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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.”

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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. Make sure everything is made in house just like that fine dining chef would do for a ten- course tasting menu. Fifteen-hour workdays, no time for anything but the pursuit of excellence.

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

Modern Restaurant Management

2025 Dining Trends Embracing Newstalgia Chefs and mixologists will lean into ‘newstalgia’ by adding playful twists on classic dishes. While swicy took the front seat this year, Rubix’s proprietary research found that 5 percent more Gen Z respondents reported having frequent sweet and salty cravings over sweet and spicy.

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Lessons from French Bistros: How Small Restaurants Deliver Big Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

Introduction: The Charm of French Bistro Culture At the heart of French bistro culture lies an effortless charm that transforms dining into something personal and profound. Unlike larger, formal dining establishments with starched linens and sprawling menus, bistros offer a relaxed intimacy that swaps stiff elegance for a warm, lived-in feel.

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Restaurants Can Use Music to Elevate the Guest Experience on Mother’s Day 

Modern Restaurant Management

Mother’s Day reigns queen as the largest dining-out holiday of the year, with Americans projected to spend around $35.7 Diners are booking their tables well in advance, turning “no reservations available” into a badge of honor that signals high demand and exclusivity. billion on celebrations this year.

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

EATER

He opened the buzzy 15-seat Brooklyn restaurant, one of Eater’s Best New Restaurants of 2022 , after winning the city over with a dinner series called Iya Eba in the late summer of 2020. “I Chefs bringing West African cuisine into the American fine dining space have inevitably had to educate even the most interested customers. “I

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Restaurant Patio Guide: How to Get More Profit With Outdoor Seating

SpotOn

However, getting more guests in seats through outdoor dining can also come at a cost, both in time and money. Add high tops to vary up seating. Put weatherproof seat cushions on chairs to make them more comfortable for guests.  But quoting wait times that are too long could cause waiting parties to dine elsewhere.

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