EATER

MAY 26, 2021

area in 2004, so for better or worse, I’ve become intimately familiar with the interchange’s (lack of) options and how they’ve evolved (read: devolved) over the years. As a Cleveland native with close family in Pittsburgh, I’ve passed through Breezewood about a dozen times each year since moving to the D.C. There used to be a Wendy’s!

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Restaurant Engine

JUNE 15, 2020

Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) went public in 2004, and it has delivered a superior return to its shareholders, better even than Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL). I think it was 2004. ” Indeed, Google opened for trading at $100 per share on August 19, 2004. Domino’s Initial Public Offering occurred on July 13, 2004.

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2004 Operations Mobile Ordering Online Ordering 142

EATER

JULY 22, 2020

One staple of Creole cooking in New Orleans is Sassafras , co-owned by mother-and-son team Sandra Duckworth and Corey Duckworth since 2004. From Cajun-Creole and Creole-Italian and even “haute Creole,” the city — and Louisiana at large — have taken the style of cooking in countless creative directions.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 13, 2025

The pioneering farm first broke records in 2004, when it sold one of its Geshas for US $21/lb, making it the world’s most expensive coffee at the time. Hacienda La Esmeralda won all three main categories, a first for the competition, and achieved record-breaking scores of 97 and 98 points for its natural and washed Geshas, respectively.

2025 128

2025 Point of Sale Café 2024 128

EATER

JULY 18, 2024

People have extraordinarily strong opinions on just about everything, and since 2004, Yelp — the site that aggregates user-written reviews — has provided a platform to exercise our first amendment right to criticize, exalt, and qualify. What inspires someone to write more than 1,200 Yelp reviews in a year?

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

HAGS sits at 163 First Avenue in Manhattan, which from 2004 to 2007 was the original location of Momofuku Noodle Bar. I was surprised to find I wasn’t thinking of all the dinners I’d had in this room, which had defined dining in the early aughts in New York City not just for me, but for basically the whole country.

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SpotOn

JANUARY 29, 2025

Spell Restaurant Group (Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama) : A family-operated restaurant group known for its diverse concepts and commitment to excellence since 2004.

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POS Marketing Loyalty Program 2025 55

Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 5, 2023

Gesha took the global coffee industry by storm in 2004 when it received US $21/lb at the 2004 Best of Panama (BoP) auction – a record high at the time. Despite the fact that Gesha originated from Ethiopia, it is mostly associated with Panama’s coffee sector. In the years since, prices paid for Gesha have only continued to increase.

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2004 Café Cash Management 2022 199

EATER

JULY 27, 2022

Brightly painted rótulos are deeply embedded in Mexican graphic culture, but they’re under attack in a politically charged effort to “beautify” a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood Since 2004, Tamara De Anda, a Mexican social activist and TV host, has been photographing street art in Mexico City and sharing the images on social media as a sort of exhibition (..)

Food 246

Food Government Social Media 2004 246

EATER

OCTOBER 5, 2021

1: 2004, 2003 Vital Intel : Thomas Keller’s the French Laundry was the first American fine dining establishment to make it to the no. In 2017, Blumenthal was recognized by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list for lifetime achievement. The Braineack/Flickr. The French Laundry. The French Laundry , Yountville, CA Years at No.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Even before opening his love letter to burgers in New York City, Motz was infatuated: He directed a documentary about burgers in America in 2004; hosted a television series on the Travel Channel called Burger Land ; and has written two books about the history of burgers in the United States.

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2004 Travel Book Menu 266

EATER

DECEMBER 21, 2020

David Chang’s new memoir grapples with the white-hot fury that defined most of his career. But as an employee on the receiving end of that rage, the book fails to account for trauma he caused me. David Chang changed the way America eats.

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Front of House Back of House Book 2008 364

EATER

JULY 18, 2023

Quiznos ditched the Spongmonkeys in 2004, likely because both their store franchisees and consumers alike hated those commercials. If you watched TV at all in 2003, you almost assuredly saw a Quiznos commercial featuring these unholiest of creatures wailing about how much they love the restaurant chain’s subs. “We

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EATER

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

While this 2004 recipe slightly pre-dates the mainstream usage of the word “umami” by every Western food journalist, the dish is, nevertheless, a well-honed study in that particular kind of unctuousness. In the realm of food, at least, I think we can safely say that smoke makes everything better.

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2004 Definition Food Specials 246

EATER

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Such criticism took on new life during Stewart’s 2004 insider trading trial and subsequent imprisonment. Hadn’t women been fighting for decades to get out of the house? And why did she have to take it so seriously? Why couldn’t she just relax?

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Book Back of House Entertainment 2003 293

EATER

JUNE 21, 2024

Employed by many restaurants, if a little uncool in public perception, it’s kind of surprising when a hot, new place opts to use it over another booking system. Eater staff took note when Brooklyn’s highly anticipated Strange Delight popped up on the platform.

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Reservations 2014 2024 2004 221

EATER

AUGUST 5, 2021

market since 2004, packaged in a little red can that’s now become something of a 21st-century design icon. Sofia, a canned wine from the Francis Ford Coppola Winery of Geyserville, California, has been available on the U.S.

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EATER

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Morgan Spurlock’s 2004 documentary Super Size Me, in which he ate McDonald’s three times a day for a month and gained weight, was used as proof that fast food was dangerously unhealthy. Fast food has been an American villain for a long time. Meanwhile, magazines featured sensationalized covers about the obesity epidemic.

