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

Modern Restaurant Management

Building on the company’s 2022 tour, this year’s research included six markets – Tampa, FL; Los Angeles, CA; Austin, TX; Portland, OR; Denver, CO; and New York City, NY – spanning 45 diverse casual dining, polished casual, fine dining, and cocktail bars.

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In His First Cookbook, Comedian Matteo Lane Wants You to Take Pasta Seriously

EATER

Lille Allen, Jesse Sparks The stand-up comedian became a social media standout for his whip-smart crowd work and casual cooking videos. And two, I’m trying to make a joke that this is a quote-unquote cookbook because I’m a comedian, and the book is a mix of stories and genuine recipes. Now, he’s taking over your dinner table.

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MRM Research Roundup: Valentine’s Day Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Takeout orders increased 46 percent Shift in Guest Dining Preferences for Valentine's As restaurants prepare for Valentine's Day, new data from Tock reveals a clear shift in guest dining preferences and booking patterns. Among the highlights: Restaurants are seeing prepaid bookings up 67 percent compared to this time last year.

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Table for One – Elevating the Solo Dining Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

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. Cuisine type?

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Exploring Food Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

A new book dropping today has some answers. " Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine caught up with Laroche to learn more about why he wrote this book, the state of restaurant culture and more. Why write this book and why now? The pandemic gave me the time to write the book.

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The 6 Best Restaurant Review Sites (And How To Use Them)

ChowNow

OpenTable OpenTable is both a review platform and a booking engine, which means guests can find you, read reviews, and reserve a table in one seamless process. And because people book directly through the app, your visibility depends on how well your listing converts browsers into bookings.

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Roadmap to Sustainability

Modern Restaurant Management

The book's highlighted advice includes: Pick The Battles to Win – Ganzler helps companies gather, organize, and evaluate myriad issues they could take on. Why did you want to write this book and why now? I hope the title captures the dual goals of the book. I hope the title captures the dual goals of the book.