{"id":254233,"date":"2026-04-06T16:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/254233\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:06:06","slug":"gen-z-drinks-less-restaurants-and-bars-feel-the-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/254233\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen-Z drinks less, restaurants and bars feel the impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A growing number of Gen-Z consumers are rethinking their relationship with alcohol, and many social spaces are feeling an impact.<\/p>\n<p>Restaurants and bars are seeing a decline in revenue as younger patrons chose non-alcoholic options.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say a shift in values has the younger generation focusing on wellness, reshaping what a night out looks like.<\/p>\n<p>Co-founder and CEO of reframe Vedant Pradeep, joined ARC Bakersfield to break down how this change in social culture is impacting the future of dining out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A growing number of Gen-Z consumers are rethinking their relationship with alcohol, and many&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-254233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}