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How the Restaurant Industry Can Tackle the Cold Weather Season

Modern Restaurant Management

The biggest challenge will be on-premise dining and the shift from outdoors to indoors as temperatures decrease in many regions. Outdoor dining will simply not always be possible in certain regions, no matter how much preparation has gone into outdoor dining planning. Are certain tables too close together?

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Will a Vaccine Be the Light at the End of the Tunnel for the Restaurant Industry?

Modern Restaurant Management

Heading into the winter months, restaurants will be challenged even further as the revenue streams that have been keeping them afloat during the summer and fall such as outdoor dining and patio seating will see fewer customers with inclement weather and colder temperatures.

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Rampant Heater Theft Is the Latest Blow to Outdoor Dining

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The rush to purchase heat lamps for outside seating has led to a lucrative secondary market — and a surge in stealing On the Thursday before Valentine’s Day, in the early hours of the morning, McGillin’s Olde Ale House had its heat lamps stolen. Left with fewer heaters, restaurants are unable to accommodate as many outdoor customers.

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Restaurant Patio Guide: How to Get More Profit With Outdoor Seating

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However, getting more guests in seats through outdoor dining can also come at a cost, both in time and money. Whatever your restaurant type, we'll give you some practical and effective ways to get more profit from your outdoor space this year. Put up outdoor string lights in trees or structures so they cross over tables.

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The Best Coolers for Every Type of Summer Chiller

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It’s a gift and a burden, but fortunately, Monti’s soft quilted Mayfly cooler backpack can house three of your favorites. Take the chair/cooler to any music festival or outdoor gathering, and you are guaranteed to make new friends whether you want them or not. “I That’s for the Ninja FrostVault crowd.)

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An Eater’s Guide to Sri Lanka

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Grandmas in floral cheeththa dresses deep-fry kokis (flower-shaped coconut rice snacks); cafes pour cups of frothy, milky tea; families set up outdoor fires to slow-cook baby jackfruit in coconut milk; and tappers climb kithul (fishtail palm) trees to collect sap for treacle and jaggery. Travel around and youll be rewarded.

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How Our New Concept Brought In 30 Percent More Guests

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Increase in daily guest count from 2019: 31 percent, with a similar increase in sales revenue On closing Bastille When the pandemic hit, some [of our] restaurants lent to the [new operating conditions] much easier than others in terms of going takeout-only or outdoor-only. Were actually open more hours.

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