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You can now add melted cheese to any Subway footlong for $1. This reportedly has created some operational issues, but if they can be resolved, then it’s a permanent new option. So is Wendy’s new Bourbon Bacon Cheeseburger, or, as a spokesperson said, it will be available “as long as fans are craving it.” Johnny Rockets has introduced vegan meat, cheese and ice cream substitutes and dim sum chain Din Tai Fung has new vegan dumplings and noodles. Hummus is pretty much always vegan, but Luna Grill has added a new spicy version. Norm’s is celebrating the approach of summer with some ri...

Plus innovation at Bartaco, Denny’s Einstein Bros. Bagels, Great American Cookies, The Habit Burger Grill, Miguel’s Jr., Moe’s Southwest Grill, Newk’s Eatery, PDQ, Slater’s 50/50, Smashburger, Smokey Bones and Velvet Taco Jumping on the inexorable fried chicken sandwich bandwagon, Taco Bell has announced plans to roll out a Fried Chicken Sandwich Taco. It’s really a fried chicken sandwich on folded flatbread, but they’re calling it a taco to stay on-brand, and they’re not rolling it out just yet: They’re testing it, starting in a couple of weeks, in two medium-sized ma...

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Yes: In this harrowing year, menu items can be poignant It might be difficult to remember, but 2020 started out like a normal year, and new menu items seemed normal, as Velvet Taco offered a constantly rotating Weekly Taco Feature, Fazolli’s extended its mac & cheese line, TooJay’s Deli offered French toast made from cinnamon rolls and Wendy’s thought its systemwide rollout of breakfast would be a big news story for the year. But of course that all came to a screeching halt in mid-March, and within a week of the nationwide shutdown restaurants adjusted by selling groceries, develo...