Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2025

Approach the sandwich as a professional chef approaches the presentation of a fine dining meal just without the pretention and costly trimmings that fine dining requires. [] PIZZA: Ahhhone of Americas and the worlds top menu items. Wine lists that resemble an encyclopedia of the wine making craft are just the price of admission.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

What can you expect to see on menus in 2025? Read on for predictions from industry insiders that include chili crunch, black limes, newstaglia, stealth health, and elevated snacking. ” Guests will have the opportunity to experience many of these trends come to life at Kimpton restaurants and bars across the globe.

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2025 Beverage Fine Dining Guest Recovery 450

EATER

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Just ask Eater’s local city editors who’ve been tirelessly scouring their regions — from sampling Boston’s premier bakery for ube brownies to test-driving San Diego’s stellar yakitori experiences — in search of the best dining experiences. Carnitas Ramirez in Alphabet City received an award from Eater NY for Best Counter-Service Spot.

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EATER

MAY 14, 2025

Organize all your orders dine-in, online, and third-party and fulfill them in a flash, right from your POS. Size of restaurant in 2020: 850 square feet, 24 seats (20 dining room, 4 bar) Size of restaurant now: 4,700 square feet, 56 seats (48 dining room, 6 bar, 2 ADA bar) On finding a space We didnt think we needed over 4,500 square feet.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 26, 2024

While corporate travel is expected to pick up, helping offset a predicted slowdown in leisure spending, the broader hospitality sector must grapple with economic and operational risks. This financial strain could dampen discretionary dining expenditures. Navigating Emerging Challenges in Profitability In 2024, U.S. trillion in 2024.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2025

" To learn more about the courses and induction cooking methods, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) reached out to Chef Chris Galarza, Founder of Forward Dining Solutions LLC and Co-founder of EcoChef, who assisted in Chatham’s induction conversion and who helped design Chatham’s ACF courses.

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Sustainability Food Equipment Design 448

EATER

OCTOBER 13, 2020

It’s the people that make a place — but these days, human interaction is hard to come by I used to love to travel. Let me be clear: I absolutely would not and do not recommend frivolous travel. Restaurants have always been my joyous entry point to a place and its people. A nasal-swab COVID test right before I departed.

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Travel Food Back of House Front of House 354

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 4, 2025

“Especially with the younger generation—the data shows that over half (53 percent) of Gen Z travelers are prioritizing food-focused trips, whether it’s a hidden culinary gem or a destination with a noteworthy dining scene. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2025

Restaurant employees are the heart of the dining experience, and their commitment keeps the industry thriving. Variety of Voluntary Benefits : Voluntary benefits can include personal insurance policies like pet, travel, car and homeowners’ insurance, with a discount for enrolling in coverage. How can employers achieve this?

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Insurance Healthcare Leadership Small Business 412

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 28, 2020

restaurant delivery revenues are expected to reach nearly $80 Billion by 2022 and digital ordering and delivery has grown 300 percent faster than dine-in traffic since 2014. 20 percent of consumers say they spend more on off-premise orders compared to a regular dine-in experience. Projected U.S. Need more proof?

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Delivery Consumer Goods Online Ordering Customer Service 533

Culinary Cues

MARCH 10, 2025

Every cook, at least every serious cook, seems to want to work in one of those exceptional fine dining or cutting-edge experimental operations that are depicted in shows like Chefs Table or The Bear. If you are serious about a kitchen career and have the focus to map out the best path, then listen up.

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Hotels Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Healthcare 372

Culinary Cues

APRIL 14, 2025

The dish was elevated to an entirely different level as the guest became the most important person in the dining room during the process. The story can make the dish but the dish absent the story is just another salad that can be found in fine dining or your local Greek diner. As is the case with Caesar Salad, the story sells.

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Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Travel Presentation 339

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2025

Value-driven dining and a growing interest in regional brands are two trends uncovered in Yelp's 2025 Fastest Growing Brand s report. The biggest surprise was how much value-driven dining is at the forefront of consumer behavior. Breakfast has been a standout category, driven by both convenience and evolving dining preferences.

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2024 2023 Customer Experience Pricing 221

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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Fast Casual Fine Dining 2023 Consumer Goods 531

Squirrel Systems

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

As the hospitality industry continues to evolve, the dining experience at hotels and resorts has become a crucial element in shaping guest satisfaction. From sustainable practices and health-conscious menus to tech-enhanced dining and global flavors, hotel and resort restaurants are adapting to meet the diverse needs of the modern traveler.

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2025 Hotels Travel Dietary Restrictions 94

Culinary Cues

MAY 1, 2025

The same can be true for the quality of purchased meats and fresh fish, an expanded wine list, broader selection of regional beers, an upgrade to quality coffee and tea, or even improving the sound system in dining rooms. Can there be too much competition? However, the benefits of appropriate competition are quite pronounced.

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Innovation Fine Dining Consumer Goods Customer Service 352

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

MARCH 27, 2020

However, no one understands the consequences more than the travel and hospitality industries. After all, you don’t want to pay for search traffic if no one is actively searching for travel destinations. Beyond that, stay on top of the COVID-19 impact and assess how it’s directly affecting travel to your destination.

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Hospitality Marketing Travel Hotels 454

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In the January 23, 2024 New York Times article,“The Menu Trends That Define Dining Right Now,” the publication gathered 121 menus from restaurants all over the United States. One of which is the idea that less can mean more – a lot more- particularly when it comes to dining.

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Seasonal Menu 2024 Customer Experience Menu 251

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature help for small business owners and products for the 'new normal' for restaurants as they reopen. On-Demand Delivery for Square Online Store. “This new feature helped us keep our doors open and continue serving our customers during the recent downturn,” he said. Visa SMB Help.

