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CHEFS – SIMPLE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL

Culinary Cues

Meticulously clean kitchens; pristine, starched chef whites; the very best equipment and ingredients from around the world. Now, make sure that the vegetables on the sandwich are at their peak and reflective of the season: dont serve raw tomatoes outside of July and August. Make the tomato an experience.

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META BOFINGER’S RESTAURANT SECRET

Culinary Cues

Long before the restaurant chains of today, decades prior to the birth of fine dining, experience dining, and molecular gastronomy, there were neighborhood cafes that were part of small communities across the country. I was eager to discover her secret restaurant potion – an obscure seasoning, or unique way of cooking.

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The Arch Deluxe Was a Hell of a Burger. It Was Also McDonald’s Most Expensive Flop.

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In the ’90s, fine dining chef Andrew Selvaggio was tasked with creating a burger that would appeal to sophisticated palates. It wasn’t entirely unreasonable to expect miracles because on paper, the Arch Deluxe is one hell of a burger: crisp lettuce, mustard-mayo sauce, peppered bacon, tomato, and beef on a bakery-style potato roll.

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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

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.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-Year 2024

Modern Restaurant Management

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). .

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Is the Minimalist Restaurant Menu Over?

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It’s a familiar scene: After sitting down at a table, the waiter brings you a sheet of fancy paper with the day’s menu printed in pretty fonts. There are around a dozen dishes, which can be ordered as a tasting menu or a la carte. “We But just as that information once did, the minimalist menu is disappearing.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

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.

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