Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Yes, it’s true – when the Michelin Guide decided to recognize some exceptional street food vendors with Michelin Stars, they broke the barrier of snobbery noting that excellence can happen outside of traditional fine dining. If fine dining is your objective, then make the commitment knowing what’s involved.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Much to the delight of enthusiasts and aficionados across the nation, the rapidly-growing number of states that have legalized recreational marijuana has in turn given rise to the so-called “cannabis fine dining” industry. What exactly is cannabis fine dining, in a nutshell? Highballs with a Twist.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While Noma’s run as a Michelin restaurant is now at an end, there are many reasons why it doesn’t spell the end of fine dining cuisine as we know it. There’s a high cost in running fine dining restaurants, but the value rests in their place in society. How do we move forward from this?

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 20, 2024

It is important to always keep in mind that dining out is still a luxury, even though more and more families have built it into their lifestyle. Whether a quick service restaurant, family dining, food truck, or white tablecloth fine dining operation – there will always be some level of price sensitivity.

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Typsy

JUNE 6, 2021

Fine dining is an experience like no other. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic all but destroyed the fine dining industry. Because thousands of restaurants across the globe had to close or switch to carry-out menus for their customers, fine dining hasn’t been an option for the better part of a year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2024

In fact, 45 percent of restaurant operators expect competition to be more intense than last year. With that in mind, here’s a look at some of the moves restaurants are making to delight consumers and modernize operations, powered by technology. Moving to Multichannel Dining Experiences Dining out is… back?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2023

” This was both a technology and operational fail due to lack of proper testing/QA and employee training. .” Simple concept yet much harder to pull off for today’s restaurants struggling to harmonize in-store, drive-thru, delivery and curbside experiences for both customers and employees.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2024

What do today’s restaurant operators need to manage the challenging sales environment? Specifically, a coffee break. More specifically, a specialty beverage break. In its place, we’ve seen an explosion of specialty beverages that serve as enticing add–ons or stand-alone orders.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Full-service restaurant, fine dining. Tips paid to those who collect. Servers, sometimes other FOH staff. Incentivizes servers. Possibility of an uneven tip out and wage gaps. Even tip splitting. All eligible staff. Even and fair, provides camaraderie amongst staff. Some staff may not hold themselves to a high standard of service.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Guests are dining out more often than last year and and rewarding great service, with the highest tips at bars and fine dining restaurants, according to hospitality industry data from Lightspeed Commerce Inc. percent) and fine dining restaurants (19.9 percent year-over-year at fine dining and 3.53

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

To embrace the opportunities of the new year, restaurants should prioritize three key resolutions: embracing new customer experiences, emphasizing sustainability initiatives, and revisiting fundamental aspects of their operations. Back-of-house operations also offer significant technological opportunities.

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

This makes Customer Relationship Management(CRM) all the more critical for fine-dining establishments whose business longevity largely depends on customer satisfaction. This article discusses the different ways in which CRM can improve the fine-dining experience for customers in the UAE. . Gather Meal Preference.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 30, 2022

And, throughout the pandemic, which has already been underway for over two years, restaurants have had to make significant adjustments to adapt to the new normal—whether by embracing delivery and takeaway, investing in technology in response to labour shortages, or operating at 50% capacity in line with government regulations.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

I relish great restaurant experiences, take pride in the operations where I have worked, feel connected to nearly anyone who works in professional kitchens and restaurants, and admire restaurant folks who find comfort in being the best that they can be. Ironically, there is always room to be great and there is plenty of room to be mediocre.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

If you’re planning a special event or want to go out to eat with a large group, you should check out the private dining rooms many restaurants offer. Read on for a list of the finest private dining in Chicago. Best Private Dining Rooms in Chicago. The selection of private dining at Joe’s is what makes it so unique.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

How powerful is a complete dining experience and what exactly is it? An owner for whom I worked years ago referred to it as the Total Dining Experience and I have held on to this concept ever since. Let’s define them first: SIGHT: Most positive experiences have a visual component. How much time and effort are placed on this?

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

There are countless New York restaurants with group dining to accommodate large parties and restaurants with private dining for more intimate special occasions. During my recent trip to NYC, I got to tour through the various neighborhoods of New York in search of the best restaurants with private dining and group dining options.

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Benchmarque

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Whether you’re considering working in a fine dining restaurant, you’ve just accepted a position at one, you’ve come to the right place. With our thirteen years of operating experience in the industry, we know hospitality and events. In this blog, we uncover what it’s really like working in a fine dining restaurant.

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 1, 2022

Whether at fast-food counters, neighbourhood taverns, or formal dining halls, they add up to a profound shift in hospitality as we know it. It is expected to become a permanent presence in the dining scene of the future. . Outside, restaurants are converting grassy areas and alleys into dining pavilions.

