EATER

MARCH 28, 2025

Levy A host of diverse offerings are on the menu at Wrigley Field, Dodger Stadium, and other arenas this season. These baseball stadiums didnt start developing new menu items overnight or without forethought. One of the most important factors to consider, however, is that new menu items are hand-held or easily enjoyable finger foods.

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Serving Seasonal Menu Food Supply Menu 243

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 25, 2022

Each year, Flavor & The Menu editors Cathy Nash Holley and Katie Ayoub compile a set of trends that will resonate with today’s consumers and provide growth opportunities for the restaurant industry. This iconic issue serves as a roadmap for innovation, providing menu developers with ideas for in-market implementation.

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2022 Menu Social Media Innovation 450

ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

Menu pricing isnt just about covering costsits about finding that sweet spot where profitability, customer perception, and operational reality meet. Understanding the Key Factors in Menu Pricing Before you develop your menu pricing strategies, its important to ground your decisions in the numbers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

From salted egg yolks and chili crunch fusions to mushroom-infused teas and freeze-dried fruit powder garnishes, Kimpton’s in-house experts share the standout ingredients, menu items and techniques that will come to the table in 2025. Move over “swicy.” ” “Swalty” has entered the chat.

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Beverage 2025 Fine Dining Guest Recovery 450

EATER

APRIL 11, 2025

What if youre seated next to someone who sucks? But no, the worst part is that I was seated next to him. This hasnt stopped a new crop of fine dining establishments from attempting to bring people even more together by serving their food in the most together way possible. Daron English Communal dining is all the rage.

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Fine Dining Seating Dine-in Cash Management 238

EATER

MAY 14, 2025

Size of restaurant in 2020: 850 square feet, 24 seats (20 dining room, 4 bar) Size of restaurant now: 4,700 square feet, 56 seats (48 dining room, 6 bar, 2 ADA bar) On finding a space We didnt think we needed over 4,500 square feet. On menu structure The old space was all consistently one menu.

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Seating Outdoor Dine-in Beverage 222

Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2025

Guests spending hundreds of dollars for a memorable meal and making reservations months in advance just to garner a seat. 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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Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Front of House White Paper 348

Lavu

MAY 30, 2025

By optimizing how quickly tables are cleared and reseated, restaurants can serve more guests during peak hours and improve overall profitability. The last thing any restaurant should do is make the customer feel like they are being pushed out of their seat for the next guest. However, turning tables must be done tactfully.

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Seating Mobile Ordering Customer Service Customer Experience 140

EATER

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The menu, which includes the ever-popular fry bread taco, tells a story of connection, innovation, and respect for legacy and Indigenous culinary traditions. For some, it serves as a poignant reminder of hardship, yet for others, it remains a comforting, nostalgic food and an accessible entry point to Indigenous cuisine.

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Innovation Food Truck Seasonal Menu 2004 317

Goliath Consulting

APRIL 5, 2025

Efficient Seating and Ordering Process Minimize wait times and ensure smooth transitions from arrival to seating. Provide digital menus or physical copies that are clear and well-designed. Checking In Without Intrusion Follow up with guests at the right momentssoon after food is served and again during the meal.

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Customer Experience Email Marketing Customer Service Mobile Ordering 195

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 18, 2022

That’s not necessarily a bad thing—when you have enough staff to handle the crowd and an efficient plan to get those waiting customers seated and served in a reasonable amount of time, you can call it a successful day. Managing a crowded lobby of customers waiting to be seated requires plenty of effort from your staff.

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Seating Customer Experience Customer Service Take-out 507

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 11, 2020

While having to reduce the number of seats is never ideal for a restaurant, many states are requiring it. The best option is to remove some tables and chairs from your dining room altogether in order not to have a bunch of empty seats as reminders of restrictions. Give your outdoor seating the same importance you give indoor.

