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Four new concepts offering CBD as add-ons

Despite murky regulations, restaurants continue to embrace the trend

Lisa Jennings, Executive Editor

July 2, 2019

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It remains unclear whether the Food and Drug Administration will give the okay for cannabidiol, or CBD, to be offered on restaurant menus. Officials are exploring a potential pathway for it to be marketed legally, but regulations will likely take time, leaving state and local health departments to determine restaurant and bar use.

Some restaurant operators, meanwhile, are embracing the trend. Here are four new or existing concepts that are adding CBD options to the menu.

Contact Lisa Jennings at [email protected]

Follow her on Twitter: @livetodineout

About the Author

Lisa Jennings

Executive Editor, Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality

Lisa Jennings is executive editor of Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. She joined the NRN staff as West Coast editor in 2004 as a veteran journalist. Before joining NRN, she spent 11 years at The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis, Tenn., most recently as editor of the Food and Health & Wellness sections. Prior experience includes staff reporting for the Washington Business Journal and United Press International.

Lisa’s areas of expertise include coverage of both large public restaurant chains and small independents, the regulatory and legal landscapes impacting the industry overall, as well as helping operators find solutions to run their business better.

Lisa Jennings’ experience:

Executive editor, NRN (March 2020 to present)

Executive editor, Restaurant Hospitality (January 2018 to present)

Senior editor, NRN (September 2004 to March 2020)

Reporter/editor, The Commercial Appeal (1990-2001)

Reporter, Washington Business Journal (1985-1987)

Contact Lisa Jennings at:

[email protected]

@livetodineout

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-jennings-83202510/

 

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