• Salt & Straw’s Viral Taco Bell Ice Cream Tacolate Returns Permanently This Week

    From: Westsidetoday.com
    By: Staff Report

    After Selling Out in Minutes During Its Debut, the Tacolate Is Back for Good and Fans Can Score Free Taco Bell Tacos in Venice

    Salt & Straw’s wildly popular collaboration with Taco Bell is back, and this time, it’s here to stay. The ice cream maker announced that The Tacolate, its viral frozen dessert taco that sold out within minutes during its launch weekend, will now be a permanent item at all Salt & Straw locations and available for nationwide shipping through saltandstraw.com. read more

  • The Body Lab Brings Scalable Customization to Body Skin Care

    From: Global Cosmetics Industry Magazine

    The Body Lab The Body Lab, a new customizable body care brand, is built on the lessons learned by Eric Delapenha when building and scaling his customized Strands Hair Care brand. read more

  • Made In Cookware’s Growth Flywheel Extends From Professional Chefs To Home Cooks

    Made In Cookware founders Johnathan “Jake” Kalick, left, and Bradford “Chip” Malt. Photo by Matt Conant

    From: Forbes
    By: Pamela N. Danziger, Senior Contributor,
    “I study the world’s most powerful consumers — The American Affluent”

    Top athletes, craftsmen and women, carpenters or anyone involved in a skilled trade knows to perform their best, they need the best tools, as Benjamin Franklin said, “The best investment is in the tools of one’s trade.” read more

  • One Fast Casual’s Pursuit of Proprietary Tech

    Applications for the software go well beyond daily sales forecasts.

    From: QSR Magazine
    Cafe Zupas is leveraging bespoke AI tools to predict sales and improve margins.

    Cafe Zupas prides itself on serving food that’s made from scratch daily. Its expansive menu of soups, salads, and sandwiches requires over 200 ingredients, with fresh produce being delivered daily. read more

  • Austin’s Famed Franklin Barbecue Is Coming to LA for Just Five Days

    Photo By: Jakob Layman
    From: EATER Los Angeles
    By: Matthew Kang

    One of Texas’s most famous restaurants, Franklin Barbecue, is collaborating with LA’s HomeState to create a chopped brisket breakfast taco for just five days from November 8 to 12. To date, Franklin Barbecue has never appeared in Los Angeles except for a pop-up in 2015 that founder and chef Aaron Franklin conducted with chef Adam Perry Lang. For those who haven’t heard of Franklin Barbecue, it’s regarded as one of the best barbecue places in the world, drawing huge lines every day it’s open. And it’s officially coming to LA next week to celebrate HomeState, an Austin-style breakfast taco specialist, that turns 10 years old this year. read more

  • 36 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles

    HIGHLY LIKELY
    Photo By: Jeff Mindell//Courtesy Highly Likely
    From: Conde Nast Traveler
    Reviewed By: Krista Simmons<

    Highly Likely has the bright, airy, vibrant vibes of some of Australia’s best all-day cafes. You’ll find all the California takes on breakfast classics on the menu here. All of them are great, but standouts include the fish sandwich, made with locally caught, tempura-battered fish and kosho tartar sauce, or the Japanese porridge bowl with housemade pickles, dashi broth, Okinawa potatoes, mushrooms, greens, miso granola, and a soft boiled egg. read more

  • 36 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles

    HOMESTATE
    Photo By: Sierra Prescott
    From: Conde Nast Traveler
    Reviewed By: Krista Simmons<

    This lively little taco stand is all about inhaling a few tacos with friends before the tortillas dissolve in your hands. Hungover or not, you’ll inhale these tacos with tortillas handmade to perfection. Start a perfect day with their “Trinity”—eggs, bacon, potato and cheese. The best things in life are simple, especially paired in a winning combination with Southern hospitality and speedy, smiley service. Bonus: the Highland Park location now serves some of the best margaritas in town. read more

  • Remedy Organics Launches Super Ube Glow – The First-Ever Ingestible Beauty Wellness Shake

    From: News Direct
    Remedy Organics, the leading producer of award-winning, plant-based, and protein-packed functional beverages, today announced the release of its latest innovation, Super Ube Glow. The new revolutionary blend, designed to nourish from within and promote a radiant inner glow, marks the first-ever ingestible beauty wellness shake to hit the market. read more

  • Here’s how Café Zupas was able to successfully build its own tech stack

    From: Nation’s Restaurant News
    By: Joanna Fantozzi

    The founders of the Utah-based soup and sandwich chain have backgrounds in tech and built custom AI-based systems instead of going with off the shelf read more