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AI and Robotic Revolution: A Glimpse into the Future of the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

Instead, you're welcomed by Tao, a sleek robot host programmed to seat you efficiently based on your preferences, even remembering your favorite booth from past visits. You take your seat at a table embedded with a touchscreen menu. And with robots like Tao greeting customers at the door, even front-of-house roles might be at risk.

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Design That’s Comfortable Without Being Fussy

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For example, since they are seeing more-frequent larger parties they opted to have fewer booths that tend to seat only four. "Our tables can easily be moved to seat larger parties, without making them feel like the whole place needs to be rearranged to accommodate them. . "Our The bars can seat up to 18 people.

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Restaurant Design Trends for 2021

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant design, kitchens, and the dining customer experience has been changing over the past few years and with the COVID pandemic, it may be changing again. Some trending concepts over the past several years have included more open seating, high ceilings, and exposed structure concepts. Getting Creative with Outdoor Space.

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BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

Culinary Cues

There were eighteen or twenty seats (mostly deuces) and in better weather maybe two more tables on the street or alleyway in front or beside these tastes of a chef. There were eighteen or twenty seats (mostly deuces) and in better weather maybe two more tables on the street or alleyway in front or beside these tastes of a chef.

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Smooth Operations: Yelp Updates Aim to Increase Efficiency and Elevate Guest Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

Yelp is introducing a slew of new AI-powered updated tools designed to help restaurant operators be more efficient as well as improve the overall dining experience. Diners who join a Yelp Waitlist can now see real-time waitlist progress from their iPhone lock screens, including their place in line, estimated seating time, and table status.

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Table for One – Elevating the Solo Dining Experience

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Catering to solo diners is more just than seating them as restaurants would any other customer. In a joint survey by OpenTable and KAYAK, 60 percent reported having dined solo at a sit-down restaurant within the past year. With solo dining on the rise globally, consumers are fundamentally changing the way they dine out.

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Designing a Next-Gen Teaching Facility

Modern Restaurant Management

Designed by The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry, the facility provides real-world experience for the next generation of chefs and hospitality leaders. The client was an integral part of the design process from the very early stages until the final close out. We also prepared a formal Schematic Design presentation for approval.

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