restaurants : Innovation & Job News

With four restaurant concepts ready for backing and three more on their way, EquityEats is poised to change the way brick-and-mortar eateries, coffeeshops and bars are funded.

Elvaria, a three-year-old company that manufactures commercial soft-serve dessert machines, is disrupting decades-old competition. Read on to find out how.

Social Tables has literally gone from zero to 60 in the last three and a half years--from a single founder to a team of five dozen employees. Take a closer look at the company's journey.

Capital Call, a semi-annual pitch event hosted by Cooley LLP, draws entrepreneurs and investors together for potential matchmaking. Meet the companies who pitched last week.

Improvonia, an order-management platform for restaurants and suppliers, has gained 149 clients since kicking off operations in July. Here's why the company is growing, averaging a new hire every week.

Mason Dixie, winner of the Launch Pad competition at Mess Hall, officially opens for breakfast and lunch at EatsPlace. Biscuit Lab Baking Company will be popping up soon. Is D.C. experiencing a rise in biscuit culture?

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The makers of the app Greenease have moved to NYC for a stay in an accelerator and $25K but plan to return to DC, their home base, in December.

Mess Hall, a new culinary incubator in Brookland, opened Saturday night by hosting the final round of Launch Pad, a pitch competition for food entrepreneurs with a $500K investment purse. Mason Dixie Biscuit Company rose to the top and won first prize.

Betterific, a digital suggestion box that facilitates user feedback campaigns for brands large and small, has launched its first physical product, one based on the "idea that launched the company."

MunchQuick, a new service that brings healthy lunch options to downtown D.C. workers, has sold out its offerings every day since it launched on June 30. 

Tasty6, a juice company out of Kensington featuring organic, cold-pressed, unpasteurized juice blends, officially launched Tuesday and will offer home delivery in the coming weeks.

This week, Elevation DC spends 60 Seconds With Jonas Singer, owner of Blind Dog Cafe and cofounder of Union Kitchen, a culinary incubator in NoMa. He shares insight on asking questions and the power of capital.

Cater2.me, a catering platform that offers meals sourced from local restaurants and food trucks, opened up shop in its sixth city this week. The company is also hiring locally.

ArtJamz, the public art studio and lounge on Dupont that allows you to get down and dirty with your inner Picasso, has licensed its brand for use in Pakistan.