Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

The food was, of course excellent, but more importantly reflective of the region and its history and the experiences of the chef. The dish machine was likely an under counter unit and there was no need for a walk-in cooler since supplies were purchased every day; a reach-in or two would suffice. Bigger isn’t always better. That was it!

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Seating Front of House Back of House Cash Management 446

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

History is the backbone of this Spanish Mission city that traces its roots back to 1710 and retains a strong Hispanic influence, which is great because it means tacos and savory food flavor explosions. They come for the history, the affordability, and the mouthwatering food served on street corners and private, fine dining settings.

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Dine-in Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Catering 108

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Rising food costs are the number one issue of concern for chefs heading into 2023, according to the survey, with 44 percent of respondents ranking it as their top worry. Rising labor costs, the inability to find staff to hire, and rising non-food costs (utilities, containers, furniture, etc.)

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7 Shifts

JUNE 29, 2022

The FTC Rule largely pertains to franchisors supplying prospective franchisees with a franchise disclosure document – a document from franchisors providing 23 key information points to franchisees regarding need-to-know information about the business. Tools For Supporting Franchise Compliance. What Does Franchise Compliance Even Mean?

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Franchise Franchising Restaurant Law Document 370

Clover - Restaurants

APRIL 9, 2024

Thankfully, the restaurant industry has bounced back from those difficult times, but one thing is still true–supply chain challenges continue to be obstacles that cannot be overlooked. Reliable, quality food suppliers for restaurants are one of the few key components that a dining establishment must have to remain operational.

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Food Supply Online Ordering Food Truck Food Order 98

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 6, 2022

And Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) solutions represent a vital component to generate revenue for restaurants by filling up dining tables with customers who feel safe and confident. The temperature probes are not just for monitoring, they're installed to prevent food spoilage by alerting if the temperature rises above a safe level.

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Fine Dining Kitchen Safety Customer Service Employee Relations 198

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To uphold food safety mandates and warrant uninterrupted service, consider the following: Optimize Refrigeration Systems Ascertain that your cooling units are prepared to function under increased duress. Fine-Tune Your Operational Workflow Increased footfall dictates a reevaluation of your kitchen's workflow.

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Kitchen Safety Equipment Fine Dining Food Safety 117

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. Read the first part, here. For the second part, click here.

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2024 Loyalty Program Cash Management Customer Experience 215

The Restaurant Group

APRIL 21, 2024

Launching a business in a highly competitive industry like food and beverage (F&B) requires a deep and extensive understanding of the factors that fuel success. Running a restaurant, whether it’s a fine dining, quick service, bar, bistro, or cafe venue, involves a gamut of essential activities.

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Food Supply Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Equipment 78

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

There’s culture to be found in the museums, nightlife, and of course, the food. No matter if you’re just passing through for business, planning a formal event, looking for an epic blowout, or treating yourself and your family to a fine dining experience, you can find excellent food and private dining throughout Detroit.

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Dine-in Seasonal Menu Fine Dining Reservations 106

Culinary Cues

MAY 18, 2020

Here you are – enthusiastic, informed, confident in your foundational skills, and ready to start a career in food that will last for four decades or more. Today’s jobs for cooks and bakers are in short supply, and they likely will be for a period of time. Make sure that you seek out opportunities that involve food.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

We have predicted the demise of fine dining at least a dozen times in the past 25 years – is it really happening now? Americans are spending nearly 50% of their annual food budgets in restaurants and indications that this can continue to grow – is fine dining the right answer? Pretention is fading in popularity.

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Fine Dining Point of Sale Food Supply Education 321

7 Shifts

JANUARY 14, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic left dining rooms empty and accelerated the industry’s shift to third-party delivery services as a major revenue driver. With this shift comes a challenge to labor conventions: how does one properly staff and budget for labor in this new era for dining? We asked hundreds of restaurant professionals to find out.

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The Rail

MAY 15, 2024

As a result, the demand for quick and convenient dining options has been met. Peer into counter service restaurants, from fast food chains to trendy eateries, which play an active role in the restaurant industry. You place your order at the counter or kiosk, grab a number or buzzer, and typically receive your food at the counter.

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Fast Casual Customer Service Customer Experience Fine Dining 52

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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Front of House Food Supply Back of House Fine Dining 148

The Restaurant Group

MARCH 11, 2024

Managing a restaurant involves so many moving parts, including sourcing high-quality ingredients, purchasing a seemingly endless list of supplies, managing staffing and scheduling, and budgeting for a profitable restaurant – all within a set budget. Failure to manage food inventory can lead to significant financial losses.

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Management Management Cash Management Insurance 78

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 12, 2022

Restaurants continue to face labor and supply chain issues, plus rising food costs. This can be done by calculating your restaurant’s food cost percentage and cost of each dish using reports and data that an integrated point-of-sale can provide. Be In Charge of Your Own Marketing.

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Loyalty Program Online Ordering Point of Sale Customer Experience 223

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. They are all part of my passion for the preparation and service of food. It’s more a realization than an objective.

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Food Truck Customer Service Customer Experience Food Supply 398

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. Adopt In-House Technology to Improve Service and Reduce Errors. Consider Expanding Delivery Options in Your Market.

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Technology Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Download 180

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Food service suppliers have been scrambling to keep pace with fluctuating demand in a supply chain that has been anything but predictable since 2020. How Innovative Supply Chain Technology Can Empower Purchase Decisions. Problem: Demand for Different Supplies. Total restaurant industry sales in the U.S.

