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Why 4 Restaurants Opt for a Service Charge Instead of Tips

7 Shifts

Some restaurants only add the auto-gratuity for large dining parties of 6 or more. Hammel admits that there were rougher moments at the beginning, and transparency was difficult, especially layered on top of other pandemic-era factors like limited seating and vaccination policies. How did staff initially react?

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Why 4 Restaurants Opt for a Service Charge Instead of Tips

7 Shifts

Some restaurants only add the auto-gratuity for large dining parties of 6 or more. Hammel admits that there were rougher moments at the beginning, and transparency was difficult, especially layered on top of other pandemic-era factors like limited seating and vaccination policies. How did staff initially react?

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How The Snug Took Control of Labor and Evolved Their Restaurant

7 Shifts

Outdoor dining One way they evolved their operations was by taking advantage of San Francisco’s new shared spaces program to extend their dining outdoors in order to keep revenue up. After two months, they reopened with just the four main co-founders running the operation. Trying to rebrand entirely is very difficult.

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Best Practices for Outdoor Dining All Year Long

Modern Restaurant Management

Outdoor dining is still top of mind as owners want to keep employees and customers safe and have questions about maintaining outdoor spaces in inclement weather. That's fine for sidewalks but not very conducive to outdoor dining, including keeping tables leveled. and BOH (including cooks, chefs, etc.).

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21 Restaurant Interior Design & Decor Ideas to Inspire You in 2021

Touch Bistro

To offer a truly immersive dining experience, let your guests indulge more than just their taste buds the next time they visit your restaurant. Establish a sense of arrival with unique signage and seating for guests waiting for tables, like London, U.K. Emphasize Communal Dining. Go Beyond Standard Seating.

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Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

Modern Restaurant Management

Vetting dining room, bar, and kitchen staff over the next decade will require probing more during job interviews, seeking candidates with more responsible lifestyles, advanced educational aspirations, and other evidence of a disciplined, drug-free work ethic will become even more of an HR imperative. Of course, people will always dine out.

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Ultimate Guide to Restaurant Management Software

Lavu

Back-of-house (BOH) management. Using a table management feature , you can configure a representation of your restaurant’s layout to keep track of open tables, keep tabs on open orders, and efficiently seat your customers. The feature is ideal for bars and casual dining restaurants that want to increase their table turn time. .