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Debt-Free Fine Dining

Modern Restaurant Management

Blake Aguillard and Trey Smith started with $30,000 and no outside investors when they opened Saint-Germain in New Orleans' Bywater neighborhood in 2018. The duo transfomed a dilapidated cottage themselves entirely by hand into an intimate 12-seat restaurant that has received numerous accolades.

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The Next Era of American Fine Dining Is Here, Care of West Africa

EATER

He opened the buzzy 15-seat Brooklyn restaurant, one of Eater’s Best New Restaurants of 2022 , after winning the city over with a dinner series called Iya Eba in the late summer of 2020. “I Chefs bringing West African cuisine into the American fine dining space have inevitably had to educate even the most interested customers. “I

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State of the Industry and More Restaurant Research

Modern Restaurant Management

" Pandemic Pivots Become Permanent The temporary "pivots" developed during the pandemic — expanded delivery services, outdoor dining options, to-go alcohol offerings, and investments in technology — are the foundation of the industry's "new normal."

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Where to Get Steak in San Diego

Restaurant Clicks

Located right in the center of Little Italy, Born and Raised offers both an indoor dining room and outdoor dining options. With a full-service bar, you can relax with your dinner and your favorite drink and enjoy the beautiful decor that Born and Raised have in their dining room. bornandraisedstk). Make a Reservation.

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‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi’ and the American Omakase Boom

EATER

pre- Jiro ; the “Japanese turn,” as defined by historian Samuel Yamashita , had infused American fine dining with Japanese influence since the 1980s. What Jiro changed was making the style of dining mainstream, and inspiring more people to explicitly seek it out. Of course, austere temples to sushi existed in the U.S.

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How To Get Competitive Advantage For Your Restaurant In The UK

The Restaurant Times

Even before the pandemic, quite a few restaurants were struggling to survive, and many of them succumbed to closures in 2018 and 2019, a fate that most other restaurant industries in the world faced during the pandemic. With social distancing and general caution in public places, people were forced to dine out less. Source: Statista.

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An Eater’s Guide to Whistler, British Columbia

EATER

And while Vail Resorts poured millions into upgrading the chairs, vaunted local restaurateurs are working equally hard to make their own seats just as attractive. Evrensel sold Toptable in 2014, but the group continues to set the standard for high-end dining in Whistler. Day, and the February long weekend of Presidents Day in the U.S.