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Sling

MAY 13, 2023

Whether you’re looking to hire employees for a fine dining establishment, a food truck, or a fast food business, you’ll need any number of restaurant positions to make up the foundation of your team. A fine dining establishment may need all 24 positions on this list, while a food truck may only need three or four.

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Front of House Back of House Kitchen Safety Food Truck 78

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2020

In the hypercompetitive food and beverage industry, restaurant operators are often subjected to a number of daunting challenges. Since 2006, Tender Greens had established its presence as a go-to fine-casual restaurant that offers more than a meal. Driving Revenue Growth and Cost Savings. While the team reduced headcount by 1.5

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Martha Cheng Hy’s Steakhouse was synonymous with Calgary dining in the 1950s, but as Canadian tastes have changed over the decades, a Waikīkī offshoot has become a time capsule of the iconic original It wasn’t long after opening in downtown Calgary in 1955 that Hy’s Steakhouse became synonymous with Alberta food culture.

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Cheetah

JULY 1, 2021

Many customers relate to the plight of service staff and are fine paying for what is clearly intended to supplement higher wages. Knowing what food is going to cost in the near future enables restaurants to plan accordingly. Getting your supplies from Cheetah can help you get the most competitive, up-front prices in the Bay Area.

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Fine Dining Customer Experience Front of House Customer Service 148

Cheetah

JULY 1, 2021

Many customers relate to the plight of service staff and are fine paying for what is clearly intended to supplement higher wages. Knowing what food is going to cost in the near future enables restaurants to plan accordingly. Getting your supplies from Cheetah can help you get the most competitive, up-front prices in the Bay Area.

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Fine Dining Customer Experience Front of House Customer Service 148

Sante

DECEMBER 30, 2019

We covered food styling ( Styling with One Eye on the Prize ), making the best use of ingredients, ( Bennington Bites: DiBuono Ravioli ), and delighting in fresh abundance ( Summer Salads - The Joy of Feta ). We explored restaurant trends as in Dining with Musical Benefits ? , and A Fine Corned Beef in a Bit of a Brogue.

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2019 Social Media Fine Dining Food Supply 147

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. That's fine for sidewalks but not very conducive to outdoor dining, including keeping tables leveled. If allowable by law, run gas to the area to fuel heaters.

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Outdoor Fine Dining Dine-in FOH 203

Cheetah

JANUARY 20, 2022

But as supply chain issues, labor shortages and health concerns persist, the small menu trend is making increasingly more economic and operational sense as a long term strategy. One of the most pressing issues currently influencing all aspects of food-service is the labor shortage. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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Seasonal Menu Food Supply Allergens Supplies 148

SpotOn

MARCH 20, 2024

The owners of the restaurant previously supplied Matthew with the best ingredients for his favorite fine-dining restaurant, where Matthew himself worked to garner a reputation as both a talented cook and the ideal problem solver. He knew these types of businesses didn’t want to waste time listening to another sales pitch.

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Point of Sale Fine Dining Front of House Social Media 52

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Unprecedented labor and supply chain pressure will drive most of the restaurant trends that will define 2022, industry analysts say. Menu variety plays a substantial role in every dining experience. Diners simply don’t want the low food quality that often comes with long menus. Health-Conscious Food Will Dominate Menus.

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2022 Customer Service Online Ordering Website Management 218

Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Now more than ever, due to the huge lack of staff, food inflation, and supply chain shortages, automation is becoming a major advantage in execution for back-of-house operations as well. Casual dining – 28%. Fine dining – 28%. Quickservice – 29%. Fast casual – 26%. Coffee & snack – 27%. Allaying allergen fears.

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Technology Dietary Restrictions Back of House Front of House 78

Deliverect

MARCH 24, 2021

But every food business is different. Ghost kitchens avoid the costs of front-of-house staff and dining space and can operate with a lower marketing spend and lower setup costs than traditional restaurants. With more people than ever ordering food to go, many restaurants have found off-premise orders outstripping dine-in customers.

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Food Truck Front of House Fine Dining Food Order 148

EATER

JULY 22, 2022

Some restaurateurs hope that supplying their cooks with the tools they need creates a more equitable kitchen When Telly Justice posted the knives at her new restaurant on Instagram, she didn’t expect such a big response. The practice of providing house knives is more common outside of the fine dining world. “I

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

When I recently searched for where to eat in Austin, I found an eclectic and unique array of restaurants that feature world-class fine dining to the typical Texas barbeque joint. Whether you’re at a bar, restaurant, music venue, street corner, or even the airport, you’ll see a live musical performance. Order Online.

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Fine Dining Online Ordering Reservations Front of House 105

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

In the restaurant business, customer satisfaction is in the details, from the dining room’s aesthetic to the chef’s signature dish. One small detail that may often be overlooked is the quality of the water used to prepare food and drinks. These details matter, and an effective restaurant water filtration system can help.

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Food Supply Equipment Kitchen Safety Supplies 162

Bingage

APRIL 24, 2020

Hello readers, hope you all are all fine at home. As we know that… COVID-19 is attacking all industries, This is a difficult time for every business, especially for the restaurant and food business. Due to Coronavirus pandemic, people turned conscious in many ways which likely to impacts the way they eat and dining out behaviour.

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Social Media Fine Dining 97

SpotOn

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Hide your chocolate, plastic, or toy-filled easter eggs around the dining room. You might need to re-up the supply in between seatings, so delegate easter egg hunt duties to your host or add it to your servers' sidework duties. With younger children at the table, dining can sometimes be a race against the clock.

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