Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

Delivery/Takeout : COVID created a shift from in-person dining to takeout and delivery options, increasing reliance on third party delivery services, and on attractive takeout options. And outdoor dining, once more of an afterthought or a novelty, has become a more permanent and intentional part of restaurant design.

Mobile Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It also zooms in on current challenges faced by owners/operators, menu prices and inflation, and tech/AI implementation. While guests may still be feeling the pain of rising menu prices at restaurants, fewer restaurants said that they raised prices this year compared to last year.

Point of Sale

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

In pursuit of these objectives, restaurants must reimagine dining experiences through enhanced restaurant technology, deepen their commitment to sustainability, and fine-tune their core offerings. Finding the balance between innovation and tradition is the secret recipe for enduring success in the evolving dining industry.

2024

7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2020

As you plan out your concept, location, menu, staffing, and marketing, take a read through the advice left by hundreds of restaurateurs to ensure you’re set up for success in 2020. Educate yourself If there’s one thing to know when opening a new business—especially a new restaurant—it’s that there’s no such thing as “too much research.”

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2023

A Return to Normal The National Restaurant Association released its 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry report, which examines key factors impacting the industry including the current state of the economy, operations, workforce, and food and menu trends to forecast sales and market trends for the year ahead. million by the end of 2023.

2023

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

With so many amazing new dining and entertainment experiences emerging around the world, it feels good to be a part of that revolution and to bring something unique back to San Diego.” Hunter also has plans for a robust dining program in partnership with San Diego’s top restaurants and caterers. The findings?

Coaching

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2022

43 percent plan to add an outdoor on-site dining space. "What More than half (55 percent) said they were fed up after five minutes of waiting for food in a drive-thru, and 54 percent were annoyed waiting more than 10 minutes for food while dining at a restaurant. 55 percent plan to add more space for pick-up.

2022

EATER

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Telly Justice and Camille Lindsley are creating a blueprint for fine dining’s queer future with their upcoming New York City opening, HAGS The dining room at 163 First Avenue in New York’s East Village is barely big enough to fit two people standing side by side.

Fine Dining

EATER

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Especially since the founding of local culinary festival Canmore Uncorked in 2014, chefs have shined a spotlight on regional dining, tempting travelers to pop over from nearby Calgary or Edmonton, or cross the reopened border from the U.S. Seasons : The Canadian Rockies are an all-year destination. Paul Zizka. Lake Louise.

Hotels

EATER

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Whistler has an amazing, well-educated clientele,” says Neil Henderson, who has worked in Whistler restaurants for 25 years and recently opened Wild Blue. Evrensel sold Toptable in 2014, but the group continues to set the standard for high-end dining in Whistler. Prices are high and lines tend to get long, though.

Seasonal Menu

7 Shifts

AUGUST 16, 2024

Managers also handle budgeting, track income and expenses to maintain profitability, and work closely with the kitchen staff to ensure menu items are prepared according to the restaurant's standards. As a supervisor, you can hone your problem-solving skills and practice delegating tasks under a seasoned manager's guidance.

Management

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Combining our backgrounds in tech, automation, and culinary fine dining, we knew we could fill this void to give more people access to healthy, high-quality food.” “Plant-based dining is not a fad that is going away. Parts Town and Heritage Combine.

Food Truck

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

With its delicious burgers and fresh proteins chargrilled over an open flame, The Habit Burger Grill offers consumers a diverse, California-style menu with premium ingredients at a Q.S.R.-like “We truly believe in forming our menu around as many high-quality, local ingredients as we can and look forward to doing so in Austin.”

Fast Casual

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

.” The 25th edition of Scoop features products designed to help bar-and-grill operators easily get creative and innovate with their menus, with elevated, upsell-worthy versions of their traditional bar-and-grill fare. ” Spring Scoop highlights include: Elevated, Upsell-Worthy Bar-and-Grill Favorites. Plant-Forward Offerings.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Fine and Family Dining Hurt by Holiday Shift. The best performing segments during November were those whose sales are the most negatively affected by Thanksgiving: fast casual, upscale casual and casual dining. Expect for casual dining, upscale casual and fine dining to have abysmal sales and traffic growth numbers.

2019

Culinary Cues

MARCH 9, 2021

The garde manger must be conservative with portion sizes while affording the greatest impact on the dining experience. It is a fine line to walk – one that requires the planning of the menu to be such that all courses are designed to marry with others. Nothing on the salad plate is superfluous – everything has a purpose.

Presentation

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2024

The main takeaway: It’s led to higher prices and lower foot traffic at many of the state’s dining establishments. “Our data indicates that QSR burger chains have generally been the hardest hit by the California increase in minimum wage and subsequent increase in menu prices,” writes Hottovy. percent). .

2024

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

During that period, McDonald's also undertook several "velocity growth accelerators," including (1) an Experience of the Future layout, which features a combination of ordering flexibility, customer experience, and a more streamlined menu; (2) mobile ordering and payments; and (3) delivery alternatives. "When in January 2017.

Waste

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2020

Brands, Mount Franklin Foods, US Foods, Melt Shop, FoodMaven, Nathan's Famous, Island's Fine Burgers & Drinks, Checkers & Rally’s, Lineage Logistics and Minnow. In addition to the new brands, The Absolute Brands will introduce pop-up concepts for seasonal happenings and chef collaborations. and internationally.

