{"id":69538,"date":"2026-03-20T07:59:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/applebees-and-ihop-unite-will-new-dual-restaurant-tempt-back-us-diners\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T07:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:59:33","slug":"applebees-and-ihop-unite-will-new-dual-restaurant-tempt-back-us-diners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/applebees-and-ihop-unite-will-new-dual-restaurant-tempt-back-us-diners\/","title":{"rendered":"Applebee\u2019s and Ihop unite \u2013 will new \u2018dual\u2019 restaurant tempt back US diners?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fusion of cherished American eateries hopes to revive brands that have \u2018gone hungry\u2019 while rest of industry feasts<\/p>\n<p>No one could say the New York union of Applebee\u2019s and Ihop happened without fanfare.<\/p>\n<p>A car park in Hawthorne, 30 miles north of Manhattan, had been decked out with a 30ft-high inflatable red apple. Red, white and blue bunting flew from masts. Upbeat music blasted from speakers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/20\/applebees-ihop-restaurants\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fusion of cherished American eateries hopes to revive brands that have \u2018gone hungry\u2019 while rest of industry feasts No one could say the New York union of Applebee\u2019s and Ihop happened without fanfare. A car park in Hawthorne, 30 miles north of Manhattan, had been decked out with a 30ft-high inflatable red apple. Red, white &#8230; <a title=\"Applebee\u2019s and Ihop unite \u2013 will new \u2018dual\u2019 restaurant tempt back US diners?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/applebees-and-ihop-unite-will-new-dual-restaurant-tempt-back-us-diners\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Applebee\u2019s and Ihop unite \u2013 will new \u2018dual\u2019 restaurant tempt back US diners?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}