Culinary Cues

JUNE 14, 2022

There are many questions that people ask with regard to the restaurant industry, but two seem to really stand out in the post pandemic world: Why should I spend money in a restaurant? fell in the category of “fine dining”. There is a great deal of pent-up demand and restaurants are struggling to figure out how to gear up.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Indoor Dining Blueprint Governor Cuomo recently announced their new blueprint for indoor dining , which somewhat opens up indoor-only restaurants to the public. And restaurants also pose possible risks, concentrations of people inside [for] indoor dining. What support is available for New York restaurants 1.

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Deliverect

APRIL 1, 2020

With the closure of restaurant dine-in services to slow the spread of the Coronavirus, online food ordering has become a crucial business model overnight. Restaurants today have only two options: they can stay open by offering online delivery and/or takeout, or close up shop and wait for the proverbial storm to pass.

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Deliverect

JANUARY 18, 2021

2020 was a huge year for off-premise dining. For some that meant stepping up their already hot delivery game using the latest tech. Many had never thought about offering delivery as a channel before because it just wasn’t right for their brand of food and service. Why you might think your restaurant isn’t suitable for delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But restaurants face a fine balance in increasing costs, as customers are also impacted by the realities of inflation. Recent surveys are showing the vast majority of Americans have been cutting back on dining out. Consider Expanding Delivery Options in Your Market.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2022

Reports show that 81 percent of fine dining establishments, 78 percent of family restaurants, and 77 percent of fast-casual spots added curbside pickup, pivoting away from dine-in services after March 2020. On top of that, nearly half of all restaurants offered delivery services during the pandemic. A Fearful Transition.

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EATER

JUNE 5, 2020

Food delivery might be necessary for some during the pandemic, but when there’s a curfew involved, think twice before you click “order” Last night, a Caviar deliverer was arrested on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, about a half hour after the city’s 8 p.m. Photo: Tricky_Shark /Shutterstock. curfew went into effect.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Outdoor dining One way they evolved their operations was by taking advantage of San Francisco’s new shared spaces program to extend their dining outdoors in order to keep revenue up. So the warm weather has been very good to us out there, and we’re investing a lot to make it look nice and be comfortable.”

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Cheetah

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Ghost kitchens, a delivery-only restaurant model with no physical space for dine-in, have become essential lifelines during the pandemic. While different operational strategies and business models are put to the test, one thing is clear – ghost kitchens are not a trend, they are the new reality as delivery and dine-at-home surge.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Businesses have been forced to pivot away from on-premises dining to offer on-line ordering and take-out services. Whether fine-dining or fast casual, great service now revolves around the customer experience you bring to every interaction. Focus on Personalization. Create Frictionless Transactions.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 26, 2020

Building a well thought out strategy for starting up the restaurant engine after we move forward is paramount and will, in the process of thinking it through, give every chef and restaurateur a spark of excitement to lean on. There is so much to think about, so many decisions to make, and so much angst about what the future holds.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Takeout is Taking Over. How quickly can third-party delivery groups get in and out of the food and beverage space? The community table still has it’s pull, especially for those walk-in patrons that don’t have time to make a reservation, but would prefer to take a seat indoors to enjoy their impromptu meal.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

Delivery and DIY. Given that many are not yet comfortable dining out, restaurant businesses are struggling to make ends meet. If you have not put in a takeout or delivery program, it's not too late. If you have not put in a takeout or delivery program, it's not too late. Rewards and Offers.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A fine-dining restaurant with an emphasis on ingredients may present the menu simply, with descriptions of where the ingredients are from. Virtual restaurants, also known as ghost kitchens, cloud kitchens, or dark kitchens, are a relatively new concept that's growing alongside the delivery app market. Menu design. Pub or Bar.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 3, 2021

This places kitchens at the center with and multiple spokes—from delivery to meal kits to virtual brands—all coming out of it. A restaurant evolution is happening before out eyes. Here's just some of the emerging trends and concepts to look out for. Even the finest of fine dining restaurants made a fast casual pivot.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Restaurants will also explore delivery options beyond costly third-party partnerships, and hike delivery menu prices to make the channel more lucrative as off-premise demand holds steady. Following are some of the major restaurant trends to watch out for in 2022. Menu variety plays a substantial role in every dining experience.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 25, 2021

Just as all cars can move a person from one geographic point to another yet the experience that takes place in between can be totally different – so too is this true with food. This, of course services a great need in our stressed out, fast paced society – a need that is met with ever-increasing efficiency. Noise , but important.