Food Supply

Ken Burgin

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

They are designed to be engaging and educational and build a competitive spirit. Blind Ingredient Identification Activity: Present small dishes containing a single, pureed or finely chopped ingredient. Objective: Develop a more nuanced understanding of seasoning and its impact on flavour profiles.

Training

7 Shifts

MAY 2, 2023

That discrepancy was most noticeable during the holiday season, when the restaurant is busier than ever. It's also been there for so long, and we were the first ones in a casual fine dining restaurant, full-service restaurant in Asheville to go to a tip sharing model. Holiday weeks are crushing. What does that look like?"

Front of House

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Their menu gives you the choice of a pita sandwich or a large plate. The menu at Cull & Pistol has a raw bar section, a sushi and rolls section, and a cooked seafood menu. Shukette’s team of highly experienced barmen and general managers brings you a creative, world-class dining experience.

Website Management

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 2, 2019

It is the chef, after all, who makes the newspapers and magazines, receives the applause from happy customers in the dining room, is respected and feared by all who knock on the kitchen door to make a sale, and is given credit for the restaurants success by managers and owners.

Point of Sale

SpotOn

JULY 31, 2024

Added service fees, health ordinance fees, and gratuity-included menus are now common as restaurants are looking for ways to appease their guests and keep menu prices low. Breaking down the $18 Burger At Hog & Rocks, the burger was our most popular menu item. Profit margins must factor into menu prices.

Food

BNG Point of Sale

JULY 16, 2021

As regards restaurant size, for instance, it will affect both food cost percentage (it’s easier to fill up a large area with higher-margin items), as well as occupancy costs since customers in larger spaces spend more money on average than those who dine in smaller dining rooms. What is the Average Revenue for a New Restaurant?

Point of Sale

Gourmet Marketing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This is great if you don’t have many items on your menu or if you do similar dishes that are around the same price. They can also be used indoors to show off some of your latest menu items, combos, discounts, and rewards. After five purchases, they could get a free meal or drink with their food.

Marketing

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The 2020 holiday season may not offer the same gatherings, parties and hoopla of years’ past, but diners are making sure it is still filled with amazing food. “With holiday traditions disrupted and people dining in smaller groups, they are looking to for inspiration and want to try something new,” added de Montfort Walker.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 4, 2020

There’s just not the same amount of volume in takeout as there is in in-person dining.” he warm summer months and the arrival of outside dining provided a lifeline for a dining and hospitality industry that has been hit immensely hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Upscale/fine-dining restaurants.

Loyalty Program

EATER

DECEMBER 23, 2020

SingleThread has been hailed as the pinnacle of farm-to-table dining. Like Blackberry Farm in Tennessee and the Willows Inn on Washington’s Lummi Island, SingleThread epitomizes an over-the-top ideal of farm-to-table dining. Myriad cover crops — favas, peas, mustard greens — end up together as a course on the SingleThread menu. “It

Menu

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features a gloomy start to the new year, dining trends for 2020, the importance of discounts, holiday gift card sales results, delivery frustrations, soda curiosity and a consumer culture report. Family and Upscale Dining Outperformed During the Quarter.

2020

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

Etana Diaz, who began her career as a pastry chef and a line cook in fine dining, but found her true love for butchery after discovering that pastry wasn’t her passion. an offshoot of the Hot Shoppes family-dining chain that eventually was rebranded as Roy Rogers Restaurants. Tough to measure up to.

Allergens

EATER

JANUARY 14, 2021

One of my happiest childhood memories is shaking a fat pork chop in a Ziploc bag full of Shake ’n Bake seasoning before my grandmother slapped a few on a tray and put them in the oven. Our food connected me to my ancestors and to my family around the dining room table. Nobody wants to die at 45 from heart complications.”

Food Order

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It’s also the perfect place for a private dining experience. Whether you’re planning a birthday, anniversary, or corporate dinner, Fort Worth has expansive restaurants and fantastic hospitality to make private dining unforgettable. Best Private Dining Restaurants in Fort Worth. Check out our list below! Check out our list below!

Fine Dining

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Sink your teeth into a massive steak or taste bite-sized complex creations from a four-course menu. Crafted by Chef Andy Hollyday, the menu is New-American-style cuisine focused on turning fresh produce from local farmers into delicious share platters that the whole family will enjoy. Selden Standard. Make a Reservation. Order Online.

Seasonal Menu

EATER

JULY 6, 2022

Blue Hill at Stone Barns’ alluring story — that a fine dining restaurant could be a model for changing the world — seduced diners, would-be employees, and thought leaders alike. The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a nonprofit regenerative farm and educational center, opened in 2004 on the site of a former dairy farm.

Compost

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. Rick Camac, Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management at the Institute of Culinary Education. Plant-based Menu Items. Jim Collins, CEO at Kitchen United.

2020

EATER

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In light of the workarounds required of the past 18 months, Eater’s nationwide staff considered any place our readers could reliably get food as a restaurant in our quest to celebrate just how thrilling dining out is, whatever that looks like right now. Can’t afford to splurge on a tasting menu? Editorial lead: Hillary Dixler Canavan.

Fine Dining