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‘ForkFight’ – Go Behind the Curtain of Dallas’ Fast Casual Food Scene

Modern Restaurant Management

Mark Brezinski has been heralded as "the father of Dallas’ fast casual food scene" He has opened more than 50 restaurants in the DFW area including Pei Wei Asian Diner, Bengal Coast, Velvet Taco and his newest venture Bizzy Burger Merchants. Why did you write this book and why now? I had the easy part!

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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.

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The Changing Guest Service In Casual Dining | Restaurant Recovery Series

Foodable

Barron and McEnery explore the potential changes coming to the casual dining sector, and consider the manner in which guest service may evolve to meet those new needs. Do you expect most casual dining operators to be able to survive the slow reopening process? Casual and fine dining restaurants will likely be hit hard.

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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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Prepare Now for a More Profitable Christmas

Ken Burgin

Contact Previous Bookings. Upgrade your Booking System: is a book still adequate, or emailing PDF docs to be filled in and returned? At a minimum have click-and-pay invoices to collect booking payments. This is sometimes a challenge with juniors, who may be booked for family holidays. Plan for the staff you need.

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How to Manage Multiple Restaurants and Locations

7 Shifts

Switching from a fast-casual concept to fine dining can allow for a nice change of pace. Better yet, using technology like 7shifts Manager Log Book can make this process even simpler. Manager Log Book. You can't be everywhere at once, and that's why manager log book tools are so important in multi-location restaurant management.

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The Coolest Place to Drink Is Your Local Bookstore

EATER

But in the past few years, a new generation of operators has rewritten the story of what a bookstore bar can be by making the food and drinks as much of a draw as the book selection. Part of Bluestockings was it could be a place for people to hang out, like not just books, but a nice safe space for people to feel comfortable in,” she said.

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