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No Reservations About Putting Restaurants First

Modern Restaurant Management

Nick Kokonas was trying to solve Alinea's costly no-show problem and the resistance they faced when introducing prepaid reservations. In the decade that has passed since, reservation technology has become a vital part of the restaurant industry. "We've Tock's origin story is all about problem solving.

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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

Transformative Techniques Bartenders are experimenting with the foundations of a cocktail by using techniques like sous vide for prep and serving, forced carbonation for effervescence and clarified citrus to augment beverages before they even reach the mixing stage. What can you expect to see on menus in 2025?

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Welcoming Customers Back: How to Resell the Dine-in Experience as Restaurants Reopen

Modern Restaurant Management

Now that states are beginning to loosen their lockdown restrictions and reopen small businesses like restaurants, it’s fair to wonder how drastically the dine-in experience will have to change to accommodate the new safety requirements. And even with stricter guidelines in place, will customers actually risk dining out in public spaces?

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Smarter, Faster, More Human: Why AI and Automation Are Transforming Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

” The more restaurants use AI to automate tasks that aren’t core to their business, the more they can reinvest time where it matters—serving guests. Other restaurants are integrating AI into reservations, guest messaging, and even menu pricing—helping them react to demand in real time.

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AI Food Intelligence and Now Serving Democracy

Modern Restaurant Management

While the company has products specifically designed for each vertical, such as appointments, eCommerce, online ordering and reservation management, its uniqueness lies in offering high-powered capabilities that every business needs. SpotOn Secures $60M Funding. SpotOn Transact, Inc. secured $60 million in Series C funding.

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CHEFS – SIMPLE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL

Culinary Cues

Guests spending hundreds of dollars for a memorable meal and making reservations months in advance just to garner a seat. Now, make sure that the vegetables on the sandwich are at their peak and reflective of the season: dont serve raw tomatoes outside of July and August. Act as if your family name was on the line.

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Table for One – Elevating the Solo Dining Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

Solo dining – a time dedicated to eating a meal alone at a sit-down restaurant – is an opportunity for diners to practice self care over a meal, whether that be by relaxing and reflecting at the end of a long day or even by engaging the mind with a book or catching up on the news. Just the “cover count.”