Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Every year, a significant number of new restaurants open and almost as many close their doors for good. On occasion, a restaurant opens, the owners have the right idea, everyone in the operation rallies around core principles that find a home in consumer minds and hearts, and the place enjoys success for a long period of time.

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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 ??

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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.

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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.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 25, 2021

I find it very interesting how diverse the food experience is. Would it be noise, folk music, country, rock and roll, or classical; would we focus on quick service, organic vegetarian, burgers and pizza, bar-b-que, full-service, or fine dining. In all cases, the process of eating is important and accomplishes similar goals.

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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.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 6, 2020

Although our current crisis has brought the restaurant industry to a halt, it is important to remember just how integrated the business of selling and serving food is to society as a whole. Cooking for others is one of the oldest professions known to humanity. It is this understanding that will bring the industry back.

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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.

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Buzztime Business

MARCH 15, 2024

Is one night of bar trivia per week not enough to satiate your senses? Here’s a challenge: let’s go into the Musty Dusty Trivia Bin and break out some moldy oldies to test the trivia prowess of even the greatest bar trivia and pub trivia players. The answers are at the bottom of this blog. Marlboro How did you do?

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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.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Maybe it’s a local diner as a dishwasher or assistant to a short order cook; maybe it’s a fast food operation as a “sandwich artist” or grill person for that hamburger chain; or maybe it’s a summer snack bar where you learn to walk through all of the steps. For a few, at some point that changes. – Jacques Pepin.

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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.

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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.

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Social Hospitality

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.

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Typsy

MAY 18, 2021

Many of those businesses are now faced with the difficulty of finding and recruiting staff due to a global hospitality skills shortage as they attempt to open again and resume operations. When recruiting, it is important to find people who have some instincts about how to serve guests.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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Future Food

AUGUST 26, 2020

Such is the deep, almost primal, desire for outside hospitality that every time a sandwich/milk bar puts out a couple of tables and chairs on the footpath right next to the parked cars, they are always being used. Others bring up images of dining in wide open spaces like this: OUTDOOR Dining. People love eating and drinking outside.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 7, 2021

With a new year comes new challenges, and after the year for the industry that was 2020, we want to help set your restaurant up for success in 2021. As restaurants reopen and business starts to pick up again, it’s important you pick up your marketing plan, too. Which is where your restaurant marketing plan comes in. So, where do you start?

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Social Hospitality

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.

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Cheetah

MAY 11, 2021

In May, the fantastic news we’ve all been waiting for finally came: San Francisco officially moved into the yellow tier (minimal risk), allowing indoor restaurants, bars, breweries, and wineries to reopen at 50% indoor capacity! Indoor Restaurants and Dining – Open at 50% capacity with up to 8 people allowed per table.?

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Island Media Management

MARCH 10, 2016

Most restaurant and bar owners know this and have taken to displaying pictures of the drinks list and food menus, location as well as the times when they are open on their websites. Many restaurant and bar owners object to the idea of a blog because they do not understand the benefits of having one.

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Island Media Management

MARCH 10, 2016

Most restaurant and bar owners know this and have taken to displaying pictures of the drinks list and food menus, location as well as the times when they are open on their websites. Many restaurant and bar owners object to the idea of a blog because they do not understand the benefits of having one.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 7, 2022

After the pandemic, many employers were desperate for more workers, especially those in the hospitality industry, such as food and beverage, restaurants, hotels, bars, and more. Our digital training blog has more information on this topic. Digital hiring platforms have made it easy to find employees and fulfill the need for more staff.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2020

Now, the building is the home of The 1894 Lodge, a bar and restaurant with a unique, chef-driven menu loaded with comfort food. We stayed open the entire time,” he said, but he needed to pivot his restaurant’s offerings to respond to the demand of takeout. Our sandwiches turned into some pretty badass sandwiches.” They stayed together.”

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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.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The customer will tell you how they want to spend, just give them the opportunity and of course, make it memorable! Smokehouse – sports bar with craft beer and ‘smoked’ dishes. The Commercial Catering ‘shake up’ is here and been brewing for a while What 2022 holds. Let’s find out. The Merivale group join forces with the SCG.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 14, 2020

This map links to state-by-state information, tools and updates covering state laws, regulations regarding closures as well as, eventually, re-openings. This map links to state-by-state information, tools and updates covering state laws, regulations regarding closures as well as, eventually, re-openings.

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Future Food

JULY 13, 2021

Ritz Carlton Melbourne Opening 2022 – A Future Food Project True world-class inner city living, with the proposed Ritz-Carlton hotel choosing West Side Place as its home in Melbourne. Image via Trip Advisor. The elevation of F&B in the Hotel industry Capturing market share through the delivery of “High Street” quality F&B.

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Future Food

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Food & Hospitality Restaurant Openings & a Taste of What Was 2020. There are stand out restaurants and bars that have opened across Australia with new and enticing food and beverage as well those who have traded through the ups and downs continuing to deliver excellent food and service.

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