Restaurant Megatrends 2018: Restaurants Make Sustainability Visible
Photo Caption: An in-restaurant mushroom farm is part of the decor at New York's Mission Chinese.
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With local sourcing no longer serving as a trend, but increasingly as the status quo, restaurants are making their commitments to sustainability more visible to diners than ever before, with specific design elements at the forefront of their efforts.
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We've just released our first annual restaurant industry trends forecast, Skift Megatrends 2018. You can read about each of the trends on Skift Table as well as download a copy of our magazine here.
How do you let someone know you care when words won't do? You show them. And so it goes in the restaurant world, as much as in a relationship; restaurants are making their eco-conscious practices more visible than ever, through design features that will become increasingly evident in the coming year.
Local sourcing and seasonal menus have been more or less trending since chefs like Alice Waters and Jeremiah Tower put it on the map decades ago. But sustainability efforts have continued to evolve as technology has allowed them to, and a longstanding commitment to environmentally-conscious practices has manifested in myriad ways beyond the fine print citing local farms on me
