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The Evolution of Restaurant Technology: What’s Next?

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2005 when I started, we had OpenTable for reservations and a POS, but that's about it. Between 2005 – 2015, there was a lot of technology being brought into restaurants and it was a lot of young, early-stage companies. I started a technology company, sold it, and then went into the restaurant business.

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What Are Crytpo Restaurants Serving Up?

Modern Restaurant Management

There are restaurants that accept cryptocurrency as payment and cafes with dishes named after some of the top cryptocurrencies on their menu. Bee, the celebrity chef who opened Miami’s Oishi Thai restaurant back in 2005 is preparing to launch Miami’s first NFT restaurant. Bottom Line.

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THE KITCHEN MAGIC OF CHEF PHIL LEARNED

Culinary Cues

The menu changed every night within a cycle with a full array of appetizer, salad, entrée and dessert choices for an audience that was likely staying at the hotel for a week or more at a time (many of the patrons were second or third generation Balsam’s guests) since a stay at the “Notch” was a family right of passage.

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Raw and Ready: Growing a Healthy Fast Casual

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2005, I stopped doing that and started working on building a private equity fund focused on emerging brands in the European fashion design industry. We are also constantly working on ways to expand our menu, developing new recipes to offer innovative and delicious new options. Flemming Madsen. Is that a growth path you see?

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Veganuary and Beyond: Capitalizing on Growing Plant-Based Trend

Modern Restaurant Management

The evidence is clear: more restaurant guests are interested in plant-based and vegan menu items. “Looking at what dishes or menu items that have no or less meat or can be easily swapped out with plant-based options for meat. There are ways to make simple additions and modifications to the menu.” Chef Michael Blum.

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Sichuan Peppercorns Are Hot Enough for McDonald’s

EATER

But the fact that America’s largest chain restaurant now considers “Sichuan peppercorn” specifically a safe enough flavor to name on the menu at all is proof its journey into the mainstream is complete. The spice was illegal to import until 2005 , as there was worry a disease it was known to carry could threaten American citrus plants.

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The History of Tipping in Restaurants: The Complicated Past, Present, and Future

7 Shifts

Thomas Keller nixed tipping at Per Se in 2005. And Danny Meyer created the Hospitality Included service model, increasing menu prices to offset higher wages. Even since restaurants have gone back and forth between tipping and no-tipping. Alice Waters implemented a service charge at Chez Panisse as early as the 1980s.