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Round Up of New Spirits

Sante

Deborah Grossman. From vodka made from milk to liqueur crafted with poblano chiles, from classic Bourbon with 1,001 barrel options to American single malt whiskey aged in local oak, the spirits world is popping with unique options. Editor's note : With Tales of the Cocktail 2020 being cancelled due to COVID-19, we thought we'd revisit Tales of the Cocktail 2016 and take another look at these thriving spirits brands.

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Stuffed French Toast Recipe

Bottleneck Management

Baileys Stuffed French Toast Recipe. We’ve been asked to share our Baileys Stuffed French Toast recipe, one of our most coveted and indulgent Rock n Roll Brunch items (aptly named Sweet Child O’ Mine on that menu). We’re happy to share, but we’ll warn you right off the bat, you’ll need an electric mixer and a home fryer to produce this dish. If you’re anything like me, you’d easily pass on the idea of buying and preparing all of this at home and gladly head to City Works or Old Town Pour H

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The Uncertain Future of Pop-Up Restaurants

EATER

Leigh-Ann Martin chats with guests at one of her pop-up dinners. | Dahli Durley. As the restaurant industry faces an ongoing crisis, pop-up chefs confront unique challenges during the pandemic Three months ago, Omar Tate was serving an $150 eight-course tasting menu out of a penthouse event space in New York’s Financial District. The dinner, featuring such dishes called Notes From a Black Pantry and Cart of Yams, was one of Tate’s Honeysuckle pop-ups, which explore and pay homage to the black ex

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OUR DAILY BREATH: OPENING RESTAURANTS ? WHERE?S THE PLAN, STAN?

Culinary Cues

Let’s assume, for a moment, that we actually are all in this together. Let’s put on our restaurant hat and take responsibility for doing what is right for both the health and wellbeing of our families, staff, and customers, and help in bring our communities out of the deepest economic hole since the Great Depression. Both of these issues are significantly important and even though we should all agree that health and safety is foremost – if we manage to beat the virus into submission and destroy

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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How to use ‘Google My Business’ to attract customers

Typsy

As restrictions lift and you start gearing up to get back to business, it’s a good idea to make sure you’re able to adapt quickly, and have clear communication with existing and prospective customers, for the best chance at a speedy recovery post-pandemic. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to ensure your business keeps communication open with customers to help them feel informed and engaged: Google My Business.

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Execution is Everything post Covid19: Melbourne Shopping Centres in review

Future Food

Execution is Everything post Covid-19 Melbourne Shopping Centres in review. Future Food recently conducted Assessments of Centre-wide food & hospitality capability across five Shopping Centres in Melbourne. Future Food’s most requested services during the lockdown period have been focussed on assisting Centre Management and Landlords to provide independent, solutions-based strategies, via our expertise in development of both commercial and food strategies.

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Turn Everything Into a Frittata

EATER

Theerawan /Shutterstock. The most versatile recipe for leftovers isn’t a recipe at all This post originally appeared in the May 25, 2020 editio n of The Move, a place for Eater’s editors to reveal their recommendations and pro dining tips — sometimes thoughtful, sometimes weird, but always someone’s go-to move. Subscribe now. I moved in with my fiance as the pandemic hit.

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Takeout For Good and Menus Go Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the Takeout For Good Effort on June 2 and a host of products designed to help restaurants keep guests and staff safer as they reopen. Takeout For Good. GroupRaise is inviting restaurants across the country to join their Takeout For Good initiative happening on June 2. Participating restaurants will donate 15-25 percent of sales to their local food bank and over 1500 restaurants nationwide have already joined the initiative.

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Why Spam Guisada Is the Perfect Dish to Make Right Now

EATER

Illyanna Maisonet. Simple, satisfying, and made from pantry staples, the Puerto Rican stew is perfect for stay-at-home cooking It wasn’t so long ago that social media feeds were flooded with glorified plates of pasta, luxurious meals at Michelin-starred restaurants, and inaccessible Eurocentric ingredients. But as soon as shelter-in-place orders were implemented across the country, the first shelf-stable foods to fill up shopping carts were rice and beans, followed closely by Spam , which report

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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[New] Employee Health Check & Symptoms Screening for Restaurants

7 Shifts

The health and safety of staff & guests is the top concern for everyone working in hospitality today. As restaurants assess reopening timelines following COVID-19, it's important to be aware of and follow the latest restaurant health guidelines from the CDC to ensure a successful reopening and prevent community transmission. This means continuously monitoring and reporting on the health of all staff so you can take the appropriate action, and to build trust with your guests that their safety

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Giving Your Business a Restaurant Prime Cost Tune-Up

Restaurant365

The economy may be in flux right now, but as restrictions start to lift and limited dine-in is allowed in most states, restaurants are at a critical juncture. Over the past few months, reporting may have taken a back seat to more pressing concerns. However, as the restaurant industry and your business move to a new normal, returning to tracking and controlling costs is more important than ever.

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Planning the Great Restaurant Comeback

Modern Restaurant Management

As states begin lifting stay-at-home orders, some regions have resumed in-person restaurant dining operations. The National Restaurant Association recently issued guidance on food safety and social distancing precautions as restaurants begin their reopening planning efforts – preparing for significant shifts in the traditional dining experience.

