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Culinary Cues
AUGUST 22, 2022
There were eighteen or twenty seats (mostly deuces) and in better weather maybe two more tables on the street or alleyway in front or beside these tastes of a chef. In most cases, the people who filled those twenty seats were there on a regular basis. Bigger isn’t always better.
7 Shifts
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Restaurant owners and operators wear a lot of hats. They're people leaders, customer service providers, line cooks, inventory managers, occasional bartenders, public relations reps, number crunchers, and even marketers. We live in a world where diners are inundated with choices.
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Focus POS
AUGUST 19, 2020
Right now, restaurants are relying heavily on outdoor patio seating for a large part of their dine-in revenue. If you have the available space, patio seating is a great way to boost your sales and keep customers safe during the pandemic. Restaurants have been hit hard.
Web Diner
JANUARY 30, 2019
But, when it comes to customers and seating arrangements, that couldn’t really be further from the truth. The way clients are seated is a huge part of it. First of all, identify the different areas where it would be possible to seat customers – while obviously taking into account the areas that are needed for other purposes. Instead of buying a single very long table that would maybe sit something like 10 people, you can get smaller square tables that seat 4 people.
Speaker: Patrick Cottrell and Joe English
Whether your state allows outdoor dining, takeout only, or a little bit of both, we're here to help. Join Patrick Cottrell and Joe English from Sculpture Hospitality, for a webinar on Jan. 26th, and get your restaurant to thrive in face of pandemic restrictions
Modern Restaurant Management
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Whether a restaurant, bar, food market, or similar establishment, creating outdoor seating has allowed many businesses to remain afloat throughout COVID and will be crucial for the coming months.
Indoor Media
AUGUST 22, 2017
The post 8 Restaurant Advertising Tips for Filling Seats in the Fall Season appeared first on IndoorMedia. September is a tough month for restaurants.
LevelUp
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Previously, most locations were about 2,000 square feet with 50 seats, as required by company policy. Future stores will be as small as 1,400 square feet and seat as few as 26 people. Since 2014, online ordering for pickup and delivery has grown 300% faster than dine-in traffic. In its early years, digital ordering provided an opportunity to access tech-savvy customers and boost sales. Now, it is crucial that quick-serve and fast-casual restaurants offer the ability to order online.
Restaurant Clicks
AUGUST 9, 2021
When you are in South Florida, there are plenty of great restaurant options for outdoor seating. It has both outdoor seating and indoor seating with big windows to make you feel like you are out.
Restaurant Clicks
JULY 19, 2021
There is plenty of room to spare here at Ella’s on their massive outdoor deck area complete with wooden booths and a high-seat bar encircling a massive oak tree that lights up beautifully at night. They have some of the best outdoor seating in Tampa here at Jackson’s, in our opinion.
Speaker: Kevin Tam, Sculpture Hospitality Consultant
This webinar is about creating the mindset necessary to navigate a post-pandemic world. The last year and a half of the pandemic has wounded all of us, mentally, emotionally and financially, especially being in one of the hardest hit industries. To thrive, we have to learn how to accept it, face it, deal with it and strategize around it.
Evergreen
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Expanded outdoor seating may be just what you need to maximize profits during COVID-19. The post How Expanded Outdoor Seating Can Maximize Your Restaurant’s Profits appeared first on Evergreen.
EATER
APRIL 27, 2021
Shutterstock. Unvaccinated people should still wear masks, as should everyone if eating indoors The Centers for Disease Control updated its guidance on socializing and safely engaging in other activities during the pandemic, including new information on best practices at restaurants.
EATER
APRIL 27, 2021
Shutterstock. Unvaccinated people should still wear masks, as should everyone if eating indoors The Centers for Disease Control updated its guidance on socializing and safely engaging in other activities during the pandemic, including new information on best practices at restaurants.
EATER
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Bracing for a difficult winter, some restaurants went all in on upgrades like heated patios. Starting next week, however, dine-in service is once again banned in Portland [link
Takeaway Solutions
JANUARY 10, 2019
Seat Introverts in Corners If at all possible, seat your introverted customers in a quiet or slightly darker corner. That said, many introverts who like restaurants go out to eat in order to be near people without having to mingle with them so there's no need to seat with true isolation in mind. Bums on seatsDining in a restaurant is a different experience for every single customer, and everyone comes for a different reason.
OpenTable
JUNE 9, 2021
The post Mr. Tipple’s owner shifts focus and fills seats with ticketed experiences appeared first on Open for Business. Bordeleau shares how he closed one restaurant, shifted the focus of another, and came out stronger than before.
The Salt
JULY 5, 2020
67 Orange Street makes do with take-out and outdoor service while waiting for a decision on inside dining in NYC. Image credit: Camille Petersen/Camille Petersen
EATER
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Several tents and other structures collapsed under the weight of snow [link
OpenTable
JUNE 7, 2020
Restaurants With Closed Dining Rooms Win Clearance for Outdoor Seating – Restaurant Business. The post This week in restaurant news: supporting protests, outdoor seating, fine dining chefs get creative appeared first on Open for Business.
