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Is Galentine’s the New Valentine’s?

Modern Restaurant Management

. “We are booked and have been since shortly after posting about the lunch on our social media channels,” said Sally Davis, General Manager of Eliza Restaurant & Bar in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "Reservations ” photos courtesy of Eliza Restaurant & Bar. . "Female ” What Shes Having Cocktail.

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Franchising Health and Wellness (Podcast)

Modern Restaurant Management

In this episode of The Main Course , host Barbara Castiglia talked with Steve Schulze, the Founder of Nékter Juice Bar, a juice bar that is at the forefront of the juice cleanse revolution with cold-pressed juices, smoothies, and acai bowls. When the economy tanked in 2008, it was hard to get an infomercial show produced.

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Evolving Dining Habits Disrupt Traditional Restaurant Dayparts

Modern Restaurant Management

Protein bars and smoothies are categories that work well in this space and can be taken on the go.” In 2024, 37 percent of consumers were looking for quick bites instead of larger meals, compared to 36 percent in 2023, and 29 percent in 2010. “Another example is promoting snacks and appetizers as a meal replacement.

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The Stages of Gentrification, as Told by Restaurant Openings

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Between 2000 and 2010, the Latinx population declined 26 percent. In the Bushwick area of New York City, the four or so dive bars that existed in the once predominantly working-class Latinx neighborhood a decade ago now sit alongside dozens of swanky new watering holes catering to the influx of young urban professionals.

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Payment Security: Does the Hospitality Industry Need to Improve Customer Data Measures?

Modern Restaurant Management

With contactless card readers, servers can take the payment directly to the customer – rather than being restricted to the bar or counter. One 2021 survey suggested that non-cash payments were 73 percent higher than cash payments – good news for bar and restaurant owners! Realistically, no.

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‘Brand Experiences Create Memories.’

Modern Restaurant Management

That’s what restauranteur Will Guidara wrote on a cocktail napkin whilst sitting in a hotel bar after the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony in 2010. “We will be the number one restaurant in the world.” That year, Guidara’s Eleven Madison Park in New York had placed last on the list.

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How Restaurant Dessert Menus Shaped Our Sweet Tooth

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2008: Cereal Milk launches an empire Christina Tosi invented or popularized a number of household-name desserts — Compost Cookies, Crack Pie ( now Milk Bar Pie ), naked cakes — but her Cereal Milk, which she initially developed at Wylie Dufresne’s wd~50, reshaped the dessert world. It could be used in nearly any dairy-based dessert.

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