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Focus POS

JUNE 2, 2020

to “How am I bringing my business out of this stronger than it was pre-COVID -19 ?” First and foremost is the strategic recalibration of quick service restaurant (QSR) and fine dining business models. But while total restaurant traffic in the United States has declined by 22%, digital and delivery orders have jumped by over 60%.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As operators begin to firm up plans for the new year, they should keep in mind the wants and needs of their guests and take the lessons they’ve learned this year to prep themselves for what’s next to drive future success. Personalized Dining is the Future.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 12, 2020

They enhance the customer experience by ensuring that guests are comfortable, or even pleasantly surprised across their interactions with the establishment and with the curbside/delivery process. They adjusted to contactless delivery and other processes to assure guests that their takeout food and pizza was as risk-free as possible.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Outdoor dining is still top of mind as owners want to keep employees and customers safe and have questions about maintaining outdoor spaces in inclement weather. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Rick Camac, dean of restaurant and hospitality management, at Institute of Culinary Education, for his expert advice.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 11, 2020

." That transition should see a gradual reopening of society with restaurants expected to return early while music festivals and ballparks may take longer. Dedicated Take-out Area for Staging. The pandemic has encouraged many restaurants who had not considered take-out to start offering it.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2021

Restaurant email campaigns and newsletters enable you to reach out to both current and potential consumers. You can stand out from the rest if your messaging is well-crafted and relevant. For example, chefs want to ensure that their customers enjoy what they see on their plates when choosing the menu or sending it out.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

As Modern Restaurant Management Restaurant (MRM) magazine celebrates its fifth anniversary this month, we reached out to industry insiders to garner their insights on what issues have impacted the industry over the last five years and what issues they feel will impact restaurants in the years to come. Ilona Knopfler, Partner, Le Bilboquet.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Quick-service restaurants are also feeling the pressure – large chains like Chick-fil-A and McDonald’s have had to close dining rooms due to insufficient staffing. Operators will look to technology to offset labor shortages and free up staff to enhance the dining experience. pickup, delivery, drive-thru, ghost kitchens).

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 23, 2021

The “soft issues” that go beyond measurement of dollars and cents point to a more robust overall “dining experience” when a guest is able to enjoy a broader spectrum of dishes and complementary beverages. quick service meal or a $100 fine dining evening – there is always room to create experiences and in turn – great value.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

We wanted to take a look back and highlight some of our favorite moments during our first season. Shawn is the host of not one but two podcasts— Digital Hospitality and Restaurant Influencers —and he stopped by ours to talk about creating a media brand out of your restaurant. That smartphone is your media center. says McCutcheon.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

I have been impressed and disappointed in many from those exclusive fine dining establishments with food that should be admired for its beauty to greasy spoons with the best burgers you will ever find. She is hand forming meatballs and rolling out linguini, tortellini, and ravioli. These are places with a higher purpose. ‘.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2022

It’s expected to be a happy Mother’s Day for restaurants this year as nearly half of Americans plan to dine out or order food from local restaurants, according to new research from the National Restaurant Association. In addition, 18 percent of consumers plan to order takeout or delivery.

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Deliverect

MARCH 24, 2021

Everyone’s talking about the advantages of ghost kitchens – purpose-built production units, also known as dark kitchens or virtual kitchens, that use data to optimize for delivery. So let’s take a look at who might be thinking about starting a ghost kitchen. But are they the right model to start out with?

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Culinary Cues

MAY 26, 2020

Let’s put on our restaurant hat and take responsibility for doing what is right for both the health and wellbeing of our families, staff, and customers, and help in bring our communities out of the deepest economic hole since the Great Depression. Oh, but what if customers don’t want to return to dining rooms?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2021

We’ve been crayon pros for over 30 years, ever since we started partnering with the fast-growing casual dining restaurant chains of the 90s. Read on to learn more about crayons—the unsung heroes of casual dining. Crayons have an important role to play in giving families the feel-good dining experiences they crave.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

There’s also the call-us-when-you-get-here model, where the order scoots out just in time to be dropped through a rear window or popped trunk. It was a convenience added to the playbook to assist customers with difficulty getting out of their car or to keep larger orders from blocking up a drive thru.

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Restaurant Engine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Keeping as much human contact out of the equation when it comes to ordering and payment is a great tip for 2021. You won’t be overcrowded, and it makes it easier for you to take care of your customers. #3: 3: Enhance Outdoor Dining. One good thing has come out of the pandemic, and that’s people spending more time outside.

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The Restaurant Group

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Some restaurants began offering food delivery services and logistics became a big turning point. Take-Out Please”. While take-out has been around for a while, its popularity is growing due to its convenience and speed. We deal with restaurants of all sizes and types, ranging from fast food to fine dining.

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The Restaurant Times

JUNE 24, 2020

In the past few years, there has been a steady rise in the popularity of the food delivery business. Considering the demand in the food delivery segment, restaurant operators are increasingly establishing online ordering websites and mobile applications. How To Create A Delivery-Only Restaurant Menu.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

You can get a direct flight from most airports, take in a baseball game (Cubs or White Sox?), The top restaurants, in my opinion, are the ones that offer more than just sushi rolls – that way, you can try out new things! Check them out and see which is the best fit for you. Best Sushi in Chicago. Make a Reservation.

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