Food 274

Food 2004 Magazine 2008 274

Perfect Daily Grind

MARCH 15, 2023

In 2004, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) also led the “Starbucks Workers Union” campaign in a number of major US cities, including Chicago and New York City. Although the campaign was unsuccessful, the National Labor Relations Board found that Starbucks committed 30 labour law violations.

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Employee Relations 2023 2022 2004 206

EATER

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

First, there are more chefs than ever who did not come up with European cuisine as the pinnacle and whose influences were chefs like David Chang who opened his first restaurant Momofuku Noodle Bar in 2004 and Roy Choi, who started his LA food truck Kogi in 2008 — both of whom made their names questioning what should count as destination food.

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EATER

JUNE 29, 2022

Buckethead , the guitarist who played for Guns N’ Roses from 2000 to 2004, wears a KFC bucket on his head onstage, his hair flattened by the ghost grease of his bucket’s chicken past.

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White Paper Fast Casual 2004 2000 246

EATER

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Most importantly (to me), it doesn’t look like it would make my living room look like a 2004 TLC reality show “man cave.” Unlike the rest of Rocco’s wine fridges, the Las Jaras collab also comes in a new, creamy colorway and is outfitted with gold-colored hardware. Instead, I think it sure would look great next to my non-existent Togo sofa.

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2004 2024 Equipment Pricing 258

EATER

APRIL 7, 2021

Ceramicist Jono Pandolfi has been doing it since 2004, and now has his own studio in Union City, New Jersey where, with a small team of highly skilled artisans, he makes dishware for notable restaurants like New York City’s NoMad and Eleven Madison Park. Jono Pondolfi’s ceramic plates. Eater Video.

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EATER

MARCH 3, 2022

The company’s first iteration of “nutrition clubs” — called that in Herbalife parlance because they’re not exactly intended to function as retail shops — started to pop up in the mid-aughts , after the first was founded in Mexico in 2004.

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Recruiting Small Business Social Media Consumer Goods 313

Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 7, 2022

Legally, all Kenyan co-ops must be registered under the 2004 Co-operative Societies Act. Co-operative societies fulfil a similar role to coffee co-operatives found elsewhere around the world – the difference in name is just that.

Operations 204

Operations Audits Agriculture Cash Management 204

Perfect Daily Grind

APRIL 10, 2023

One of the most notable is Gesha – a unique variety which was “rediscovered” at the 2004 Best of Panama auction, and is now commonly used in competitions like the World Barista Championship. Within the specialty coffee market, there are a growing number of more exclusive and highly-prized coffee species and varieties.

Marketing 203

Marketing 2004 Customer Experience Article 203

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

“Since 2004, we’ve been able to share our business model with franchisees like Chase and Dana Brower, who have a passion for bringing Burritos Better Built to their local communities,” said Rodney Anderson, president and founder of Pancheros.

Franchising 508

Franchising Franchise Fast Casual Point of Sale 508

Restaurant Business

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The full-service Mexican chain shut down in 2004 following bankruptcy and a devastating hepatitis outbreak. The son of Chi-Chi's founder plans to start opening restaurants next year.

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2004 363

A Wine Story

AUGUST 1, 2021

About the Columbia Gorge AVA The Columbia Gorge AVA, established in 2004, comprises vineyard lands on both sides of the Columbia River, in both Oregon and Washington. In 2004 the orchard’s age required replacing the trees or trying something new. Columbia Gorge. Most wineries in the area are small, boutique wineries.

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2004 Vineyard Education Transportation 78

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2022

” The law was originally passed by the California legislature in 2004 with a 7.5-year California Health and Safety Code §25982 provides that “[a] product may not be sold in California if it is the result of force feeding a bird for the purpose of enlarging the bird’s liver beyond normal size.”

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Restaurant Law 2004 Point of Sale Retail 507

Sante

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

All of them process their end products in accordance with the existing Food Safety Regulation 852/2004. The members of PEMETE are Greek exporting table olive processing, packaging and exporting companies. The 53 member-companies of PEMETE represent more than 90% of Greece’s exports of table olives to more than 100 countries.

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2004 Events Food Safety Transportation 130

Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 22, 2023

The first example was in 2004. Ultimately, this required level of quality has helped to drive innovation at green coffee auctions even further. High quality & even higher prices Over the past two decades, the prices paid for coffee at auctions have been increasing more and more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2024

Established in 2004 by Japanese chef Masa Takayama, it has earned the maximum of three Michelin Stars. They were ranked based on their standard menu pricing per person. Taking the top spot is Masa in New York, whose standard tasting menu will set you back an astonishing $750per person.

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Catering 2024 2023 Guest Recovery 251

Indoor Media

DECEMBER 23, 2017

While consumers have always wanted to save money, Google Trends shows that interest in the term “coupons” has more than doubled since 2004. The coupon craze has risen to new heights.

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Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 9, 2022

The arabica variety was first discovered in the 1930s in Ethiopia, but it wasn’t until 2004 that it took the industry by storm. It’s no surprise that exclusive, top-scoring varieties are commonly used in coffee competitions – especially Gesha.

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Sourcing Coaching 2015 2021 182

Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Originally opened in 2004, Volare is decked out with Italian art, a floor-to-ceiling wine rack, locally commissioned glasswork art, and its custom mural, making it a unique and upscale experience for traditional Italian fares. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Volare Italian Ristorante (@volare_italian_restaurant).

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Dine-in Front of House Back of House Website Management 135

Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Opened in 2004, the restaurant aims to provide an inviting space for guests to enjoy tasty pizza. Bleecker Street Pizza has won many awards; for instance, the restaurant earned a “Best Pizza” distinction by the Food Network for three years consecutively. The restaurant is open daily with extended late-night hours on the weekends.

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