Top Restaurants Startups in 2027

Zerocater builds revolutionary corporate catering and cafeteria solutions employees love while saving companies millions of dollars as they transition to the hybrid workplace. With its Cloud Cafe, Hybrid Cafe, Managed Cafe, and Event Cafe products; Zerocater has built corporate cafeteria and office catering programs for companies of all sizes from growing startups to the Fortune 500. Thousands of companies like TikTok, Datadog, Airtable, and McKinsey choose Zerocater for the customized, consistent, and diverse meal experiences its products offer, while also reducing costs by giving companies the flexibility to only pay for the employees who come into the office. Zerocater currently offers its corporate cafeteria and office catering products in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Austin, Denver, Seattle, and Washington D.C. with additional markets in the U.S. and Canada coming online every month. Since completing YCombinator in Winter 2011, Zerocater has raised $38.5M from leading investors including Cleveland Avenue, Remus Capital, Romulus Capital, Struck Capital, SV Angel, Keith Rabois, Yuri Milner, Paul Buchheit, and Justin Kan. For more information visit zerocater.com and follow @Zerocater on Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and Twitter. Check out our company profile on Workatastartup: workatastartup.com/directory/171

Revinate is a direct booking platform that leads the hospitality industry in driving direct revenue and increased profitability. Our products and our people combine to give hoteliers the superpowers they need to crush their goals. With Revinate, hoteliers shift share away from OTAs and drive tangible results across an individual property or a portfolio. Our industry-leading, AI-powered customer data platform collects, unifies, and synthesizes data, giving hoteliers a foundational advantage. Hoteliers gain critical intelligence – guest lifetime spend, stay preferences, ancillary revenue, and more. With Revinate’s Rich Guest Profiles™, hoteliers don’t need to guess who their most profitable guests are or how to drive conversions across email, voice, messaging, and digital channels. Revinate's direct booking platform and omnichannel communication technology powers 950+ million Rich Guest Profiles across 12,500+ hotels to drive over $17.2 billion in direct revenue. We have won numerous awards for our Software-as-a-Service solutions, including 2019’s Top Rated Email Marketing and CRM Product by Hotel Tech Report. We make technology work for your hotel so you can make the most of every guest. Check out our Explainer Video: revinate.com/?wvideo=frbmfzdygf

Slice is the easiest way to order authentic local pizza. We serve the $40 billion U.S. pizzeria market in two ways: by providing a pizza-centric mobile and web ordering experience for consumers, and by empowering local restaurants with technology that grows their business and helps them compete with Big Pizza. Can you imagine what a local pizza shop could achieve with the resources of Domino’s?

TapTab is a TikTok-style interface from which diners can place orders and make reservations directly from videos.

Olo powers digital ordering and delivery programs that connect restaurant brands to the on-demand world, placing orders directly into the restaurant through all order origination points – from a brand’s own website or app, third party marketplaces, social media platforms, smart speakers, and home assistants. Olo serves as the on-demand ordering and delivery platform across 70,000 locations for over 300 brands, such as Applebee’s (DIN), Checkers & Rally’s, Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), Chili’s (EAT), Dairy Queen, Denny’s (DENN), Five Guys Burgers & Fries, Jamba Juice (JMBA), Noodles & Company (NDLS), Portillo’s Hot Dogs, Shake Shack (SHAK), sweetgreen, Wingstop (WING), and more. Learn more at olo.com.

Hudson Creative is a digital marketing agency founded to help businesses increase traffic to their website and convert online explorers into customers. We have developed a unique, custom process over 10+ years to build, track and improve our client’s online presence. We execute online marketing strategies that resonate with the right audience and directly impact revenue growth. Our three core services – Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Website Management and Digital Advertising – produce real results that matter to our clients.

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Our products enhance the guest dining experience, streamlines operations, and increase our clients’ brand value. With PrestoPrime, diners can order food, provide feedback, play games, and pay their bill at the table, without waiting. Our system includes not only specialized hardware, but also a complete software solution designed to meet the specialized needs of restaurants.

"KAItchens: The Future of Food Business Expansion with AI KAItchens offers remote co-working kitchens for food businesses looking to expand and reach new markets. Our team provides a full suite of services, including marketing and operational support, to help our clients leverage their business and achieve 12X growth. We're using AI technology to revolutionize the food industry. Our solutions include AI-powered waste management, accurate order forecasting, and efficient inventory management using IOT sensors. With KAItchens, join the AI-powered food revolution and achieve sustainable growth for your business."

Bite is the leading intelligent kiosk ordering software for fast casual, quick-serve restaurants and C-stores. Our patented Artificial Intelligence, Bite Lift, analyzes every transaction and makes real-time upsell recommendations that result in 20% higher check averages. Bite’s software is easy to customize the design, simple to manage, and quick to deploy; and since it’s integrated into the existing tech stack, brands can expect increased order accuracy, average check size, throughput and customer satisfaction.