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JBF Study: Independent Restaurants Are Actively Evolving

Modern Restaurant Management

The research stems from in-person chef interviews and a nationwide survey of more than 400 restaurant owners and operators spanning 47 states with respondents ranging from fine dining establishments to fast-casual venues, breweries, and caterers. "This

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EVENTS: IMPROVING SALES AND PROFITS IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES, BREWERIES

Food Business

Restaurants, cafes, and breweries are actively aware of their need to satisfy their guests in many different ways. And if your guests want to learn about the cool stuff you and your team know at your restaurant/cafe/brewery/food truck, have you planned anything. They hired Beth Braccaglia. The investment will pay off.

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A Recipe for Success

Modern Restaurant Management

In the food and beverage business, “buzz” is a valuable commodity that can make your restaurant, bar, or brewery the place to be. Once this buzz is generated, though, how can you stop the new restaurant in town from hiring away your sous chef and stealing your chef’s “secret recipes” in the process?

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Five Tips for Celebrating Halloween at Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

You could collaborate with a neighboring restaurant, a dessert truck, a nonprofit organization, a brewery, a local art gallery — pick your poison, and watch it transform your party. "Terrify" guests and hire a haunted house actor, or have your staff dress as zombies. Decorate everywhere, even in the bathrooms. "Terrify"

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The Guide to Equitable Restaurant Tip Payout Methods & Systems

7 Shifts

Cafes, breweries, some full service restaurants, casual restaurants. Fast casual, cafes, breweries, Percentage of sales. Veteran servers may resent sharing tips with rookies—but those new hires may appreciate the wage security from communal tipping and be inclined to stick around longer. Cafes or Breweries. Tip pooling.

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Owning a Bar: Everything You Need to Know

7 Shifts

Perhaps you want to create a craft brewery, or maybe you'd prefer a trendy, urban winery that appeals to the yuppies? Hiring a Strong Team You'll need a manager, bartenders, waiters, and security. Hiring tips When hiring for a bar, there are certain qualities that you should look for in an employee. The results?

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Building a Better Restaurant Bathroom

EATER

Contento, a year-old restaurant in Harlem, has been hailed for its Peruvian dishes and wine program but also for its focus on accessibility, which plays out in its wine list, hiring practices, and its physical space. Brewability, a brewery in Englewood, Colorado, takes a similarly all-encompassing approach to accessibility.