here: today.com/video/what-s-behin…
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Great story here on the decline of Red Lobster by @JoeGuszkowski. Interesting thing: All-you-can-eat shrimp wasn't the first all-you-can-eat fiasco in that brand's history. restaurantbusinessonline.com…
How Red Lobster got in over its head

How Red Lobster got in over its head

Leadership problems, a tough economy and all-you-can eat shrimp have brought the nation's biggest full-service seafood chain to the brink of

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I am not embarrassed to say that I love Awards season. Watching the SAGS and Oscars soon to come.
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What is happening @Cornell? I’m a proud graduate but never experienced this level of anti-Semitic feeling during my time there.
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This is how I feel about pumpkin spice everything. How about you? shorturl.at/cfBX2
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Can’t believe it’s 22 years since the Twin Towers were destroyed and all those lives lost. 9/11. Never forget. I never will.
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Chicken Salad Chick is going COMPLETELY CRAZY by offering a -- GASP! -- warm sandwich. Fascinating podcast this week from @RBPat. restaurantbusinessonline.com…
How Chicken Salad Chick is shaking up the menu with its first warm sandwich

How Chicken Salad Chick is shaking up the menu with its first warm sandwich

CMO Tom Carr describes the new Chick Melt and the chain’s drive to innovate while continuing to please its many chicken salad-loving

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This story by @livetodineout is batshit insane and you should read it. Tells the story of Taps Fish House, the collapse of a partnership, the back-and-forth lawsuits and accusations that have followed. restaurantbusinessonline.com…
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To me, X means Keep Out. Is that what @elonmusk wants?
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These 4 Indian fast casuals are in growth mode. restaurantbusinessonline.com…
Indian food is finally carving a niche among U.S. fast casuals

Indian food is finally carving a niche among U.S. fast casuals

Several forces are coming together to push Indian mainstream through the fast-casual model after years of fits and starts. But the major

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Gotta admit the Pancake Tacos look good. (By @RBPat). restaurantbusinessonline.com…
IHOP turns pancakes portable with new menu mashup

IHOP turns pancakes portable with new menu mashup

Pancake Tacos take the breakfast favorite into new meal territory as IHOP continues its drive to expand lunch and dinner.

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The New York Pizza Party, Shity Hall NYC. June 26, 2023
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Raising Cane’s opens today in Times Square after 2+ years
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RB launched a new chef demo video series, starting with James Beard Award Winner Damarr Brown of Virtue Restaurant. restaurantbusinessonline.com…
Chef Damarr Brown's Lemon Chicken

Chef Damarr Brown's Lemon Chicken

The newly crowned James Beard Award winner is featured in the first episode of this ongoing video series that spotlights chefs preparing a

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Palate. Palette. Pallet. Only the first one should be used when talking about how food tastes!
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