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title: "Nation's Restaurant News: Red Robin tests delivery-only concept"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/0d175379-9bed-4825-9181-c4387c48e76a
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-red-robin-tests-delivery-only-concept-2704823
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
published: 2017-11-14T21:16:11.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:00:05.685Z
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# Nation's Restaurant News: Red Robin tests delivery-only concept

**TL;DR:** Red Robin is testing a delivery-only concept called Red Robin Express in downtown Chicago, offering catering services and partnering with companies like DoorDash. The location will offer traditional menu items and catering menu items for delivery.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-11-14. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-red-robin-tests-delivery-only-concept-2704823).*

## Story

Red Robin is testing a new version of its restaurant that will available for delivery orders only. According to a recent article in Nation's Restaurant News, this downtown Chicago-based location is called Red Robin Express and will also offer catering services.

“As the demand for non-traditional dining and off-premise services continue to grow, downtown Chicago presented the perfect location for us to test our new delivery-only concept,” said Jason Rusk of Red Robin.

In addition to using staff to complete deliveries, the brand will work with companies such as DoorDash and Amazon to fulfill orders. The test location will offer traditional menu items as well as a variety of items otherwise exclusive to the catering menu.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- partnership (topic)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- Amazon (company)
- DoorDash (company)
- Chicago (location)
- menu items (topic)
- Red Robin (company)
- catering services (topic)
- delivery-only concept (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nations-restaurant-news-red-robin-tests-delivery-only-concept-2704823). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/0d175379-9bed-4825-9181-c4387c48e76a).