Transact

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Taco Mac, a 27-unit sports bar based in Atlanta, has designs to grow within Georgia, and into other states. By Charlie Pogacar, QSR Magazine. Originally posted on qsrmagazine.com. Jason Everett, vice president of operations, reports that Taco Mac is on track to open five restaurants per year for the foreseeable future.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. This trend reflects the growing popularity of drive-thru and fast-casual dining, coupled with the demand for digital technologies such as QSR digital signage and QR codes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2023

If they take the risk of stepping outside their homes, diners look for more than casual, throw-away experiences. They want their desserts to gleam like magazine ads. All of this means that people are considering their choices more carefully and expecting more from their chosen venues. Once a guest arrives, the expectations continue.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 30, 2022

It could mean the closure of your business as evidenced by Chi Chi’s, which was once ranked the number one fast-casual Mexican restaurant in the US. Chi Chi’s had been at the top of its game, being named Mexican restaurant chain of the year by Restaurants and Institutions Magazine three times from 1993 to 1995.

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Sante

MARCH 9, 2020

In 2012, she accepted a role under the tutelage of James Beard-nominated pastry legend Hedy Goldsmith at Michael’s Genuine in the Design District. " A Chicago native, Sigel received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in interior design from Harrington College of Design but quickly realized interior design was not her true calling.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2024. This started years ago with the fast casuals, but everyone will start to adopt beverage innovation widely. Read the first part, here.

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Sante

JUNE 9, 2020

Virginia-based Cuisine Solutions (CSI) has recently been tapped to assist with menu development, as well as kitchen design for the upcoming Taffer’s Tavern franchise. The full-service casual restaurant concept is the brainchild of the industry’s leading hospitality consultant, Jon Taffer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

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. Since the pandemic, many chefs created fast-casual concepts and we see more and more tasting and prix-fix menus. Why write this book and why now?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

With increasing promotions in restaurant magazines, food blogs, and social media platforms, more people are expected to join this mega-trend. Plant-based eating was previously limited to some selected restaurants and casual cafes. Future Market Insights reports that overall Plant Based Burgers sales revenue will surpass US$ 2.7

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EATER

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

They’re especially taking inspiration from the midcentury golden age of the region, recreating a tres-chic ski world of après-ski Negronis, bright pots of fondue, and minimalist-meets-chalet design. They went on to resurrect other properties, including design-forward Alpenlofts and Hotel Miramonte.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders for their views on trends. When you come for pick up, you are designated a "locker" and code. Concepts that captured strong market share like fast casual chains will continue to outpace growth in full service locations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Golden Chick’s modular restaurant design will feature a drive-thru as well as an area for online order pick-ups in a 1,920-square-foot space. Modular Chicken.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

because Food+Design+Service =Sales=Rent=Profit=Asset Growth. All of these criteria must be enveloped in a human-centric design. Never before has the design philosophy of a restaurant, food hall, dining terrace or waterfront precinct been so important. Let us be clear from the outset, it is all about sales. Image via AGFG.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Please send plant-based news to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Based on the success of the early trial, restaurateur Peter Condouris has designed a comprehensive menu, which will coincide with the restaurant’s regular menu each Monday.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. “The concepts are designed with our consumer in mind and position our stores to grow sales within and outside the four walls, while reducing buildout costs for franchisees.”

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EATER

MAY 9, 2022

I’m wearing Peter Do, he’s a newer designer but he’s up-and-coming and he’s doing really great. William: Casual. I’m so much more casual. Kind of the vibe too, if it’s fancy or if it’s not, if it’s more casual. Tonight’s very casual, though, a very chill night. I knew we were going to eat a lot.

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EATER

JULY 30, 2020

But as the casual viewer noticed — and as stories about Bon Appétit ’s corporate culture have revealed in recent weeks — it is almost always only white food writers, chefs, and recipe developers who get to adopt personas that go beyond their ethnicity. Instead, BIPOC get stuck with work directly related to their ethnicities.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2023

In this column, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine looks at newly introduced menu items from top brands. Wayback Burgers launched The Royal Silencer, a one-of-a-kind burger designed to silence the urge to spill family gossip to media outlets, book publishers and documentarians alike. ” The Royal Silencer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

As the Coronavirus crisis continues, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked industry insiders what best practices restaurants should have in place for social distancing, as per CDC guidelines. What are some ways restaurant owners and operators can be safe and welcome guests while maintaining social distance?