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Customer Experience Dine-in Food Safety Kitchen Safety 516

EATER

DECEMBER 3, 2024

According to Restaurant Business, Zehnder’s and Bavarian Inn are two of the highest-volume independent restaurants in the country , with more than 1,000 seats in each; in 2022, the two collectively served some 1.8 million people. In 1928, William Zehnder, Sr. In 1928, William Zehnder, Sr.

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Hotels 2022 Seasonal Menu Dine-in 268

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2025

percent menu-price inflation rate. With households increasingly treating dining out as a luxury, every menu item and service interaction becomes a potential make-or-break moment. Red Robin climbs 3 percent to 78 thanks in large part to its focus on menu and food. At the same time, U.S. chain sales grew just 3.1

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Loyalty Program 2025 Customer Experience Customer Service 371

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2020

With outdoor dining occupying the foreground, and bars and indoor dining taking a back seat to consumer preferences, it begs the question: what happens when it gets cold? Menu Features – We’ve seen many of our restaurant partners implement menu features with great success.

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Seasonal Menu Outdoor Catering Customer Service 493

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

Alonso Castañeda , VP of Brand Development & Strategy for Savory Restaurant Fund, will discuss how the brands he works with have been able to take advantage of the current landscape to creatively serve customers. ” Duff & Phelps served as financial advisor to Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Creating a Face-Pay Network.

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Kitchen Safety Loyalty Program Delivery Customer Service 515

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 18, 2023

Each table has its own wench, which allows them to be raised and lowered to any desired height –– seated, cocktail, or all the way up to the ceiling –– using a network of cables and an electric power source. Brian, the executive chef, changes Ronin’s menu daily to reflect the best of the week’s harvest.

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Back of House Seating Seasonal Menu Design 418

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

Masks and distanced seating are great short-term adaptations to the current climate but restaurants must work toward returning to full capacity. While it may seem like restaurants can survive and return to normal with band-aid solutions like masks and distanced seating, this is not the case.

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Technology Consumer Goods Customer Experience Seating 450

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 7, 2022

If you do not intend to serve only fresh food at your establishment, a commercial freezer is also necessary. It makes no sense to take up too much kitchen space with a large range in a restaurant with limited seating. Simplify your menu. How you serve and what you serve is what will determine your success or failure.

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Equipment Kitchen Safety Food Safety Waste 473

7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Create a Menu. Do they serve just coffee or small foods as well? Do they have indoor seating or are they takeout-only? This includes but is not limited to your equipment, permits, menu, and marketing. These elements include the following: Number of guests you expect to serve in a day. Seating capacity.

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License Hiring Equipment Small Business 459

Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

Perkins, the 68-year-old chain best known for its bakery case, recently began serving boba and frozen margaritas, while its younger sibling Huddle House, 61, is rolling out smash burgers. The of-the-moment menu updates are part of sweeping rebrands at the two chains under owner Ascent Hospitality Management.

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Fast Casual Front of House Back of House Leadership 188

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Photos of your menu items, ambiance, and even happy customers will give potential guests a glimpse of the dining experience you offer. Use it to share updates, special events, or new menu items. Your posts can serve as mini-ads for your restaurant, and they appear when customers search for your business.

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Book Marketing Email Marketing Social Media 195

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2020

. “I’ve been telling friends that after three months of social-distancing,“ said Robert Passikoff, president of Brand Keys, “The first thing I want is to sit at a restaurant table and have someone serve me a turkey club and fries.” Bar seating will be removed and reconfigured to allow six feet between bar stools.

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Food Safety Front of House Back of House Seating 511

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This edition of MRM's "Ask the Expert” features advice from Buyers Edge Platform on the topic of menu engineering. Need to make menu changes? The best results right now can be discovered through the alteration of menus based on what consumers need now, and on what sells best. Keep in mind to keep the menu simple.

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Supplies Seasonal Menu Back of House Delivery 492

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The past year has also continued to drive consumer demand for alcohol to-go and outdoor dining with nearly four in 10 consumers saying the availability of outdoor seating would make them more likely to choose one restaurant over another similar one. Roughly half of U.S.

