The Food team’s interactive on restaurant menus has roots in an earlier effort. By Terence McGinley Tanya Sichynsky likes to collect restaurant menus, and she even has a few of them framed on the ...

Restaurant menus are constantly changing, and yet they usually follow a national trend. Here are several of those menu food changes to expect in 2026.

BROOKLYN, NY. — Expect to see global flavors continue to influence menu trends, artificial intelligence use to alter dishes and menus, and protein and GLP-1 drugs reshape restaurant offerings in 2026.

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Darron Cardosa is a food service professional with over 30 years of restaurant experience. He has written more than 1,500 articles and blog posts about the hospitality industry, including for Food & ...