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Guest Recovery Mobile Ordering Kitchen Safety Food Safety 539

EATER

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

My husband and I have traveled over 1,000 miles from our home in Mumbai for a single meal: a 14-course tasting menu at Indias hottest dining destination, Naar. Naar Dining at Naar. Helmed by chef Prateek Sadhu, the restaurant team periodically scours the nearby pine forests and river beds for wild fruits, berries, and herbs.

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Travel Social Media Seasonal Menu Back of House 204

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the rise of eCommerce, economic impact, dining during COVID and hot dog insights. Yelp’s diners seated data shows significantly more people are dining-in at restaurants. Yelp's Economic Impact Report.

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2020 Travel Food Safety Consumer Goods 450

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The story made me think about what I did for a living and my zest for cooking delicious food, traveling to special parts of the world, working and dining in great restaurants, learning from exceptional chefs, enjoying incredible wines from the hands of vintners, harvesters, and wine makers. I remember how the book moved me.

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Back of House Travel Government Education 386

EATER

MAY 21, 2025

But, until recently, the food served on most safari lodges featured European fine dining, British high tea, French pastries, grilled meats with imported sauces, and other relics of 19th-century European colonialism on the continent. Its an immersion into the histories, cultures, and landscapes of the host nations.

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Outdoor Fine Dining Tourism Food Supply 214

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

Casual Dining velocity has grown by 158 percent over the same period, suggesting many of the Casual Dining business models were able to maintain sales to some degree through pandemic restrictions. The Value of Trust. The impact of COVID-19 on customer behavior was experienced swiftly f by all industries.

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2021 Coupons Loyalty Program Consumer Goods 490

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2020

With dining rooms emptying out, downtown rents increasing, and autonomous delivery right over the horizon, many operators are wondering if that Main Street location is really worth the spend. Without a dining room blocking the way, let there be light. For that reason, they must become more livable. Why are they effective right now?

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Front of House Kitchen Safety Food Back of House 508

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 26, 2022

"The Menu" hits the screens next month and chefs are already dishing about the black comedy focused on fine-dining. Personally, the end goal for me is to spend more time having “fine dining” experiences and visiting Michelin star restaurants. .” Here are what some shared with us.

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Fine Dining Social Media Dine-in 2000 442

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2021

Restaurant management can put some thought into reconfiguring any dining area to make the space feel exclusive and welcoming, not bare or half-empty; this will likely mean the removal of furnishings that don’t allow social distancing. Safety and Normalcy.

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Customer Service Customer Experience Online Ordering Hospitality 474

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Personalized Dining is the Future. As we head into the new year, we expect to see consumers traveling less, shifting their discretionary travel spending to local experiences like restaurants. These systems allow operators to create seamless, tailored dining experiences that ultimately drive both guest loyalty and revenue.

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2021 Fine Dining Online Ordering Travel 474

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 22, 2022

They can talk and even sing songs for guests – creating a fun and novel dining experience. Restaurants that have adopted these robots have reported increased work efficiency and more customer traffic despite dining restrictions still being in place. Automated Dining. Technology in the Restaurant Industry.

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Mobile Ordering Social Media Online Ordering Food Order 507

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Implement best-in-class protocols whether your guests are dining onsite, picking up their orders, or having meals delivered. Do you ever wish that you had a crystal ball that could tell us what’s in store for the restaurant industry in the coming year? As we close out 2022, food production is at risk. million tons of grain.

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Food Safety Audits Food Supply Food 566

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2021

It’s easy for restaurant experiences to be impersonal and ordinary right now, with face masks and takeout containers dictating the nature of dining. And while it’s impressive to see how many businesses pivoted to offer these services, they are sometimes executed with less care than is given to dine-in service. Live music?

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Food Safety Customer Experience Customer Service Entertainment 487

EATER

MARCH 26, 2025

The Travel buds Grand hotels are home to some of the French capitals most exciting and elegant meals, according to Eaters local dining expert and guidebook author Hotel restaurants tend to have a special energy. Now its done up in warm tones and has a crystal glass roof and striking semi-open kitchen framed in copper.

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Hotels Book Seasonal Menu Fine Dining 188

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Revenue Management Solutions (RMS) revealed insights from its global consumer study that assessed consumers’ dining behavior and perspectives on the restaurant industry as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. dine out more often to fulfill basic needs and gravitate toward drive-thru and take-away options associated with QSR and fast casual.

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2020 Food Safety Fast Casual Guest Recovery 479

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

The research found that businesses worldwide – particularly restaurants – intend to experiment more in 2025, especially with customer retention programs like loyalty, as they face the triple challenge of sustained high inflation, shrinking consumer wallets and the need to raise prices across the board. ” A Year of Challenges U.S.

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Marketing Loyalty Program 2024 2025 221

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2024

Experiential dining, plant-based menus and sustainability were hot topics in the Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI) 2023 Trends Report. The visionary panel that explored dining away from home included members with specific expertise and interest in restaurant dining and the hospitality industry.

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2024 Food Truck Fast Casual Consumer Goods 474

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 26, 2021

As the effects of COVID-19 subside, the industry is expected to continue growing as consumers increase spending on discretionary purchases, such as outdoor dining, outdoor events, and travel, including hotel stays. While we remain in the grey area, the state of the restaurant and hospitality industry is particularly unknown.

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Hospitality Presentation Outdoor Travel 474

EATER

AUGUST 22, 2024

Chris Loupos The “Reservation Dogs” co-creator and Oklahoma native shares his must-visit spots in Tulsa and more If you are reading this and have still not seen Reservation Dogs , I am sure I’m not the first to tell you that you’re missing out. On how Native culture influences the food scene around Tulsa “There’s no [Native] restaurant in Tulsa yet.

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Dine-in Reservations Back of House Influencer 321