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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

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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It’s All in the Glass: Selecting the Right Glassware to Complement Your Restaurant’s Vibe

Modern Restaurant Management

Emerging Trends in Glassware Specialty glassware for signature cocktails has been a growing trend for restaurants and bars for several years, capturing consumer attention through presentation. Seasonal and specialty cocktail glasses that make signature drinks stand out. For these creators, glassware is more than just a vessel.

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Merch with a Mission: Creating Brand Ambassadors

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It's not just the merch on the menu that is driving traffic to the brand with a misison to create spaces that blend sports and leisure and offer innovative cocktails, next-level architecture and high-end designer decor with elevated bar bites, retro games, and exclusive event nights.

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Condado Tacos overhauls its margarita lineup and drink sales spike by 20%

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Fast-casual Condado Tacos—which prefers calling itself “next-gen casual”—has long had a bar program with a selection of conventional margaritas and beers to go with its Mexican-style menu and vibe. But those same margaritas had been on the menu since 2014 when the bar, so to speak, was set a bit lower.

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Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Properly Prepping Your Bar for the Holiday Rush

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The increased challenges and stress of the holiday season often reveal pinch points in bar and restaurant operations. New technology innovations now being introduced into the hospitality industry are designed to level out those pinch points. Manage and Optimize Your Increased Holiday Inventory.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

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Foot traffic or heat mapping, menu item engagement, or consumer demographics by time of day. These innovations will allow restaurant operators to do more with less and help create smart, seamless experiences that meet rising guest expectations.

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Virtual Acceleration, Raising the Bar and Insult Monitor

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US Foods Springs into Helping Bars and Grills. In other news, US Foods launched its Spring Scoop, “Raising the Bar: The Classics – Celebrated and Elevated.” In fact, 54 percent of diners consider new menu items important to their decision when selecting a restaurant, according to a recent US Foods survey.*

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