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A '''fast casual restaurant''' is a type of [[restaurant]] invented in the [[United States]]. It aims to fill the gap between [[fast food]] joints and more formal restaurants.
This type of restaurant does not offer full table service. It gives a higher quality of food than fast food places. The fast casual restaurants use fewer frozen or processed ingredients than a fast food restaurant.<ref name=regret/>
The promoters of this idea see it as fitting between fast food and what they call "[[casual dining]]". By 'casual dining' they mean places like [[TGI Friday's]] and [[Applebee's]] in the U.S. and [[Harvester (restaurant)|Harvester]] in the U.K.
The typical cost per meal in a fast casual is in the $8–$15 range.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcasual.com/ |title=Fast Casual – insights for innovative restaurants |publisher=FastCasual.com |accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref> Typical examples of fast casual restaurants in the U.S. are [[Chipotle Mexican Grill]], [[Culvers]], and [[Panera]].<ref name=regret>{{cite news |author=Julia Moskin |coauthors= |title=Hold the regret? Fast food seeks virtuous side |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/nyregion/26fastfood.html |quote=These ambitious new chains make up only a sliver of the nation’s $683 billion restaurant industry. But all are within its swiftest-growing segment, “fast-casual,” a subset of fast food that includes places like Chipotle and Panera, whose offerings are marketed as a rung or two higher than those of [[Burger King]] or [[Taco Bell]]: fewer frozen and highly processed ingredients, more-comfortable seats, better coffee and (sometimes) healthier food. |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=July 25, 2014 |accessdate=2014-07-27 }}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Restaurants]]
A '''fast casual restaurant''' is a type of [[restaurant]] invented in the [[United States]]. It aims to fill the gap between [[fast food]] joints and more formal restaurants.
This type of restaurant does not offer full table service. It gives a higher quality of food than fast food places. The fast casual restaurants use fewer frozen or processed ingredients than a fast food restaurant.<ref name=regret/>
The promoters of this idea see it as fitting between fast food and what they call "[[casual dining]]". By 'casual dining' they mean places like [[TGI Friday's]] and [[Applebee's]] in the U.S. and [[Harvester (restaurant)|Harvester]] in the U.K.
The typical cost per meal in a fast casual is in the $8–$15 range.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcasual.com/ |title=Fast Casual – insights for innovative restaurants |publisher=FastCasual.com |accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref> Typical examples of fast casual restaurants in the U.S. are [[Chipotle Mexican Grill]], [[Culvers]], and [[Panera]].<ref name=regret>{{cite news |author=Julia Moskin |coauthors= |title=Hold the regret? Fast food seeks virtuous side |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/nyregion/26fastfood.html |quote=These ambitious new chains make up only a sliver of the nation’s $683 billion restaurant industry. But all are within its swiftest-growing segment, “fast-casual,” a subset of fast food that includes places like Chipotle and Panera, whose offerings are marketed as a rung or two higher than those of [[Burger King]] or [[Taco Bell]]: fewer frozen and highly processed ingredients, more-comfortable seats, better coffee and (sometimes) healthier food. |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=July 25, 2014 |accessdate=2014-07-27 }}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Restaurants]]