Based on a very popular document issued in 1853. World’s first restaurant opened in 1765 by a Parisian named Monsieur Boulanger, on the Rue des Poulies (Pulley Street) which no longer exists, but was a road between the Seine and the Louvre in the city of Paris. Unlike other existing food businesses, like cafes and taverns, because Boulanger was focused solely on selling food, not alcohol (like bars/pubs) or coffee and tea (like cafes). And his customers went there mainly to consume food. Which was somewhat a ‘new trend’ back in the 18th century. He was a soup Vendor and served mostly Bouillons(pronounced bool-yaan, French word for broth). To be specific he was serving sheep’s feet simmered in a white sauce, As per some other sources. His business was an instant success, and the very idea of pleasure of dining at a restaurant became widespread Predominantly among the French working class. Until then ‘Pleasurable dining experience’ was only familiar to the affluent men in France.
Ten Most Common Types of Restaurants
1.Casual dining restaurants
This type of restaurants serve food à la carte at moderate prices in a very casual dining atmosphere with full-table service. which means your order will be taken by a waiter while you are seated at a table. Casual dining restaurants are either restaurant chains or independently owned serve cuisines across the world, be it Indian, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Mexican or Mainstream dishes.
Popular Casual dining restaurant brands
Adyar Ananda Bhavan
Very popular Indian chain of vegetarian restaurants and confectioners founded in Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India and headquartered in Adyar, Chennai. It is the oldest chain of restaurants in Chennai and has 145+ outlets across India.
Applebee’s
Renowned American Restaurant Chain that develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar restaurant chain. The Applebee’s concept focuses on casual dining, with mainstream American dishes such as salads, chicken, pasta, burgers, and “riblets”.
Chili’s
Chili’s Grill & Bar is a widely popular American casual dining restaurant chain. Founded in 1975, serves American food from the Texas-Mexican cuisine which is highly Influenced by Mexican cuisine.
2. Fine Dining Restaurants
Fine dining restaurants typically offer a more sophisticated and premium dining atmosphere than a casual Dining Restaurant, With elite culinary offerings typically served in several courses with expensive ingredients prepared and served by well trained professionals. They usually have a set of etiquette such as “dress code” to be followed by the patrons.
Popular Fine dining restaurants for 2023 according to La Liste
https://www.laliste.com/en/laliste/world
Le Bernardin, New York, USA
Located in Manhattan, New York City, Le Bernardin is a three-Michelin star French seafood restaurant. Eric Ripert is the executive chef as well as the co-owner along with Maguy Le Coze.
L’Enclume, Cumbria, England
Located in in Cartmel, Cumbria, England, L’Enclume is a three-Michelin star restaurant serving modern British Delicacies .
owned And run by chef Simon Rogan and his partner Penny Tapsell.
Guy Savoy, Paris, France
Internationally renowned French chef Guy Savoy created and manages this two-Michelin star restaurant located in Monnaie de Paris since 1980. Serving French & European Cuisine
3. Family-style restaurants
Family-style restaurants generally serve the entire meal on the table for the diners to serve themselves and share the food. Food is usually served on relatively large utensils to ensure a homely ambiance where everyone can dine together and choose as per their likings. This type of restaurant serve in large portions usually with a moderately priced menu and a relatively casual and friendly atmosphere. Italian Along with Chinese and Spanish are amongst the most popular cuisines served in Family-style restaurants owing to the presence of dishes such as Pasta, Noodles And Tapas Which are served in large sharable portions.
Popular Family-Style restaurant brands
IHOP
IHOP (The International House of Pancakes) is a US-based restaurant chain founded in 1958 that specializes in breakfast menu. It is owned by DineEquity, with 99% of the restaurants run by independent franchisees. Apart from popular breakfast dishes such as pancakes, French toast, and omelets, They also offer Lunch as well dinner menu to customers
Red Lobster
Red Lobster is an American family-friendly restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando, Florida from 1968; It began as a casual dining concept for high-quality seafood at an affordable price. However they are expensive than some other family restaurants considering the fact that they focus on sea food which is expensive than meat.
