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4 Ways to Pivot Your Restaurant’s Business Model During COVID-19

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With dine-in officially off the menu, we’re sharing a few options for restaurants to consider to pivot their business model during COVID-19. The meal kit industry, which has been around since 2007, hit $5 billion in annual revenue in 2019—but growth in the industry was slow pre-COVID-19. Offer meal kits ?? Taco meal kits! ??

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Learn from the greats: 10 extraordinary restaurants that every owner should study

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Carley Thornell-Wade Providence ( Los Angeles ) Chef Michael Cimarusti’s deft touch with seafood and partner Donato Poto’s legendary front-of-house presence have made Providence one of Los Angeles’s preeminent fine dining restaurants for more than 18 years, racking up almost every award along the way—including two MICHELIN stars.

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Modern Korean Restaurants Are Spreading All Over Mexico City

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Led by young Korean Mexican entrepreneurs, some of whom migrated from South Korea decades ago with their parents, alongside Korean Americans with diverse culinary backgrounds, the restaurants borrow from dining concepts that have grown popular in South Korea, New York, and Los Angeles. A variety of dishes at Dooriban in the Roma neighborhood.

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Eight Ways Restaurants Can Prepare for a New Normal 

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant management software company Upserve and restaurant-architect William Duff speak here about evolving trends they are seeing and discussed some ways the dining experience might look and feel different as the new normal unfolds. Partnering a Fine Dining Experience with a Take-Out Option. Dedicated Take-out Area for Staging.

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The Biggest Restaurant Makeover in New York City

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How the owners behind HAGS turned a famous — and famously dark and cramped — Momofuku space into a colorful restaurant that’s decidedly queer My first time walking into HAGS, a queer fine dining destination in the East Village, I thought I would be flooded with memories. The transformation was sort of an amazing feat.

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P.F. Chang’s To Go and Wing Squad Delivers

Modern Restaurant Management

Under Allen’s leadership, this C-suite team has been instrumental in implementing a multi-faceted transformation plan designed to ensure long-term sustainability, enhance brand relevance, accelerate innovation, improve guest satisfaction, increase overall profitability and create a clear growth plan to propel the company forward.

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The Hottest New Celebrity Accessory Is a Restaurant

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While each restaurant has its own menu and theme, all are operated by TC Restaurant Group, which advertises its business model as partnering with “the biggest stars in country music to develop premier dining and entertainment destinations in Nashville and beyond.” Wastin’ away again in Margaritaville. Searchin’ for my lost shaker of salt.