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One Year Later: Are We Still Turning Tables on Pay-at-the-Table?

Modern Restaurant Management

QR codes were invented in the 90s but didn’t pick up steam until 2011 – when smartphones became the ubiquitous devices they are today. However, can innovation teach these old dogs new tricks, or will a post-pandemic environment sunset this trend? The Quintessential QR Comeback. ” Pay-at-the-Table Adds Up, Especially with CX.

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The Good and the Bad of Singapore’s New Hawkerpreneurs

EATER

Since Sai took over her father’s stall, Coffee Break, in 2011 at the popular Amoy Street Food Centre, she and her siblings have been selling the same traditional Nanyang kopi (coffee) made from dark robusta beans. Ultimately, though, none of it was enough to deter Sai in following in her father’s footsteps and becoming a hawker herself.

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10 Alternative Foodservice Formats Impacting the Restaurant Industry

Aaron Allen & Associates

Rather, it’s from looking at what changes in emerging consumer dining behaviors are driving these things and developing a modernized M&A strategy and investment thesis to support sustainable growth. Delivery-only (sometimes referred to as “dark kitchens” where there is no customer-facing location) represents about 3.5% In the U.K.

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Nashville Breakfast Spots to Try This Week

Restaurant Clicks

Whether you’re looking for a slow, sit-down dining experience, or a quick but delicious breakfast on the go, you’ll find the atmosphere you’re looking for to savor the best breakfast in Nashville. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Monell’s Dining And Catering (@monellstn). Best Breakfast Restaurants in Nashville.

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HAGS Will Be Queer First, and a Restaurant Second

EATER

Telly Justice and Camille Lindsley are creating a blueprint for fine dining’s queer future with their upcoming New York City opening, HAGS The dining room at 163 First Avenue in New York’s East Village is barely big enough to fit two people standing side by side. I didn’t have an awareness of kitchen culture at all.

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How to Cook a Direwolf

EATER

If courses were inspired by something exact, the servers mentioned its scene of origin: After Catelyn Stark arrests Tyrion Lannister at an inn, she dines on onions dripping in juices, and we got the same. At Elizabeth under Regan, her use of these sources transcended dining room cliche. Vaneda Vireak.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

Modern Restaurant Management

The new restaurants — as well as upgrades to existing locations — will adapt the company’s new, modern, and inviting “Fresh Forward” design and meet the needs of today’s consumer with comfortable guest indoor dining spaces as well as numerous delivery and order ahead options, with a strong digital first strategy.

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