Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 3, 2025

I thought the mixture of customer service, catering, and serving up great food would fit me and my family well, so I decided to move forward. Also, I am an open book about our business, and that has helped our team feel more connected in the business instead of just someone coming in to work a shift. I am in the shop a lot.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 17, 2025

He saw an opportunity to create a platform that better served restaurants. What started as a way to help high-end restaurants reduce no-shows has evolved into a comprehensive platform serving diverse hospitality businesses, from boutique wineries to large hospitality enterprises.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Transformative Techniques Bartenders are experimenting with the foundations of a cocktail by using techniques like sous vide for prep and serving, forced carbonation for effervescence and clarified citrus to augment beverages before they even reach the mixing stage.

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EATER

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The book traces Lane’s adoration of pasta from slurping cheesy noodles in his mother Cherie’s kitchen in the Chicago suburbs, to a summer spent studying and falling in love with eggplant Parmigiana in Umbria, up to making cacio e pepe in his current New York City apartment kitchen. Your Pasta Sucks is part cookbook, part autobiography.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Survey results indicate diners are seeking distinctive dining experiences, planning ahead with early reservations, and seeking out earlier evening bookings The holiday season is bringing a wave of excitement among diners, with 68 percent of respondents planning to celebrate at restaurants or bars.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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.

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EATER

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Martha Stewart’s Christmas was not just a book, of course. Martha Stewart caught hell for devoting time and effort to creating a perfect Christmas and then writing a best-selling book about it. Martha Stewart’s Christmas was her eighth book, the successor to Entertaining and Weddings , among others.

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EATER

APRIL 2, 2025

Media awards nominees, covering books and food journalism, will be revealed on May 7. This includes the selection, preparation, and serving of wine, cocktails, spirits, coffee, tea, beer, or any other beverage with outstanding hospitality and service that helps inform and enhance a customers appreciation of the beverage(s).

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 24, 2025

Diners are booking their tables well in advance, turning “no reservations available” into a badge of honor that signals high demand and exclusivity. Trends in recent years have reflected that younger adults (18-34) drive the demand for brunch at 30 percent of bookings, Instagram friendly experiences and higher energy music.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Tacos are served up at Maizajo, where corn tortillas are made in-house. The most fun cocktail menu: I would have loved Las Brujas for its concept alone a women-run cocktail bar with a comic book-like menu of drinks inspired by different women throughout history. Its a packed list and makes me want to book another trip ASAP.

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EATER

APRIL 21, 2025

The crackle and pop of a sun-kissed golden layer of crispy tahdig, in its final moments above a steady flame, ready for its debut with a strong flick of the wrist onto a silver serving tray. The cafe serves unpretentious, intentionally minimal Iranian sandwiches like zaban (tounge) and kuku (herb frittata) on barbari flatbread.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2025

” The two large kitchens serving Chatham University’s Eden Hall campus: The Lodge and The Esther Barazzone Center kitchens use electric induction cooking improve the precision and quality of the food they serve.

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EATER

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It was the book that ultimately helped Jell-O become profitable,” Lohman says. Americans’ love of Rice Krispies Treats crescendoed over the decades until 1995, when Kellogg’s debuted a single-serving-sized packaged version of Rice Krispies Treats that ushered the confection into the official canon of American snack foods.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2022

Although the new tool required many restaurant staffers to serve dual roles as waitstaff and technical consultants, using QR codes was a resounding success. Book Reservations, Join Waiting List. To go contactless, customers scanned a small black and white square called a QR code on their mobile device to see a digital copy of the menu.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Saivar kade: Traditionally associated with vegetarian shops serving Tamil Sri Lankan fare dosas, idli, frothy milky tea the term saivar kade is now used more generally for small eateries serving affordable food. The kitchen also serves South Indian dishes like dosas and pittu (steamed ground rice layered with scraped coconut).

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EATER

DECEMBER 4, 2024

There’s no better or more thoughtful gift for any home cook than a book they’ll love along with the supplies they’ll need to get cooking. Cookbooks make fantastic gifts, and a thoughtfully chosen book can easily become a cherished addition to someone’s culinary collection.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 4, 2021

” From there, the majority of people look at only the top three to six results served up by Google and other search engines to select their restaurant of choice. Restaurants that use a third-party tool to manage bookings should add that information to the GMB listing, allowing users to book a table directly from the search results.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 4, 2024

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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Culinary Cues

MAY 27, 2023

Make it a cellphone free zone and if possible, integrate service staff and cooks so that it doesn’t end up being another example of “us and them”. [] REINFORCE THE COMMON DENOMINATOR: So, what is it that serves as a common denominator for restaurant folks? Try “FOOD” on for size.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

It puts you in control of your brand, helps customers find you online, and makes it easier for them to view your menu, book a table, or place an orderand thats just the beginning. A well-designed website does more than just make a good first impression. How owning your digital presence can help you reach more local customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2025

Restaurants can also generate custom booking links, allowing diners to make a reservation or join the waitlist directly from their preferred social media platforms. All traffic from these links is tracked in the dashboard, helping restaurants better understand where their guests are coming from.

