Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

You know that every chef has wrestled with this – should the menu reflect a personal philosophy to move the bar or stick with time-tested standards? Chefs are, for all intents and purposes, inherently creative people who are always looking for a way to express that creativity and place their signature on the plate.

Fine Dining 520

Fine Dining Café Customer Experience Menu 520

Culinary Cues

MAY 18, 2020

As we continue to fight this pandemic that we still know so little about, and try to gradually open up the economy with a keen eye on public safety – it will be restaurants and other hospitality businesses that suffer the longest. The restaurant industry is being hit extraordinarily hard, unlike any other time in recent history.

White Paper 520

White Paper Certification Food Safety Food Supply 520

7 Shifts

JULY 10, 2020

And now, many states and provinces have already begun rolling out their plans to reopen the economy, and many restaurateurs are now planning out their grand re-opening. Here’s how to plan your restaurant’s grand opening (or re- opening) to get back to business with a bang. Set a budget ?? Set a budget ??

Events 351

Events Social Media Seating Kitchen Safety 351

7 Shifts

MAY 11, 2020

But reopening your restaurant isn’t as simple as flipping your ‘open’ sign around (we wish), and there’s a lot to consider from an operational standpoint before the big day. Just this last weekend, in the state of New Jersey, parks were opened and beaches were open, and there were a lot of people that just said ‘social distancing?

BOH 368

BOH Food Safety FOH Equipment 368

7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2020

Whatever plans and forecasts you had for your restaurant are yesterday’s bread now. But as restaurants reopen and business starts to pick up again, it’s important you pick up your marketing plan too. There are only 4 months of 2020 left where you can push your restaurant’s marketing hard and set yourself up for success going into 2021.

Marketing 418

Marketing 2020 SEO Loyalty Program 418

Next Restaurants

JUNE 30, 2021

When opening a bar or restaurant, one of the first questions folks ask is “Where do get money for the business?” When opening any business, you need to clearly understand who your target audience is. By Hannah Butler, Contributor. Based on these figures, you can choose a suitable investment option.

Bar 103

Bar Seasonal Menu Advertising Restaurant Law 103

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

MAY 6, 2020

Nevertheless, some brands have demonstrated how to be good to their customers, associates, healthcare providers, and communities during this time. Amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of negativity online and in the news. They use this hashtag to share stories of happiness on Instagram.

Hospitality 388

Hospitality Airlines Healthcare Hotels 388

Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

Running a restaurant is a demanding job. One day youre juggling staff schedules. The next youre racing to keep inventory stocked while customers wait for tables. Weve worked with countless restaurant pros whove faced these challenges head-on. Their stories inspire these 10 proven restaurant management tips and tricks for success.

Management 148

Management Management Seasonal Menu Cash Management 148

Culinary Cues

JUNE 1, 2020

I am a concerned spectator at a time when everything seems to be in question and every one of us lives on the edge. We fear, we adjust, we cope, and then there comes a time when our coping mechanism comes into real question. This is when leadership is most needed. Leadership, real leadership comes from four actions: * What we hear. What we learn.

Leadership 80

Leadership Supplies Guest Recovery Small Business 80

Culinary Cues

APRIL 18, 2023

What the pandemic did was put a spotlight on how difficult all of this is. ‘The times they are a changin’, proclaimed Bob Dylan in 1964. His words seem quite relevant today. The restaurant business is sometimes like the canary in the coal mine and at other times like the father of teenage children – the last to know.

Food Truck 386

Food Truck Back of House Education Training 386

7 Shifts

JULY 30, 2021

Check out our Simple Restaurant Marketing Plan for 2021 for tips on how to create a solid marketing plan for your restaurant. Share how it's made! With plenty of restaurants to choose from, you want to make sure yours stands out from the rest. To help, we put together the ultimate guide to getting your restaurant noticed. Social Media.

Email Marketing 370

Email Marketing Social Media Loyalty Program Website Management 370

7 Shifts

MARCH 10, 2021

The fact that 60% of restaurants fail in their first year and 80% close within five years of their grand opening is an indication that few have what it takes for long-term success. If you want to open a restaurant , or if you're going to take a fresh look at where you are in your journey as a restaurateur, you must develop a business plan.