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Trending: the best coronavirus responses from hotels around the world

Typsy

Under coronavirus, everything about the function, service, message and meaning of hotels has changed. If restrictions have been lifted in your area and you’re looking at reopening your hotel, or resuming normal operations, there’s a lot to consider. Luckily, there are a few hotels leading by example in this arena. In today’s blog post, we’re looking at some of the best reopening strategies and approaches from hotels around the world.

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Planning Your Restaurant's Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.

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3 Reasons Why You Need a Pandemic Preparedness Plan for Your Restaurant

Focus POS

The world is different today than it was even three months ago. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the foundation of our way of life. Each facet of the economy has been forced to adapt to the new demands placed on businesses and consumers. The accompanying guidelines and restrictions have heavily impacted the way restaurants are able to do business. .

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Review: The Wine Bible

A Wine Story

wine bible. The Wine Bible. Imagine yourself at one of the popular new wine bars in your town. You are sipping a glass of red wine perfumed with notes of violet and lavender – a departure from your typical request for a California Cabernet Sauvignon. You take another sip and wonder what combination of soil and sunlight could produce such a succulent wine?

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Healthy Hand Washing Experience: Five Restroom Upgrades Restaurants Need Now

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurant environments are known for their adherence to cleanliness, the pandemic has elevated the awareness of hand-to-surface contact and placed an emphasis on proper hand washing. “As businesses and public establishments reopen and Americans return to using facilities, all eyes are on public restrooms,” says Jon Dommisse, director of strategy and corporate development, Bradley Corp., a global manufacturer of restroom equipment. “Today’s commercial washroom will

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Menu Development and Business Planning Resources

Goliath Consulting

In the last few months, we have all seen a historical change in how restaurants operate and how restaurants have adapted to the new business environment that is a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In response to the “new normal” and evolving response to Covid-19, the following two guides were developed to assist the restaurant operator in navigating the best way forward.

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

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A Concise Checklist for Reopening Your Restaurant

Next Restaurants

By Christina Lyon, Contributor. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic persists across the globe , governments have started easing lockdown restrictions and allowing restaurants to reopen finally. . The news may raise concerns for both customers and operators alike because it’s no secret just how contagious COVID-19 can be in public places. However, as long as you keep the spotlight on food safety – sanitization, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing – your restaurant

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The 5 best hospitality tech tools to improve your business

Typsy

It can sometimes feel impossible to keep up with the demands of the day-to-day grind of the hospitality industry, especially because of the fast-paced nature and constant focus on customers. That seems to go doubly these days – post-coronavirus recovery might be a long road. Thankfully, there are many great technology tools available that can help ease some of this workload.

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How QSRs Can Leverage Mobile to Win Back Customers

Modern Restaurant Management

The coronavirus pandemic has greatly disrupted businesses across every sector, but the economic situation has proven to be especially difficult for the restaurant industry. Recent surveys show that Americans are less likely now to visit restaurant locations, order takeout or get food delivered to them. And yet, despite this environment, some quick serve restaurant (QSR) brands are still seeing success.

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Restaurant Owners Gain Bargaining Power to Limit Losses

Restaurant Engine

There is a silver lining to the current crisis for restaurant owners. After an uninterrupted decade of rising costs and competition, COVID-19 has granted restaurant owners renewed power at the negotiation table. Owners are seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lower nearly every expense, often well below pre-coronavirus rates. The first item that most restaurant owners are renegotiating is rent.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Proven Tips to Deliver Orders on Time Despite Shortage of Delivery Staff or Spike in Volumes

The Restaurant Times

With communities working to limit the spread of COVID-19 and adapting to changing lifestyles, restaurants are also evolving their business models and following new guidelines in a quest to retain their relationships with consumers. Restaurant food delivery or online food ordering, which was earlier thought of as a convenience, has now become an absolute necessity.

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Without the Tourists, the Fate of Portuguese Food Is Unclear

EATER

Portugal reopened restaurants on May 18, but dining rooms remain far from packed | NurPhoto via Getty Images. Portugal is reopening, but its food scene is more reliant than most on tourists. So what happens now? Nowhere in Europe has tourism played as big a role in shaping the overall food scene as Portugal. Over the last several years there’s been a drastic spike in the number of travelers flocking to the Iberian country — tourism pumped 18 million euros into the local economy in 2019 alone (co

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Open With Care

Modern Restaurant Management

ViewHouse, an eatery, bar and rooftop in Colorado opened for in-store dining at all four of their locations on May 27 with a new ‘Open with Care’ campaign: a new care plan to make it safer for guests and employees in response to COVID-19. The campaign, detailed in the video above, includes conducting staff symptom screenings prior to their shift, requiring that staff wear face masks & gloves, implementing six-foot spacing measures for social distancing, offering hand sanitizing s

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The New Normal: Self-Signup for Online Ordering with MenuDrive

Lavu

In November 2019, Saleem S. Khatri, CEO of Lavu and MenuDrive, wrote that the National Restaurant Association 2019 State of the Industry report indicated that nearly half of adults were more likely to order food delivery online than just two years prior. He knew that online ordering would be increasingly important to a restaurant’s success as this trend continued.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.