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2022 2030 Food Supply Recruiting 518

7 Shifts

AUGUST 26, 2019

"Restaurant revenue management is defined as selling the right seat to the right customer at the right price and for the right dura­tion."— From there, you can make vital decisions about price, service capacity, table turnover, and your menu to boost revenue and profits. Engineer your menu for sales and profits. The result?

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Management Management Airlines Customer Service 408

EATER

APRIL 21, 2025

The crackle and pop of a sun-kissed golden layer of crispy tahdig, in its final moments above a steady flame, ready for its debut with a strong flick of the wrist onto a silver serving tray. The cafe serves unpretentious, intentionally minimal Iranian sandwiches like zaban (tounge) and kuku (herb frittata) on barbari flatbread.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

" Bo Peabody, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of restaurant reservation and rewards app Seated , Board member of Boqueria Restaurants, and Co-Owner of Mezze Restaurant Group , suggests: Beyond spacing out tables, take advantage of outdoor space if you have it available. Please discourage or suggest limits this right now.

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Front of House Back of House Restaurant Law Food Safety 499

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2023

Keeping brand integtrity, the interior featured a walk-up counter, digital menu boards and condensed seating/waiting areas with TVs. Burying this information in fine print at the bottom of the menu or not putting it anywhere at all can quickly drive customers away and become a social media nightmare in an instant.

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Operations Mobile Ordering Customer Experience Online Ordering 449

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 1, 2024

From creating a welcoming ambiance to offering unique menu items, let’s explore the ways you can refine your restaurant's customer experience in 2024. Serving fresh, delicious, and well-prepared food can make a big difference in how customers perceive your restaurant.

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Customer Experience 2024 Online Ordering Customer Service 397

Lavu

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It is calculated by dividing the number of guests served by the number of tables available during that time period. For example, if a restaurant has 10 tables and serves 30 guests in a four-hour period, its table turnover would be 3. This should include all tables available for seating customers.

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Seating Mobile Ordering Customer Service Online Ordering 174

Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

Continue to Site >>> Menu Forget coffee. 17, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Greenlanes have no dine-in seating. He’s a “healthy investor” in the salad chain, who often serves as a brand ambassador, popping in to work the window. “We The way Greenlane prices its menu has evolved since the first unit opened in 2023.

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Fast Casual Leadership Mobile Ordering Casual 164

ChowNow

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The Different Types of Restaurant Apps (With Examples) Each of these restaurant apps serves a very specific purpose that will make operating your business significantly easier. A packed dining room is great, but without the right system, long wait times and disorganized seating can lead to frustrated customers and lost business.

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2025 Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Online Ordering 195

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2022

The 1950s saw the birth of the first idealized vending machine , an enormous construction made of metal and glass that served thousands of city-dwellers each day and night. The machine served sandwiches, wine, and coffee, and was considered a great success. This issue falls under orders from your mobile via a QR-scanned menu.

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Mobile Ordering Food Order Employee Relations Customer Service 537

EATER

MARCH 14, 2025

Arbys has a limited time menu of crispy fish sandwiches. And though Popeyes serves seafood year round, its offering a shrimp tacklebox and a fried flounder sandwich for Lent. I think after 1700 years of cultural hegemony Christians could do with taking the back seat for a few millennia, says Popham.

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Seasonal Menu Dietary Restrictions Catering Social Media 258

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Restaurants, like California’s Squeeze-In , have adopted Yelp Kiosk for a self-serve waitlist feature for customers, allowing walk-in customers to add themselves to the digital waitlist, view live wait times and receive “table ready” notifications.” Redefining the Role of the Manager.

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Technology Front of House 2023 Cash Management 520

ChowNow

APRIL 15, 2025

This does not include things like rent, labor, or marketing, just the costs directly tied to the food and beverages youre serving. A good Gross Profit Margin to shoot for is around 70% ; if youre not hitting that range, it might be time to revisit your menu pricing or renegotiate with suppliers. The result is your AOV.

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Operations Email Marketing Point of Sale Online Ordering 195