Texas Roadhouse
Texas Roadhouse is an American steak restaurant/steakhouse founded in 1993. Texas Roadhouse serves Texan and American Southwestern cuisine, including steak, ribs, chicken, and seafood. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Kentucky, US. they currently operate in about 627 locations in 49 US states and 29 international locations in 10 countries.
4.Fast-casual restaurants
fast casual restaurant is typically a self-service restaurant where the customers order from a menu or customize their meal at the counter which enables them to to choose from a variety of toppings, sides, sauces, dips or condiments when placing the order. This allows customers to modify their meal according to their preferences and dietary needs As the the name suggests they have a very speedy service And They commonly serve dishes such as sandwiches, burgers, burritos, and salads. fast-casual restaurants have become increasingly popular as they ensure a quality casual-dining experience with swift service.
Popular Fast-casual restaurant brands
Chipotle
Chipotle Mexican Grill, popularly known as Chipotle, is an American chain of fast casual restaurant serving burritos, tacos, salads, bowls, quesadillas, and homemade guacamole, Founded in 1993 and the head quarters is in Newport Beach, California, United States. The brand is very popular especially among the youngsters due to their affordable menu and availability of vegetarian, vegan, dairy free, and gluten-free options
Shake Shack
Shake Shack is an American fast casual restaurant chain based in New York City, Started out as a hot dog cart inside Madison Square Park in 2001. They are currently present in hundreds of locations across the globe. The brand arguably is the fastest growing food service chain in recent years. Apart from serving some of the best shakes in the industry. They offer dishes including chicken burgers, fries, hot dogs, frozen custards, beer and wine, They invariably promote local flavors from the city or within the region by featuring them in the menu.
Faasos
Faasos is an Indian fast casual restaurant chain that serves wraps and rolls. Faasos was founded by Jaydeep Barman and Kallol Banerjee in 2004 and incorporated as it is today, in 2011. They offer a moderately priced and highly customizable menu for their customers thus becoming immensely popular in the Indian fast-casual dining space. The brand is headquartered in Pune, India
5.Fast-food restaurant/Quick Service Restaurants
Quick service restaurants(QSR) are popularly known as fast-food restaurants. These types of restaurants are widely popular, infact some of the most popular restaurants in the world belong to this category. These restaurants usually have a limited menu, uniform style of cooking with food cooked in advance and kept hot to optimize the food service operations. They often emphasize on speed of service in other words providing a complete meal in a matter of minutes, Typically offers dine-in, Take- out And drive- through options for customers. Commonly served QSR dishes are Burger, Pizza, Sandwiches, Tacos Along with hot or cold beverages.
Popular Fast food restaurant brands
McDonald’s
McDonald’s is the largest restaurant chain in the world, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA. McDonald’s serve nearly 70 million customers daily in more than 100 countries with over 40000 restaurants, With a workforce around 2 million they are the second largest private employer in the world after Walmart. Popular for their hamburgers, cheeseburgers and French fries; McDonald’s also offers Chicken wings, nuggets, wraps or even salads. McDonald’s was founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by two brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. But the man who put McDonald’s on the map is Ray Kroc, Just incase you have not watched the 2016 movie “The Founder”
Domino’s
Domino’s is a globally renowned pizza restaurant chain headquartered in Michigan. The history of Domino’s Pizza began in 1960 when brothers Tom & James Monaghan took over a small pizzeria called DomiNick’s in Michigan. The brand currently operates a total of more than 20000 restaurants located in more than 90 global markets. Its safe to say that the “30-minute delivery guarantee” introduced by Domino’s changed the pizza industry forever. Apart from Pizzas The common offerings at Domino’s are Sandwiches, Pasta dishes, Chicken wings and meatballs.
Taco Bell
Taco Bell is an American multinational fast food restaurant chain founded in 1962 by Glen Bell, Serving predominantly Mexican-inspired foods, including tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos. The brand as of 2022 operated a total of 8,218 restaurants in 32 different countries with more than 350 franchise operators. Taco Bell is owned by Yum Brands, parent company to Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Pizza Hut.
