SPARTANBURG — Early next year, Denny’s plans to release a new sweet and savory breakfast menu item. And although the company is keeping the dish secret for now, it was developed in the test kitchen housed in Denny’s Tower in downtown Spartanburg.

The Denny’s test kitchen helps develop new menu items and does quality control for other products served in Denny’s around the country, from slices of bread to sausage to maple syrup.

The Post and Courier took a tour inside the kitchen to see how it all works.

Product testing

Adjacent to the test kitchen is a food lab, where Ashley Martinez, Denny’s manager of product development and innovation, tests all kinds of products that might get served in a Denny’s restaurant.

When a vendor has a product that might get served in Denny’s — say, a saus

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