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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-Year 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the rise of eCommerce, economic impact, dining during COVID and hot dog insights. Yelp’s diners seated data shows significantly more people are dining-in at restaurants. Yelp's Economic Impact Report.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Fine dining and upscale casual were the worst performing segments during March based on same-store sales growth. Family dining was another segment that was hit hard, which includes many buffet-based concepts. Same-store sales for restaurants dropped by 28.3 percent in March. Same-store traffic fell by 29.2 percent during March.

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A Series of Extremely Scientific Theories on Why Fun Is Fun

EATER

The ostentatious, performative elements popping up at restaurants nationwide certainly are a lot of fun. But, of course, we might also ask ourselves: Why have restaurants become venues for these kinds of theatrics? In fact, might all this fun be undergirded by a theoretical framework tied to, say, our existential ennui? Or cultural decline!

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All the Kitchen’s a Stage

EATER

Traditionally, a chef in a fine dining establishment didn’t have to worry about being watched. Perhaps a customer could glimpse the line through a swinging kitchen door, but the peace and civility of the dining room was sacrosanct. It’s true that open kitchens were hardly a new concept. I had done theater sets.

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Finding Community (and Pancit Canton) in America’s Oldest Resort Town

EATER

One of the oldest pan-Asian restaurants in America, East of Suez , sits in an unassuming century-old building that was once the dining hall of Camp Wunnishaunta — an informal Jewish day camp for adults — and then a pizza joint. In 1967, New York City residents Charlie and Norma Powell purchased the building on a whim.

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Top 17 Restaurants with Private Dining in Jacksonville

Restaurant Clicks

The need for private dining for small to large groups is vital in a city the size of Jacksonville. Restaurants with private dining spaces are great places to hold events and celebrate special occasions or work parties. We have compiled a comprehensive list of the seventeen best private dining rooms in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Where to Stay, Dine & Be Seen During Super Bowl LIV Weekend in Miami

Sante

Gianni’s at The Former Versace Mansion : The acclaimed Mediterranean restaurant Gianni’s, provides guests an inspiring dining experience by Italian Chef Valter Mancini, in an unapologetically opulent setting. Event date: February 2, 2020 (All day). Kush photo credit: Gita Shonek. Photo credit: Brett Hufziger.

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