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EATER

JANUARY 15, 2021

Some have bars and dining rooms that stray from familiar bowling-alley fare, such as the Bay Area’s Castro Valley Bowl, with its casual Thai and Laotian stand, Lucky Lane 33 Cafe. And many casual bowling fans likely won’t come at all. Bowling alleys are now multidisciplinary spaces in ways they haven’t been before. Others have Chuck E.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It’s a casual setting with friendly staff, excellent service, and people from all over the city and a few cities over. One of the beloved Atlanta pizza places, Varuni’s has gotten plenty of press in multiple magazines for their delicious pizza pies. The atmosphere is casual and upbeat at the same time.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the dismal March restaurant sales, security, loyalty, trends and teen consumer behaviors. Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth. March Sales Decline. percent in March.

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Sante

JANUARY 26, 2020

A favorite among locals and visitors alike since opening in 2016, the eatery has garnered rave reviews and collected impressive accolades like Eater’s “Restaurant of the Year,” Miami New Times “Best New Restaurant” and a feature in Bon Appetit magazine. www.LAtelier-miami.com.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Designed to give guests a new way to interact with the brand, the Wahlburgers App is available for download at the App Store or Google Play. New App for Wahlburgers.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Raquel Makler, a partner in the forthcoming Auxilio Space — a new New York City-based culinary center addressing racial disparity in food — is offering casual, one-on-one wine shopping consultations and educational resources; get in touch via their Instagram DMs to set up a virtual appointment and inquire about sliding scale pricing.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

and the entire world by national and international travel and food magazines. Located in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood, avec Restaurant is a wine bar and Mediterranean-inspired restaurant in a uniquely designed space with all wood floors, walls, and ceilings. Alinea has been deemed the best restaurant in the U.S.

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Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Since Forbes magazine dedicated a long write-up, praising Bardot Brasserie’s incredible brunch menu, I likewise recommend trying them for brunch. The beautifully old-fashioned, quirky, and fun design of Bavette’s dining rooms and lounges are reminiscent of a 1920’s speakeasy with a French twist. VegeNation.

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EATER

JANUARY 26, 2024

Is it Stewart, as seen on Martha Stewart Living , picking flowers, harvesting eggs, and plotting out garden designs at her expansive Connecticut estate? My entry to Martha Stewart was through TV and magazines in the late 1990s, when I was a child. Of course, there is the misstep later, when Stewart hits legal hot water.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Flynn has been recognized as one of the Bay Area’s Most Admired CEOs by the San Francisco Business Times, as Restaurant Leader of the Year by Restaurant Business Magazine, as Operator of the Year by Nation's Restaurant News, as Dealmaker of the Year by the Franchise Times, and as an Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Make all touchpoints of your restaurant feel like the cool, casual, fusion, or fine dining establishment it is. How we consume food, how menus are engineered , and even how restaurants are designed all owe a hat tip to IG. Better yet, dig for your local newspaper or magazine contacts and send it to them directly!

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their opinions on what we can expect in 2021. According to research from Technomic , 40 percent of Americans took advantage of takeout and curbside delivery (at both fast casual and dine-in) during the pandemic. Here are their responses. Most definitely.

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EATER

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The late writer Nora Ephron’s seminal essay on the food establishment , originally published in New York magazine in 1968, painted a clear picture of how instrumental Child, along with figures like the culinary goliath James Beard and Times food editor Craig Claiborne, had become to the way Americans ate. While this phrase is used to make Ms.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Additionally, Pittsburgh Magazine awarded it “Best New Restaurant of 2016.” LeVia Trattoria is a scratch kitchen specializing in serving Italian dishes in a comfortable and casual environment. Pittsburgh Magazine also voted it “Best New Restaurant of 2018.” They also offer curbside catering for specific occasions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders for their perspection on 2020: What lessons did you learn and what do you feel the restaurant industry learned this year? Here are their responses. Click here for part two. Anita Adams, CEO of Black Bear Diner. Ingenuity is the mother of invention.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders for their perspection on 2020: What lessons did you learn and what do you feel the restaurant industry learned this year? As a result, casual dining restaurants were forced to pivot to limited menus to service off-premise demands. Here are their responses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. A detailed look at Salata’s restaurant design and layout. ” Perfectly Designed Pizza Hut. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Please send plant-based news to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Meatless Trends. The Montreal-based company, which currently has locations in Canada, the U.S. “With the D.C.

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