Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

From salted egg yolks and chili crunch fusions to mushroom-infused teas and freeze-dried fruit powder garnishes, Kimpton’s in-house experts share the standout ingredients, menu items and techniques that will come to the table in 2025.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 16, 2025

" Photo by Parker Hospitality Bringing a refined twist to a nostalgic favorite Urban Hill in Salt Lake City has a tableside s’mores experience with every element made in-house. ” Newly opened House of Yoshin in Huntington, NY. "We offer tableside prosciutto carts with three different prosciuttos. .”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 26, 2020

Unfortunately, not all restaurants and bars were able to pivot and adapt to the new normal and for many, those doors have closed indefinitely. Restaurants and bars are opening with capacity restrictions and new guidelines. Many restaurants are looking at their 2020 budget and wondering – what now?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In 2018, I opened a self-serve tap house and sports bar called Auggie’s Draft Room. It’s probably not what you think, and it might even be easier than what you’re doing now. Every story deserves an unforgettable ending. Of all the concepts I’ve brought to life, this one stands out as my most successful.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 30, 2025

To further promote the social aspect, we’re also building bars towards the front of our new builds, rather than “old-school” counters placed in the back. The bars can seat up to 18 people. The bar area may have once been the seat of last resort, but now, it’s often the most popular seat in the house.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

More recently, as chefs have been working up seasonal menus to highlight local specialties and homegrown bars have been remixing native spirits, Sri Lanka drew millions of tourists in 2024 , announcing the islands comeback on the global stage after a few years of economic uncertainty. Travel around and youll be rewarded.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

The Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Department of the Treasury , released the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Application and detailed instructions for the application. Step-by-step instructions on how to perform the calculations required by the CARES Act to confirm eligibility for loan forgiveness.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Solo dining – a time dedicated to eating a meal alone at a sit-down restaurant – is an opportunity for diners to practice self care over a meal, whether that be by relaxing and reflecting at the end of a long day or even by engaging the mind with a book or catching up on the news.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 22, 2025

Dark colors in back-of-house environments provide practical benefits by concealing inevitable kitchen stains, while lighter palettes in customer-facing positions create perceptions of cleanliness and approachability. In the food service industry, branded apparel is a critical extension of your business's identity.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Problem: Excessive mingling This is a prevalent issue in restaurants, especially ones that offer full bar service. Many restaurant operators juggle multiple locations, and adding managers adds another link in the chain of command to manage. A busy staff means productive staff, which is good for business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Front-of-House. Let’s come back to Henry. Perhaps you’re a large restaurant chain that has locations all over the country? If you fit into any of these categories and you’re wondering why restaurant technology is a worthwhile investment, then keep reading. Henry is ready to order some dinner. Contactless Technology.

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EATER

MAY 28, 2025

. | Courtesy of Sabine Caf Rich Fox of Sabine in Seattle says leaning more casual has helped his bottom line A version of this post originally appeared on May 28, 2025, in Eater and Punchs newsletter Pre Shift , a biweekly newsletter for the industry pro that sources first-person accounts from the bar and restaurant world.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 27, 2020

Jon Taffer is scared for restaurants and terrified for bars. But the star of Bar Rescue does feel those who are using this time wisely to regroup will have the best chance for coming back strong. "The "The fighter is going to win, right now." Social media is a key component to staying connecting with guests.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features a double dose from US Foods, SpotOn Transact, DoorDash Kitchens, Virtual Restaurant Consulting, Tripleseat and Gather, wagamama, Toast, The Gluten Intolerance Group, Instawork and StaffMate Online, Procurant and Yellofin, Sift, 7shifts, ParTech, Revel Systems and Como, Kabbage, Bluecrew and Cuboh.

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EATER

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Growing up, the gooey, no-bake, cereal and marshmallow bars were everywhere — dominating potlucks and birthday parties, and a fixture on bake sale tables and in school lunch boxes alike. More than 80 years after Kellogg’s first printed a recipe for Rice Krispies Treats on the back of the cereal box, they remain stubbornly popular.

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APRIL 21, 2025

I have fond memories of these restaurants of my childhood their banquet seating and faded prints of Persepolis, our familys terrain, for birthdays, reunions and drawn-out evenings of indulging in conversation, dance, and scents of charcoaled meats over fire that took my dad, uncles, and aunts back to the streets of Tehran.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Tacos are served up at Maizajo, where corn tortillas are made in-house. The most fun cocktail menu: I would have loved Las Brujas for its concept alone a women-run cocktail bar with a comic book-like menu of drinks inspired by different women throughout history. Subscribe now.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The restaurant industry is back to busy, with full indoor capacity and a dining public eager to eat out. The shortage is especially acute for back-of-house employees, such as prep cooks, line cooks, and dishwashers. The Restaurant Labor Shortage. How can you address the restaurant staff shortage?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The quicker businesses can feed that information back into operations, the better, whether for personalized dining, staffing optimization, or advertising and marketing. So much data is generated at every point within a restaurant, whether fast casual or fine dining.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2024

