article thumbnail

5 Ways to Get Your Restaurant Summer Ready

SpotOn

With the help of targeted summer-themed marketing campaigns that feature your restaurant’s summer menu, atmosphere, outdoor seating areas, seasonal events, hours, and/or location, you will be able to attract both loyal guests and new clients. Think about adding new dishes that make the most of fresh, locally sourced fruits and veggies.

article thumbnail

How to Open a Coffee Shop: The Ultimate Guide

7 Shifts

Sourcing Equipment. Do they serve just coffee or small foods as well? Do they have indoor seating or are they takeout-only? These elements include the following: Number of guests you expect to serve in a day. Seating capacity. Coffee shop with seating: $80,000 to $300,000. Conduct a Feasibility Study.

License 459
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Transformation through Suspension

Modern Restaurant Management

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. Two 26-foot farm-style tables are suspended from the ceiling with cables and can be set to any height.

article thumbnail

Fewer Seats, More Shelves: How Restaurants are Preparing for the Takeout Order Boom

LevelUp

Now, it is crucial that quick-serve and fast-casual restaurants offer the ability to order online. Source: Yelp ). 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. Source: CBS News ).

Seating 66
article thumbnail

Austin Breweries Serving up the Best Craft Beer

Restaurant Clicks

Pueblo Viejo offers a variety of Mexican food, Distant Relatives serves up mouth-watering BBQ, and Dough Boys churns out fresh, wood-burned pizzas. Austin Beerworks serves up the typical pub fare at the Can-tina. You can’t go wrong with the Amber Vision Amber Ale or Fire Eagle, Austin Beerworks’ 7.3 percent ABV American IPA.

Brewery 117
article thumbnail

THE END OF SERVICE TO SERVICE

Culinary Cues

Restaurants, for decades, have depended on the intermediary wholesaler to identify, source, communicate, train, deliver, and support their needs. Suddenly choice is at a premium and restaurants no longer have the ability to look for options – if they want product, they are only able to look to a single source, or very few alternatives.

article thumbnail

Restaurant Floor Plans: 8 Ideas To Inspire Your Next Location

Sling

Source: Posist.com. Source: Pos.toasttab.com. Source: Pinterest.com. We don’t know the exact dimensions of the entryway above, but the restaurant layout does one thing particularly well: it separates the guests just walking in from the guests already seated. Source: Giovannisitalianrestaurant.com.

Seating 148