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Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 24, 2021

And if you’re looking around for private dining in Tucson, you won’t be disappointed either. From classy steakhouses to down-to-earth pub fare, private dining in Tucson is a search that yields many options. Best Private Dining Restaurants in Tucson. I recommend dining there in the evening to see a spectacular panorama.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

On occasion, a restaurant opens, the owners have the right idea, everyone in the operation rallies around core principles that find a home in consumer minds and hearts, and the place enjoys success for a long period of time. I know how heartbreaking it is when the dining room is nearly empty, and how invigorating it is when it is full.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Whether it's the utilization of AI-driven analytics to elevate menu design or the precision of robotics transforming kitchen operations, a new era in dining is taking shape. These technologies, often unseen but highly influential, are quietly revolutionizing culinary practices and guest experiences.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Her daughter struggled with food allergies, and finding a safe place for her family to dine out felt nearly impossible. Minor errors like these had an outsize effect on Vitality Bowls' operations, leading to higher labor costs than budgeted. Tara Gilad started Vitality Bowls to solve a problem. That adds up.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With those stats in mind, Causeway Solutions conducted consumer research* on today’s dining trends compared to our research over the past few years. In August 2023, only eight percent of consumers we surveyed say they do not eat out, so dining out is “in” again. 62 percent rarely or very rarely enjoy fine dining.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Her daughter struggled with food allergies, and finding a safe place for her family to dine out felt nearly impossible. Minor errors like these had an outsize effect on Vitality Bowls' operations, leading to higher labor costs than budgeted. Tara Gilad started Vitality Bowls to solve a problem. That adds up.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2023

A rooftop garden sits on the top of the building, providing fresh herbs and produce for the students to harvest and use in their recipes The facility is used by all facets of Auburn’s Hospitality program including event management, operations, culinary science, hotel and restaurant management and more. The facility opened in 2022.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Restaurants survive and thrive on the “early and late majority” that represents over 60 percent of the dining population. The chef’s ability to be creative and put his or her signature on a plate rests first on the ability to run a financially viable operation; thus the dilemma. That is in our DNA, we can’t really help ourselves.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 26, 2021

Owners and operators will typically shake their heads at initial designs holding their ground that “chefs” like to create elaborate kitchen palaces that they really don’t need and that they (the owners) can’t afford to build. Are auto manufacturers fine with poorly designed assembly lines? Creating restaurants is an expensive endeavor.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 28, 2021

From the moment you walk through that back entrance you are captivated by the dynamics of the environment, the structure of the operation, and the sensation of being enveloped by its alluring magic. Cooks are busy at work with their own preparations as breakfast orders from the dining room arrive at a harrowing pace. This is magical.

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7 Shifts

MAY 15, 2023

I worked in fine dining for so long, I thought my career was always going to be in fine dining, and I'm not saying that I'm completely. He drew on his experience in fine dining, an all too common one of overwork and chasing perfection, and knew that he wanted to create a healthier work environment at Pecking House.

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Restaurant Engine

JULY 20, 2020

According to Boulud, NYC’s outdoor dining restrictions have restricted his table service capacity by at least 75%. But that’s nothing compared to the size on the inside, where normally we have private dining rooms, we have the bar and lounge, we have the dining room, which could almost bring 180 seats or more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The fine-dining concept specialized in thoughtfully curated experiences and he and his team weren't convinced they could find a post-pandemic audience. "When I decided to re-concept the space, I took another part of the building and remodeled it to look exactly like the Purple Parrot dining room. "Do what you know.

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SpotOn

MAY 13, 2024

As the summer season approaches, bringing with it longer days and warmer weather, restaurants have a golden opportunity to welcome waves of customers looking for memorable dining experiences.  Upgrade your outdoor dining experience Summer is synonymous with outdoor dining. We can help.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Look deeply into these businesses and the people who own and operate them and you will see an unrelenting effort towards achieving excellence in design, product quality, efficiency, value, and service. It would be difficult to find a more sinister, demoralizing, harmful, or self-destructive word than mediocre.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Look at your current role as the most important in the success of the operation and the power of the plate. If, however you have the sense that cooking is more than that and you have your eyes on many years connected to the professional kitchen, then read on. So, here are some golden rules that will help you to move in the right direction.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2023

Many food and beverage establishments have seen success with technology — such as contactless options, automation to support changing workforces and innovative customer loyalty strategies — in their endeavors to meet the demand for safer and more convenient dining experiences. Gone are the days of cash-only transactions.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Operations for 7shifts, I have been based in the New York technology and hospitality space for years (including a leadership role at Yelp for nearly a decade). Every restaurant has been forced to adapt their operations in order to survive and ultimately grow for the future. As the Head of U.S.

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