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

Modern Restaurant Management

What can you expect to see on menus in 2025? Read on for predictions from industry insiders that include chili crunch, black limes, newstaglia, stealth health, and elevated snacking. ” Guests will have the opportunity to experience many of these trends come to life at Kimpton restaurants and bars across the globe.

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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. Just the “cover count.”

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No Reservations About Putting Restaurants First

Modern Restaurant Management

"Pre-pandemic, only fine dining establishments typically used tools like prepayments or deposits. ." When scalpers or bots grab reservations, genuine customers can't book tables. Restaurants appear fully booked, which discourages potential walk-ins. Tock's origin story is all about problem solving.

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Book Dinner and a Room at Paris’s Best Hotel Restaurants

EATER

The Travel buds Grand hotels are home to some of the French capitals most exciting and elegant meals, according to Eaters local dining expert and guidebook author Hotel restaurants tend to have a special energy. And while these tables can be challenging to book, snagging a reservation tends to be slightly easier if youre a guest of the hotel.

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MRM Research Roundup: Valentine’s Day Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This Valentine's Day edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features dining and gifting trends including the importance of experience. Restaurants saw 41 percent more transactions The busiest dining hour? percent of all bookings for Valentine’s Day so far this year, up from 7.2

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Restaurants Can Use Music to Elevate the Guest Experience on Mother’s Day 

Modern Restaurant Management

Mother’s Day reigns queen as the largest dining-out holiday of the year, with Americans projected to spend around $35.7 Diners are booking their tables well in advance, turning “no reservations available” into a badge of honor that signals high demand and exclusivity. billion on celebrations this year.

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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

7 Shifts

That’s why our teams—who specifically work to improve restaurant operations, performance, and staff happiness—have curated a 7-course menu of the best books about understanding restaurant management. So pull up a chair and take a deep dive into some of the most insightful and actionable tips from the best in the business. Goodreads: 4.09

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