The most innovative companies in restaurants, dining, and food services for 2026

The most innovative companies in restaurants and dining this year rethink access: how diners get a reservation, a coffee, a cheese pizza, or even a warmer seat. They’re changing how restaurants access info, too, connecting them with data, strategies, and technology that’s reshaping them, inside and out.  Delivery giant DoorDash is focused on delivery’s last miles. It introduced a cute new delivery robot named Dot that’s street-and sidewalk-legal and can hold up to six pizza boxes. A...