Pickles, both fruit and vegetable, are becoming more popular items on restaurant menus. Over four years, the number of menus with pickles have risen 15 percent. A restaurant chef and owner even opened a pickle bar in one of his restaurants. As well as being side items, pickles are integral parts of several main dishes. Restaurants have experimented with different pickling techniques, but pickles and pickle juice are also more popular in alcoholic mixed drinks.

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