Squirrel Systems

MAY 1, 2025

Optimizing the Bar Program with Digital Tools Beverages, especially alcoholic ones, offer some of the highest profit margins in the restaurant industry. Introduce wine pairings or tasting events with online booking options. Consider: Using event management software to streamline inquiries, bookings, and deposits.

Loyalty Program

EATER

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

We reserved Sunday nights to cook a more involved meal together. If weeknights are for riffing, Sunday nights are our time to go by the book, giving us a chance to test out our ample cookbook collection. At some of the places that we go, we might end up spending $200 or $300 on dinner, or reservations might not be available for months.

Back of House

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

Summer Travel and Dining Data As we approach the summer travel season, Chase is revealing a new lifestyle-focused report offering details into trends and insights for leisure travel and dining, from experts at both leading travel booking platform Chase Travel and restaurant discovery platform, The Infatuation. percentage points of share.

Fast Casual

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.

Customer Experience

Future Food

MAY 29, 2025

Technology in hospitality is no longer limited to digital menus or app-based reservations. Operandio.com Sadie AI : Voice Technology for the Guest Experience Images courtesy of Now Book It The Concept Phones remain a critical but often under-managed customer touchpoint in hospitality.

Hospitality

ChowNow

MAY 16, 2025

Its where potential customers decide if they trust you enough to place an order, reserve a table, or recommend you to a friend. Placing it at the top of your navigation bar, keeps it consistent across every page. Make Online Ordering Easy Make your online ordering button impossible to miss.

Mobile Ordering

SpotOn

JULY 25, 2025

Pavel can accurately forecast popularity using her Product Mix report, reservation system , and sales history to get a sense of potential foot traffic and which dishes may be the most popular.  It’s no easy feat in a from-scratch kitchen, where everything from the sauces to the sausage is made in house.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

– Mary Pillow Thompson, founder of foh&boh Five years after the pandemic, Tom's Watch Bar has gained valuable perspective on what drives people to gather. – Benny Tadele, Executive Vice President and President of Restaurants at NCR Voyix Outdoor dining saved New York City by keeping the restaurants and bars open.

Mobile Ordering

Restaurant Engine

AUGUST 13, 2025

What’s more, if they’re looking to order online or make a reservation, your website is their first stop. So, if your restaurant website is underperforming, you may be missing reservations, orders, and even new regulars. Ensure your menus, buttons, and booking links work seamlessly on smaller screens. #2: Make a reservation.

Audits

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

” The report found that: Chili’s Grill & Bar is winning over young diners, with 23 percent of those aged 18-29 visiting the Brinker International-owned brand in the past 90 days. ” Black Market Reservatons In recent years, a black market for hard-to-get restaurant reservations has spread across the country.

Reservations

Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 9, 2025

Another key element of fine dining is utilizing reservations and headcount to maximize guest traffic. The host should have an idea of how many guests are on the books each shift and run the restaurant accordingly. Pushing low selling inventory through specials or discounts is a way to improve cash flow and COGS in a cocktail bar.

Hospitality

Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 10, 2025

This includes maintaining the books for restaurants and bars, and providing hospitality accounting solutions. It’s the backbone of accounting for restaurants and bars, providing the data needed for financial statements. A restaurant accountant must navigate these intricacies with competence and precision.

Cash Management

Web Diner

APRIL 25, 2025

For restaurants, bars, cafs, and other food businesses, this season marks a stretch of opportunity, with holidays like Cinco de Mayo, Mothers Day, and Memorial Day Weekend right around the corner. We handle the timing, the targeting, the message, and the momentum, so your holiday promotion isnt just seenits booked.

Email Marketing

EATER

JUNE 2, 2025

Getty Images/iStockphoto When a third place can be everything from a bar to a mall to a luxury health club, does it even mean anything? For some, its a bar or restaurant where they can hang out with friends and community. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined the term in 1989 in his book The Great Good Place. Theoretically.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Ninety-five percent of those surveyed reported using some form of AI in their restaurant, with the most common being AI-assisted inventory management (35 percent), AI menu optimization (35 percent) and AI reservations/bookings (32 percent).

2025

Paper Chase Accountancy

AUGUST 11, 2025

Accounting for restaurants and bars involves unique challenges like tracking daily sales, cash flow management, and food cost control. These include restaurant accounting tips, nightclub financing, hotel accounting, and accountants for hotels, all aimed at making bookkeeping for restaurants and bars more seamless.

Hospitality

Hot Schedules

MARCH 11, 2025

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Hotels

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

“We are booked and have been since shortly after posting about the lunch on our social media channels,” said Sally Davis, General Manager of Eliza Restaurant & Bar in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "Reservations "Reservations are a mix of regulars and fresh faces as well. ” What Shes Having Cocktail.

2010

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2022

The core teams that need to appreciate and cooperate are the front-of-house waiting teams, the bar staff, and the kitchen team. Be conscious of this when taking reservations. For example, you can review food-to-table delivery times, the number of bookings and diners, or itemized food and drink sales figures.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This piece in your technology stack should give your customers accurate wait times based on the tables already seated and allow them to make reservations so they can plan around current capacity limits or patronize your restaurant for special occasions. Another hardware option to consider in your smart kitchen is a kitchen display bump bar.