The Restaurant Expert
APRIL 3, 2019
My restaurant knows its dollars per square foot and or dollars per seat _. A restaurant management plan is your written strategy for how to get your restaurant to where you want it. New ideas have very little value unless they are put into action. This restaurant management plan is a tool that translates ideas (I should or I’ll try to) into action (I am). This helps solidify your commitment to turning your restaurant into a profitable and smooth-running operation.
The Restaurant Group
JULY 29, 2022
How many people are you hoping to seat during peak hours and how much space have you allocated for them? A crowded seating or work area is unpleasant and may even be unsafe. A properly sized floor plan should have just enough space for your seating capacity.
7 Shifts
JULY 10, 2020
Set a goal for your restaurant’s grand opening—whether it’s seating capacity, an order volume, or revenue for your first day back in business. Alternatively, bar seating must be closed until physical distancing requirements are eased.
The Restaurant Manifesto
MAY 26, 2020
As to be expected in such Trump-sponsored gatherings, the members of this “task force” seemed keenly aware that addressing the President requires … Continue reading "Having A Seat At The Table Doesn’t Mean We Get To Order".
7 Shifts
MAY 3, 2021
It’s also important to note that using outdoor space and adding more seating to your restaurant can increase your revenue by 30%. The addition of patio seating—be it in a garden behind the restaurant or in the street out in front—means more tables to touch.
Sculpture Hospitality
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Seating capacities have been dramatically reduced in most locations, and in some countries restaurants aren’t even allowed to open their doors to customers. 2020 has been a rough year for the restaurant industry.
Food Business
MAY 27, 2022
They do not have seating at this time, but that's a favorite topic for their customers. Remains to be seen if Brad’s superpowers will include seats. SOKO Butchery is our third butcher on Holy Guacamole.
Culinary Cues
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Separating the good from the great becomes more difficult when your competition is seeking to do the same. In a field where mediocrity reins strong it is quite easy to stand out as better – but is this where you want to be?
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."— Sure, you may have a certain number of seats, but service duration is variable. If you're over capacity, you don't have enough seating to meet the demand, which means you have to turn customers away. If you're under capacity, demand is low with lots of available seating.
7 Shifts
JULY 16, 2021
Do they have indoor seating or are they takeout-only? Seating capacity. Coffee shop with seating: $80,000 to $300,000. Coffee shop with both seating and a drive-thru: $80,000 to $300,000. Are there high-top, bar-style tables, regular seating, or a mix of both?
Open for Business
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
With the best reservation software, restaurants can control the pacing from behind the scenes to ensure the front of the house and kitchen teams never get slammed by too many guests being seated all at once. And if nothing out of the ordinary happens, you have seats for a few lucky walk-ins.
Culinary Cues
OCTOBER 24, 2020
Far too many times the menu takes a back seat to all other planning that will lead to serious miscalculations along the way. Consider this – the menu is the most important component of a successful restaurant and once designed it can, and should, impact every other aspect of the business.
7 Shifts
JANUARY 11, 2021
Winterize Your Patio Seating ?? Our traffic-heavy streets are now home to ad-hoc patio seating. If your restaurant applies, make sure you’re on lists like this one, which has all NYC restaurants with heated patio seating. "Winter is coming".said
Culinary Cues
AUGUST 4, 2022
When I read an article the other day about BMW charging a subscription fee for heated seats in their cars, I thought: “Where are we going with this?” Of course, people want heated seats: “Oh well, I guess we have to pay, and pay, and pay for something that was previously part of the deal.”
7 Shifts
JUNE 16, 2022
How long franchisees will have a seat on the board. Some criteria to base the selection of which franchisees earn a seat on the council include: Years of experience with the franchise. What do site visits, paperwork, and meetings have in common?
The Eat Restaurant
JUNE 6, 2021
The problem though, is that they don't take seat occupancy into account. Are you using your dining space to its full potential? One way to answer this question is to look at revenue metrics, like average check size or total sales.
Modern Restaurant Management
APRIL 18, 2022
Often with more available seating comes an influx of guests. They should be organized and create schedules in advance to prevent staffing shortages on busy nights, and they also need to thoroughly train new staff members and make sure every employee is up to speed on seating charts.
7 Shifts
MARCH 10, 2021
Expand or Remodel Expanding your restaurant's outside seating area with a deck, patio or tent, could bring you real financial benefits. That’s a 65 percent return on investment for their customer who considered adding outdoor seating.
Open for Business
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Take advantage of the software’s assignment recommendations to maximize seats. The best table management systems today know when to assign a party of 2 to a two-top instead of a 4-top and when it’s okay to seat a smaller party at a larger table.
Sculpture Hospitality
JUNE 17, 2020
For some locations, this may include reduced seating and customer capacity (25% - 50%), the requirement for staff to wear the appropriate PPE (personal protection equipment), enhanced cleaning regimes more frequently throughout the day, and much more.
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