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Does It Get Better For the Indie Fine Dining Restaurant?

EATER

Chef Russell Jackson opened the fine dining restaurant Reverence in Harlem just months before the pandemic began. Chefs Russell Jackson and Ian Boden struggled to reconcile their visions of fine dining with their communities’ desires. Tom McGovern.

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How to write a restaurant business plan

Open for Business

The point of a business plan is to show that you’ve done your homework,” says Charles Bililies, owner of Souvla , a fine casual Greek restaurant in San Francisco that has received national acclaim since opening in the spring of 2014. Specify whether the restaurant will be fine dining or more casual.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

EATER

Blue Hill at Stone Barns’ alluring story — that a fine dining restaurant could be a model for changing the world — seduced diners, would-be employees, and thought leaders alike. Located on a working farm that was once part of a sprawling Rockefeller estate, the restaurant is a beacon of the sustainable food movement.

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Touring the Douro Valley with the Symington Port Family

Sante

We’re pleased with our dry wine, but our family’s mission is fine port wine,” said Symington.??Nevertheless, In 2014, Wine spectator awarded Dow’s 2011 vintage port as “Wine of the year” in the “Top 100 Wines of the World. A sustainable future. Photo credit: Deborah Grossman.

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7 Women F&B Leaders That are Driving Positive Change Across The World

The Restaurant Times

Christine and Carine started Semson, a fine dining Lebanese restaurant, in 2008. Since joining Wetzel’s Pretzels as CMO in 2014, she successfully combined her marketing and operations experience with global brands to drive same-store sales, profitability for franchise partners and further grew the brand domestically and abroad.

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Grubhub Grabbed and Contactless is Everywhere

Modern Restaurant Management

Both of us have a firm belief that only businesses with high-quality and profitable growth will sustain in our sector. CoLaboratory, Chicago’s newest shared workspace exclusively created to streamline innovation and foster collaboration for food and beverage opened in the West Loop, the center of the city’s dining scene.