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EATER

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I taught myself to bake through books and practice, just out of curiosity. Everyone I spoke to shouted out other bakers across the country; Camacho says Gusto serves some of her favorite conchas, and Anders says she and Martinez were inspired to open Atla’s after seeing other pan dulce pop-ups online.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

Alonso Castañeda , VP of Brand Development & Strategy for Savory Restaurant Fund, will discuss how the brands he works with have been able to take advantage of the current landscape to creatively serve customers. ” Duff & Phelps served as financial advisor to Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Creating a Face-Pay Network.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2024

“By integrating bee-friendly practices into our culinary endeavors, we aim to make a positive impact on both the environment and the quality of the food we serve.” “The menu collection featured during Viva Abejas is really a vehicle to spark conversation with our guests about bees,” Sandoval said.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Beechwood Doughnuts is a popular doughnut bakery in St Catharines, Ontario, which has been serving delectable doughnuts—from nanaimo to pumpkin cheesecake —to thousands of customers for six years. Book found herself texting pictures of the staff schedule to employees day-in and day-out. “I was a pain.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Baking is full of mistakes, but it’s a rare baking book that tells you why, and in doing so encourages you to try, try again. Nahid Joon is alive in every page of this book. There is not much new or innovative in this book, but there is a whole lot of delicious nostalgia.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features delivery data, tariff troubles, summer dining trends, and Beer Serves America. The study reveals that the U.S. beer industry supports 2.42 ” In total, beer supports: More than 43,000 U.S. farming and agricultural jobs, which is almost 1.6

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 27, 2024

Your expenses may be higher than the industry average due to the type of food you serve, the depth of your menu offerings or your market differentiation strategies. You should only have one set of books and it should be reconciled to the tax return. You should keep copies of your menus and marketing with each year’s records.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Serving smaller portion sizes. Making it convenient for consumers to find a suitable restaurant, book a reservation, get directions, and review the menu. Self-Serve/Grab-and-Go and Use of Automation. Consider, removing processed or pre-packaged ingredients from their inventory. Focus on seasonal produce to ensure peak freshness.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Organizing and preparing dishes does not come easy—there is a lot of data and information tracking involved to make sure the correct dish is served to the right person. The use of technology is needed to serve diners better, give them peace of mind, and let them enjoy their meals. Kitchen Operations.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

It means guests love the food you serve so much that one location simply won’t cut it — and you get to serve more customers, generate more revenue , and expand your business. If your restaurant is a number one hit in your area, it may serve you well to open up the exact same concept elsewhere. Manager Log Book.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 13, 2021

This cookbook will not only showcase the most popular, favorite restaurants of Napa Valley by including their recipes, but will also benefit them, with 100 percent of the proceeds from book sales going to support these independent establishments. serving food safely. delivering food safely. enhanced sanitation protocols.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2022

Coffee shops serve as early morning gathering places, restaurants provide a place where families reconnect, and shops selling retail goods keep lives running smoothly. Host a table with some munchies at your local farmers market or serve food at a community concert. Local Stakeholders Create Community. Participate in community events.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A sense of nostalgia pervades the book, much as it does the island itself; the book is as much a report on how Taiwan feels as how it tastes. Look, we” — she and a research assistant and a historian she hired for the book — “put a lot of research into this. You can’t divorce politics and food in Taiwan. You just cannot.”

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The Rail

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This could include menu tasting sessions to give them a better understanding of the dishes on offer, or perhaps a wine pairing course so they can better serve the needs of customers seeking recommendations. As well as covering general training topics , you’ll want to promote more specific learning within your team relating to your business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Between mid-shopping meals, family dinners, and work parties, restaurants prepare for their schedule to book up quickly. Many restaurants have had to alter how they serve customers, and some have had to close their indoor dining and become creative with extending patio season.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 3, 2022

For the average restaurant, that means serving four more customers a day. A tip pool eliminates some of the downsides of tipping like inconsistent wages, an emphasis on “good tables,” and an individual mentality among serving staff. Use Manager Log Books. Log books also give your team the ability to look back and track progress.

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