Technology

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In the past, these trends have included choosing certain suppliers, certain cleanliness practices, or even working as a "no-reservation" location. But, also need to make it easy for guests to request reservations online and review their menus. However current trends in the restaurant industry are less daunting than past fads.

2022

EATER

JUNE 4, 2024

Make reservations. For restaurants that accept reservations, reserve. Even a casual corner bistro can easily book up. It can be hard for diners to tell if a place requires reservations or not, so unless a restaurant specifically states on its website that it doesn’t accept them, assume you’ll need to book.

Fine Dining

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Check out this example from Barcelona Wine Bar for inspiration. Reservations - Embed your reservations platform’s widget onto your website to encourage customers to book directly through you instead of via a third party. Is the font large enough to read on a small screen? Does the website have the right functionality?

Design

7 Shifts

JULY 10, 2020

A seating capacity goal (such as 100% of the allowed seating capacity) or a reservation booking goal A revenue goal—such as a volume number or percentage compared to pre-COVID A follower goal on social media from gaining new interest in your restaurant A return visit goal for diners who return to your restaurant after the grand opening 2.

Events

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago, top photo, opened its doors to the public on Friday, November 15. Located on North Michigan Avenue and Erie Street on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, the opening of Chicago Reserve Roastery marks Starbucks sixth global Roastery and third location in the U.S. Coffee Bars. Nitrogen Gelato.

Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

According to the data, 65 percent of Americans would choose one hotel over another if that hotel stay includes complimentary breakfast, and 51 percent would be more inclined to book a hotel room that includes a complimentary drink or meal upon arrival. Loyalty rewards for their restaurants and bars: Almost 1 in 3 (32 percent).

Travel

Embrace the Suck

JANUARY 20, 2021

Most restaurants and bars got caught with their pants down. They didn’t have adequate cash reserves and lived for the weekend sales to keep them going. There’s a classic self-improvement book out there called The Richest Man in Babylon. Get Your S**t Together. How did this happen? Plot Your Return. Screw that!

Social Media

Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2022

It takes so much effort, time, and money to pull customers in for that first visit – we want to make them feel good about their investment and book another reservation soon. We want them to return often and tell their friends what a great place this restaurant is.

Pricing

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mobile ads also allow you to create an exceptional experience for the customer by providing directions to your location, allowing them to make immediate reservations, and featuring relevant reviews. GMB also provides a number of functional benefits, like enabling table reservations right from the listing.

Loyalty Program

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

It helps to cut the customer’s path to your contact information, offers, reservations, and more. It allows customers to make direct reservations without having to go to a third party page or the website. Reservations, Order Ahead, and Menu URLs These URLs help users to engage with your restaurant before their visit. Onsite bar.

Website Management

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Barring a dramatic decrease in coronavirus infections, U.S. A final piece of advice for restaurants is to invest in a user-friendly reservation system. Whether partnering with a third party or launching your own, it's important to make it as easy as possible for customers to book a table at your restaurant.

2020

EATER

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The two-day event takes place in Williamsburg on Friday, December 13, and Saturday, December 14, and will feature a market packed with holiday gifts, home essentials, cooking and bar cart goodies, as well as exclusive apparel from Katie Kimmel. The Cocktail Lounge at Eater Under Wraps ( reservation only , see below for info) 9 p.m.

Marketing

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Despite the up-and-down consumer spending patterns in 2024, the holiday season is bringing a wave of excitement among diners, with 68 percent of respondents planning to celebrate at restaurants or bars. Diners will be planning ahead this year, with 31 percent planning to book three to four weeks out. early bird timeslot.

Food Truck

EATER

MAY 31, 2023

Between the picturesque inns serving multicourse feasts, craft beer bars with decks ideal for sunset drinks, and loads of seafood around every turn, it’s hard not to rave. Or you can travel from Wellington to McNeil Mills and stop for lunch at Backwoods Burger or Richmond Dairy Bar for ice cream. Montgomery’s beloved book.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Bars and nightlife businesses were among the hardest hit, with consumer interest down 81 percent. Takeout and delivery increased 300X in a couple of weeks relative to reservations and wait list on Yelp. Forty-one percent will avoid exchanging cash when dining at restaurants, bars or cafes. Health and Safety of Restaurants.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

OpenTable Dining Points can be used to unlock hard-to-get reservations at popular restaurants during prime dining times – a feature that nearly three quarters (68 percent) of diners expressed interest in, according to an internal surve?y. Amen Street Fish + Raw Bar? ?(Charleston),? Charleston),? ?Vivere? Chicago), ?State

Sports

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

So he created a universal training manual, his book— The Surprise Restaurant Manager. As VP of People at Hopdoddy Burger Bar , Kelly McCutcheon leads a lot of restaurant employees. Carl Orsbourn and Meredith Sandland wrote the book on the future of restaurants. Listen to Ken McGarrie's episode here. Another way to do it?

Social Media