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This week's top 10: Matchbox files for Chapter 11, 8 summer restaurants we're dying to try and a roundup of virtual brands

Robert Earl launches Tyga Bites, coronavirus relief legislation stalls in Congress and more stories from this week

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

August 6, 2020

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Every week, Restaurant Hospitality rounds up the stories that are trending on the site. Here's this week's most popular news:

  • Casual-dining brand Matchbox Food Groupdeclared Chapter 11 bankruptcy and cited the coronavirus pandemic in restructuring effort. Investor Thompson Hospitality, who invested $11 million with the brand in 2018, proposed a purchase of the chain.

  • Restaurants We're Dying to Try returned with its midsummer edition featuring restaurants in Chicago, Scottsdale, Beverly Hills and more. The theme of all these restaurants is resilience, writes Tara Fitzpatrick, signaling that the industry will continue moving no matter the obstacles.

  • We began a new monthly feature, Restaurants We're Dying to Get Delivered that will focus on virtual brands. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, many brands have been forced to shutter brick-and-mortar locations so they're turning to virtual brands that don't require the same overhead and we're keeping up-to-date on all the new brands to emerge from the industry every month.

  • Marija Banjac, owner of Rakija Grill, spoke with Ron Ruggless about the future of dining in coronavirus hotspot Miami and how the government can help struggling restaurants.

Click through the gallery to see more about these stories and see what else was trending on Restaurant Hospitlaity this week.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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