Management 370

Management Management Small Business Email Marketing 370

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

So, as life starts to transition to a level of normalcy, restaurants may find that the pandemic opened the door to a viable, additional source of revenue that isn’t going away. One way to approach a viable solution is to modify how we do business, what we sell, and the skill set that makes sense for today’s cook.

Compost 474

Compost Fine Dining Waste Café 474

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

For additional resources, click COVID-19 Survival Guide for Restaurants and MRM Restaurant Survival Guide, Second Course and MRM Restaurant Survival Guide, Part Three. To add resources to these guides, reach out to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com with news.

Employee Relations 516

Employee Relations Healthcare Online Ordering Customer Service 516

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 9, 2020

In this ultimate restaurant website design guide for beginners, you’ll learn: How to prepare for a website makeover. How to build your restaurant’s website. How to optimize your website with feedback. How to promote your restaurant’s website. Here are six steps to take before opening any restaurant website builders.

Design 397

Design Online Ordering Social Media Website Management 397

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 19, 2023

Restaurants and bars portraying these influences began to pop up first on the east coast and gradually moving westward. Italians, French, Irish, Greeks, Germans, Chinese, Japanese, and every other nationality brought their cultural traditions in search of a place in American life. Ah, but not everyone suffered during the depression.

Hotels 416

Hotels Influencer Compost Recycling 416

Harbor Touch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Are you thinking about opening your own bar? There are many things to consider when opening a bar, from the type of establishment you want to open to the licensing and zoning requirements in your area. This blog post will give you some valuable tips on how to open a bar that will keep people coming back for more.

Bar 78

Bar License Restaurant Law POS 78

Harbor Touch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Are you thinking about opening your own bar? There are many things to consider when opening a bar, from the type of establishment you want to open to the licensing and zoning requirements in your area. This blog post will give you some valuable tips on how to open a bar that will keep people coming back for more.

Bar 78

Bar License Restaurant Law POS 78

Harbor Touch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Are you thinking about opening your own bar? There are many things to consider when opening a bar, from the type of establishment you want to open to the licensing and zoning requirements in your area. This blog post will give you some valuable tips on how to open a bar that will keep people coming back for more.

Bar 78

Bar License Restaurant Law POS 78

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This is how experienced chefs are able to plan dishes and menus knowing how ingredients will marry together, what the overall flavor profile will be, and how the final dish will look. Try tasting a familiar ingredient while you hold your nose to see how the flavor changes.

Customer Experience 468

Customer Experience Fine Dining Take-out Presentation 468

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It allows you to tell your story of why you get up every day to go and open up your restaurant. Walchef stresses how easy it can be to use your smartphone to tell guests who you are: “Now the real work begins. We wanted to take a look back and highlight some of our favorite moments during our first season. But what can you do?

Social Media 448

Social Media Hiring Website Management Hospitality 448

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Winter is the time when red wines jump to centerstage, when hearty IPA’s and sour ales are in demand, when hard cider, bourbon, single malt scotch, and barrel aged whiskeys take up much more shelf space behind your bar. How are your menu planning skills? Are you up to it? Winter is, by far my favorite season to plan menus.

Seasonal Menu 346

Seasonal Menu Front of House Presentation Menu 346

EATER

MARCH 3, 2022

This rainbow-hued array of drinks is popping up all over the country not as part of a new tea shop chain, but associated with “nutrition clubs” with vague names like Good 2 Go Nutrition or Healthy Life Nutrition. When reached by Eater, the company declined to answer detailed questions about its business model or provide comment on nutrition clubs.

Recruiting 313

Recruiting Small Business Consumer Goods Social Media 313

Culinary Cues

JULY 30, 2020

As the country continues to come to grips with the ravages of a pandemic and the trail of chaos and long-term destruction that it leaves behind, we will need to think very clearly about how a country deals with diminishing funds to support our lifestyle and establishing priorities moving forward.

Education 439

Education Technology Healthcare Article 439

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 4, 2020

After work – Joe can’t wait to trot to the closest bar where his alter-personality kicks in after the second drink. After work – Joe can’t wait to trot to the closest bar where his alter-personality kicks in after the second drink. After pounding on his door for ten minutes – he finally opens the door.