6.Food Trucks
It is safe to say that the food truck industry has witnessed an enormous growth in recent years owing to the unique dining experience food trucks offer, It is a north American concept where the orders are prepared in the Kitchen inside the vehicle. One major benefit with food trucks is that they are mobile unlike traditional restaurants, It gives them the luxury of turning up at locations where customers are available. This enables them to save big on overhead expenses and provide quality offerings at lower price than other types of restaurants. Tracking their history, In the USA during the late 19th century chuckwagons (covered four-wheelers carrying passengers/goods) were popular for selling coffee, cookies, roasted meat to cowboys. And I believe it is unfair not to mention about Wienermobile while describing the history of food trucks. It was in 1936 Oscar Meyers A popular American Meat & cold cuts( thin slices of cooked meat which are served cold) began his food truck business by building Wienermobile, a motor vehicle shaped like a hot dog on a bun to boost his business in the US, However with the advancement of WW2 food shortage became pervasive in the US and they started providing free food to the needy and poor especially in hospitals, schools, orphanages And old age homes incredible Isn’t it? And their popularity flourished in a jiffy. And by 1950s Colorful and decorated ice cream trucks were so popular in the US & Canada due to the boom in suburbs and motor vehicles.
Seven Of The Best Food Trucks From Around The World by enjoytravel
https://www.enjoytravel.com/us/travel-news/food-and-drink/best-food-trucks-world
Popular Food Trucks around the world.
SummerStreet, Bangkok, Thailand
Arguably the most popular food truck in Asia, located in Ari area of Thai capital Bangkok. SummerStreet started in 2014 serving Asian and Thai cuisine especially fresh seafood. The widely popular food Truck was Founded by two Thai citizen Aoy and Kaab.
The Mighty Cone, – Austin, Texas, USA
No they are not serving ice creams, Pleas don’t be fooled by the name. Located in Austin in the city of Texas, USA. The Mighty Cone is a
food truck widely popular for their spicy and freshly fried meats and veggies rolled up in tortilla cones.
Mother Clucker, – London, England
Mother Clucker Located in London is a very popular fried chicken food truck founded in 2013 by two Britons Ross Curnow and Brittney Bean. They began their operation in a converted US army ambulance And their signature tea brined, buttermilk soaked, twice battered fried chicken has always been super-popular.
7. Pop-up restaurants
Pop-up restaurants are a type of restaurants that became popular in the last decade, are temporary in nature, often seen in un-conventional locations such as private homes, abandoned factories, within active restaurants and during festivals. They offer a limited dining experience. These types of restaurant allows the chefs to explore and try out new cuisines, dishes, customers without investing much on renting or buying spaces . Even though Pop-up restaurants embarked on in the 1960s as supper clubs but have reappeared very recently.
Here are some restaurants started as a pop-up, now a permanent restaurant
Otaku Ramen, Nashville, Tennessee
Otaku Ramen located in Nashville, Tennessee was the city’s very first ramen noodle shop when opened in December 2015 by Sarah Gavigan who is also leading chef. In addition to serving ramen, The restaurant is popular for their thick, creamy pork broth that includes springy noodles, braised pork and pickled ginger. The Owner always maintains that to ensure quality the Pork is always sourced locally no matter what.
Lazy Bear, San Francisco, California, USA
Lazy Bear is a Michelin star restaurant with the most unusual beginning. Opened as an underground restaurant in 2009 by Chef David Barzelay after he was laid off while working as a lawyer. Planning to visit the place???? make sure you’ve booked the tickets well in advance as the tickets for next month go on sale from the previous month onwards. exceptional achievement considering the fact that Lazy Bear opened as a pop-up restaurant.
Superiority Burger, East Village, New York, USA
Superiority Burger Located in the East Village neighborhood of New York is a vegetarian burger restaurant opened in 2015 by Brooks Headley. The restaurant is highly popular for their burger, It featured in Bloomberg’s list of exceptional foods chosen by Culinary experts. Popular Mexican chef Enrique Olvera Picked their Burger as his most favorite. In 2019 Superiority Burger opened another restaurant in Tokyo, offering some of the same dishes as the New York restaurant along with some Japanese delicacies.