A chief reason is due to caution or uncertainty exhibited by conscious consumers, with 48 percent saying they are taking the ‘wait and see’ approach and holding back on spending in 2024. Moving to Multichannel Dining Experiences Dining out is… back? So, what’s the solution? Food availability is often in flux.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

“Community, environment. It’s part of my DNA. As a chef, I have a responsibility to do my best to create good environments for people, customers, and the community,” says Marnell-Suhanosky. When food waste goes to landfills, it creates methane , a powerful greenhouse gas. produces the equivalent annual emissions of 42 coal-fired power plants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2020

“But the desire is in the air to get back to social life and reconvene the life that has been paused for over two months. . “But the desire is in the air to get back to social life and reconvene the life that has been paused for over two months. Those measures will continue in the future.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As restaurants reimagined takeout and venues shut down their bars, we too repurposed and rebalanced our portfolio repeatedly to meet changing demands—whether we were converting food packaging supply lines to produce PPE or supporting take-out offerings with tamper-proof food packaging. billion from the same period in 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 2, 2022

Here, using data from Intouch Insight ’s 2022 Restaurant Trends Report and ongoing consumer surveys, we’ll explore the importance of offering a mobile ordering option and why you should keep these interactions as direct as possible, as well as the key drivers that keep consumers coming back. Set the Bar. Stay Connected.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

"Restaurants and bars with outdoor spaces will have the greatest chance of surviving a coronavirus downturn this year and for the rest, they may have to pivot to Plan B," said Robert R. Among the findings: Most diners are not overly fearful, with 57 percent making no change to their dining behaviors.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 21, 2023

Restaurants and bars are often targets for robbery, burglary and theft , so much so that the FBI ranks restaurants as the eighth most common setting for violent crime and nearly half of cyber-attacks target small businesses. Secure Your Cash On-Hand : To reduce the risk of robberies, keeping cash in registers to a minimum is a best practice.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

Undoubtedly, most restaurant owners are eager to flip their closed signs and to welcome back their beloved patrons. Common sanitation precautions being taken include lowered occupancy limits, mask requirements, and in-house social distancing. Dining Room/Bar. Though a handful of U.S. However, it won’t be business as usual.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 25, 2021

At this time last year, restaurants and bars across the country went from being houses of entertainment and joy to being forced to close as part of wide-spread mandated shutdowns to stop the spread of an uncontrollable and unknown pandemic. Shock, uncertainty, and confusion took hold of our lives and businesses. The Biggest Challenges.

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7 Shifts

JULY 1, 2024

Running a bar is a lucrative business, proven by the fact that this industry is estimated to be valued at a whopping $36 billion in 2024. While this could be a rewarding venture, opening a bar is not exactly the same as opening a food business. How profitable is a bar?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2020

" "As a small business owner these unprecedented times are very overwhelming," said Rick Fernandez, owner of 3N1 Sports Bar & Grill in San Diego. "Cox " "As a small business owner these unprecedented times are very overwhelming," said Rick Fernandez, owner of 3N1 Sports Bar & Grill in San Diego. "Cox

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2021

While there are clear benefits to an all-digital menu system, to get the most out them, you must first take a step back to re-examine what your menu means to you. Before investing in technology, however, go back to basics with a purpose-driven strategy. In early 2020 our team canvassed menus across the United States. In your world?

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

where our own offices have been for more than 45 years, into a contemporary American whiskey bar, Bosscat Kitchen and Libations. The design turned the clock back nearly 100 years. The care for preservation was top-of-mind from the start. Next, the creative design phase began.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Guests are dining out more often than last year and and rewarding great service, with the highest tips at bars and fine dining restaurants, according to hospitality industry data from Lightspeed Commerce Inc. The data suggests guests are willing to tip more for great service when digital tools are available to ease the payment process.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2022

For customers of restaurants, bars, and other eateries, ice is a minimum expectation, especially during the hot summer months. At the end of the shift closers should fill every drink station and ice holding bin (behind the bar, above the fountain drinks, anywhere ice is normally stored). Step 1: Ice Management. Step 2: Clean It Up!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2022

The development of robotics in the post pandemic scenario has changed the overall scenario for the industries, especially the restaurants industry. The prominence of food delivery and service robots has increased in the overall restaurant industry. This is owed to the uncertainties faced by the restaurants at the global level.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Virtually all the CapEx equipment and other items in a restaurant or bar depreciate over time and must eventually be replaced. Operating Expenses (OpEx) are the recurring monthly bills a restaurant or bar usually budgets for: electricity and water, rent, food and alcohol, etc. EaaS for Big Business. Brand protection.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food. We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery.

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