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The Next Era of American Fine Dining Is Here, Care of West Africa

EATER

Diners wait weeks to score a reservation, landing Dept of Culture a leading role among the small but growing class of fine dining West African restaurants across the country. To those looking to learn more, Teranga offers an education; its popularity speaks to a profound shift of West African cuisine in the American culinary landscape.

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DON’T NICKEL AND DIME YOUR GUEST or IMPRESS THEM WITH QUANTITY

Culinary Cues

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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ARE RESTAURANTS FACING EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION?

Culinary Cues

I don’t have the answers – they need to come from a consortium of restaurant professionals representing operations, organizations, education, ownership, and customers. We have predicted the demise of fine dining at least a dozen times in the past 25 years – is it really happening now? Pretention is fading in popularity.

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By restaurateurs for restaurateurs: Advice for opening in 2020

7 Shifts

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.” Educating yourself and thoroughly researching every aspect of your new restaurant and your local landscape is only going to help you with fleshing out your plan.

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The Complete Guide to Increase Your Restaurant Profit Margins

Lavu

Casual Dining Restaurants Casual dining restaurants offer relaxed atmospheres with moderately-priced menus. Casual dining establishments bridge the gap between fast food and fine dining, playing a vital role in the food industry. Their profit margins are around 6.5 percent on average.

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Romanelli Winery Umbria

A Wine Story

Besides top-quality vineyards, the Romanelli family possesses olive groves (which I found to be a source of wealth and prestige in traditional Umbrian culture). Mr. Romanelli invited me inside the dining room that serves as the tasting room for guests, and possibly the dinner table for the family in the evenings. Very homey.

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Building a Better Restaurant Bathroom

EATER

Any fine dining restaurant should look at this bathroom as aspirational.”. That’s what we mean when we say ‘fine dining,’” read the restaurant’s Instagram post. To bring the bathroom to code without being intrusive, Fixter opted for a variety of dispersed LED light sources, like under the counters and under the mirror.