If the recession has been like a long cold winter blanketing the restaurant industry, think of table linens and meat grinders as tulips.
Green shoots are popping up across the $390 billion restaurant industry, often in the form of accessories and equipment that were more often catalog pictures than purchased goods during the downturn.
Orders are up at several North Texas companies that sell restaurant furniture, equipment and other nonfood items. That's led to cautious optimism as they head to Chicago this weekend for the annual restaurant trade show sponsored by the National Restaurant Association.
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