8. Bars and pubs
A bar or pub is a licensed establishment that serves alcohol, And often has a limited food menu consisting of casual dishes like Snacks/finger foods and burgers. Bartenders typically take food orders from the bar along side your drink order and often be consumed on the premises usually. Some fine dining and casual dining establishments do have a designated self-seating bar area. It is also to be noted that Each country/state has their respective legal drinking age which must be followed by these establishments without any fail.
The World’s 50 Best Bars According to theworlds50best.com
https://www.theworlds50best.com/bars/list/1-50
Sips, Barcelona, Spain.
Sips bar has been named the best bar in the world in the 2023 edition of the World’s 50 Best Bars ranking. The bar located in Barcelona, the capital city of Catalunya has also been named as the best in Europe. The establishment was founded by Simone Caporale and Marc Álvarez in 2021, With in a span of two years they were able to make Sips the best bar in the entire world, Truly an outstanding accomplishment.
Double Chicken Please, New York, USA
Double Chicken Please is a bar located in New York City, US. The bar was established in 2020 by two brilliant F&B Professionals from Taiwan Chan Chia-an and Faye Chen. The establishment was announced as the best bar in the entire North America in May 2023 and by October 2023 they became the second best in the entire planet, A feat worth mentioning.
http://www.kevineats.com/2023/12/double-chicken-please-new-york-ny.html
Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City, Mexico
The bar listed as the third best in the world and the second best in North America was established in 2018. As the name suggests it is a speakeasy (hidden bar) offering premium cocktails, located in Mexico city the capital of Mexico. Eric van Beek, from the Netherlands who won the best bartender title at the world cocktail contest during Bacardi legacy in 2018 is the main bartender there.
9.Cafe
A cafe is a small, informal restaurant where you can buy refreshments such as coffee, tea along with pastries and sandwiches. They are typically found in Europe, Latin America, and North America. They are generally owned and run by a single person, a small group of people, or a large corporation. A cafe typically offers a limited menu and a relaxed atmosphere. where customers spend hours, socializing and reading.
Popular Cafe brands in the world.
Starbucks Coffee.
Starbucks Founded in 1971 is the largest cafe brand in the world with a whopping 30,000 retail outlets in 83 countries, The very first Starbucks outlet was opened in Pike Place market, Seattle, Washington, USA. the brand was co-founded by Gordon Bowker, Zev Siegl, Jerry Baldwin. The Coffee giant has a global workforce of around 3,81,000 And headquartered in Seattle, U.S
Tim Hortons
Tim Hortons Inc is a multinational coffeehouse chain based in Canada with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Offering coffees, Donuts And sandwiches. The brand has 5,701 restaurants located in 13 countries, Tim Hortons was founded by Canadian ice hockey player Tim Horton in 1974 in Hamilton, Ontario.
Cafe Coffee Day
Café Coffee Day (CCD) is a popular Indian coffeehouse chain with Bengaluru, Karnataka has its headquarters. The café chain was founded by V. G. Siddhartha in 1996 . The company currently own and operates around 600 outlets across India, Making it the largest coffee chain in the country
10. Buffets
Buffet-style restaurants has a self service system of dining with a variety of dishes presented in a line, from which diners serve themselves. customers can return to the buffet multiple times to serve themselves. The buffet usually has a fixed price And the buffet tradition was originated from Sweden.
Popular buffet style restaurants
America’s Incredible Pizza Company
America’s Incredible Pizza Company is popular buffet restaurant chain based in Springfield, Missouri, Offering pizza buffets and entertainment centers. The brand was founded in 2002 by Rick Barsness and has a workforce of around 1200.
Cabalen
Cabalen is a popular Filipino buffet restaurant chain serving traditional Philippine entrees influenced from the Kapampangan cuisine. The restaurant chain was founded in 1986 by Maritel Nievera in Quezon City, Philippines. Cabalen is present across 36 locations within Philippines And One in the US.
Chuck-A-Rama
Chuck-A-Rama is US buffet restaurant chain based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The brand was founded in 1966, And known for their American comfort food buffet with entrees such as baked and fried chicken, carved turkey, ham, and roasted beef along with mashed potatoes and gravy. The restaurant currently operates in 11 Locations within the United States