Customer Service 492

Customer Service Take-out Café Bar 492

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 8, 2020

You’ve washed enough dishes – it’s time to learn how to cook.” This is how so many cooks are made. Most importantly he discovered how to organize his work, be consistent, meet the standards of the operation, and build some speed. School actually came easy for him, but it just wasn’t his thing. Things were a bit rough at first.

Kitchen Safety 450

Kitchen Safety Take-out Training Food Safety 450

7 Shifts

AUGUST 15, 2022

Check out this blog and video on the top 9 interview questions to ask as an owner. To help you prep, whether it's a FOH or BOH position, we've outlined 17 restaurant interview questions you might be asked to answer, as well as some guidelines on how to answer them. How to Answer. Table of Contents. Common Interview Questions.

Customer Experience 397

Customer Experience Website Management Hiring Back of House 397

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Learn how to write a killer restaurant mission statement to be among the select few that can. Restaurant mission statements matter whether you're opening a restaurant or refreshing your brand. And others have no clue how to write one. Here's how. How to Write an Effective Mission Statement for Your Restaurant.

Customer Service 370

Customer Service Fast Casual Customer Experience Back of House 370

Notch

MAY 7, 2019

Running a bar is not for the faint-hearted. According to MarketWatch, bar revenues dipped by 10% in the midst of the financial downturn a decade ago, but the market outlook for bars appears much better today. Can you even afford to open a bar? You will need to know a lot about drinks.

Bar 64

Bar License Back of House Hiring 64

EATER

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Any baker can put together 100 or so cookie recipes and reassure you that baking is fun, really, but far fewer take the space, as François does, to show you exactly how the recipes work. Turn on your stoves!” they seem to shout. Haul out those baking pans! Prepare to spend many hours contemplating the abyss of your Dutch oven!”

2024 352

2024 Book Influencer Take-out 352

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Having an online presence that’s consistent, accessible, and engaging is one of the best ways for your restaurant to make a great first impression to prospective customers. Not convinced? Picture this: It’s a Sunday. You wake up, have a coffee, and decide that it’s a perfect day to go out for a nice brunch.

Marketing 284

Marketing Loyalty Program Social Media Mobile Ordering 284

7 Shifts

MARCH 16, 2022

That's why it is important to learn how to motivate your restaurant employees. Sincerity is key, however; when you show genuine interest in your employees, you are implicitly sharing with them how much you value and appreciate having them as part of the team. Below are some of the best ways to maintain a happy, healthy workforce.

Front of House 370

Front of House Back of House Communication Customer Service 370

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 12, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, read about efforts to help the restaurant industry and heroes as well as "new normal" restaurant technology and products. Dining Bond Goes Global. The Dining Bond Initiative, a campaign that helps get funds to restaurants impacted by the coronavirus COVID-19, has gone global.

Mobile Ordering 376

Mobile Ordering Online Ordering Food Order Hospitality 376

Embrace the Suck

MARCH 29, 2019

” If someone said that to you right now, how would you feel? “You’re obsessed!” Relatively pleased? The word obsession gets a bad rap. Granted that obsession can be destructive if taken to extremes like anything. However, when it is focused like a laser it will give your brand an edge that few can touch. Self Care.

Training 242

Training Hiring Take-out Book 242

Notch

MAY 7, 2019

Running a bar is not for the faint-hearted. According to MarketWatch, bar revenues dipped by 10% in the midst of the financial downturn a decade ago, but the market outlook for bars appears much better today. Can you even afford to open a bar? You will need to know a lot about drinks.

Bar 52

Bar License Back of House Hiring 52

Next Restaurants

MAY 12, 2021

A bar is a treasure trove of aromatic dishes, drinks, and an extraordinary atmosphere. Managing a bar is only half of the way and it is not enough to get successful returns, especially if you’re a newcomer in the field. An account on social media is not only an opportunity to present the activities of a bar or restaurant.

Bar 163

Bar Marketing Email Marketing Social Media 163

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Your cleaning tasks before opening and after closing set the standard for the next shift, so it’s crucial you have everyone working together to make sure your restaurant looks spotless. Download your restaurant server checklist template now and see how you can customize it to your restaurant’s specific needs.

Management 195

Management Management Download Leadership 195