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One Year Later: Are We Still Turning Tables on Pay-at-the-Table?

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Tech has taken its seat at the table – literally. QR codes were invented in the 90s but didn’t pick up steam until 2011 – when smartphones became the ubiquitous devices they are today. Pay-at-the-table proved its value through the pandemic and breathed new life into old technology like QR codes.

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A Steakhouse Divided

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Martha Cheng Hy’s Steakhouse was synonymous with Calgary dining in the 1950s, but as Canadian tastes have changed over the decades, a Waikīkī offshoot has become a time capsule of the iconic original It wasn’t long after opening in downtown Calgary in 1955 that Hy’s Steakhouse became synonymous with Alberta food culture.

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MRM People & Places: Cassoulet War, Zagat Stories and AQUAlounge

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With so many amazing new dining and entertainment experiences emerging around the world, it feels good to be a part of that revolution and to bring something unique back to San Diego.” Hunter also has plans for a robust dining program in partnership with San Diego’s top restaurants and caterers.

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HAGS Will Be Queer First, and a Restaurant Second

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Telly Justice and Camille Lindsley are creating a blueprint for fine dining’s queer future with their upcoming New York City opening, HAGS The dining room at 163 First Avenue in New York’s East Village is barely big enough to fit two people standing side by side. I didn’t have an awareness of kitchen culture at all.

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A Highly Specific Guide to Barcelona’s Best Tasting Menus

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How to go all-out on at least one meal in the tasting-menu capital of the world Fine dining has had a tough go in recent years. In most cities around the world, stepping off the street and into a cushy dining room means missing out on important local culinary traditions in favor of a tablecloth and some generic amuse bouche.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

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The new restaurants — as well as upgrades to existing locations — will adapt the company’s new, modern, and inviting “Fresh Forward” design and meet the needs of today’s consumer with comfortable guest indoor dining spaces as well as numerous delivery and order ahead options, with a strong digital first strategy.

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‘Manifold Destiny’ Is the Apotheosis of Dude Cooking

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Alas, this dream went unfulfilled, but if you happen to own a 1965 Jaguar XK-E, congratulations: Not only do you have a very fine classic sports car, you also have the biggest, most conveniently arranged cooking-engine ever made (at least according to Maynard and Scheller, and really, why should we doubt them?). And it was also driveable!