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No Reservations About Putting Restaurants First

Modern Restaurant Management

Our story began in 2014 when Tock’s founder, Nick Kokonas, grew frustrated with the limitations of traditional reservation systems while running The Alinea Group. ." Read on learn more from Tucker about Tock's evolution, reservation challenges such as scalping, and what to expect in the decade ahead.

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Celebrating 90 Years of Fresh, Maine Lobster

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2014, Snyder and Russ Bernard, purchased Beal’s from Mary Beal, the widow of the third-generation owner Sam Beal. Everyone has their own way they want it but believe that Lobster is perfect for summers and special occasions. In 1969, the third generation of the family opened a restaurant: Beal’s Lobster Pier.

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The Complete Guide to Online Ordering Systems for Restaurants

ChowNow

Since 2014, online ordering has grown 300% faster than dine-in and now accounts for roughly 40% of restaurant sales. Phone orders are prone to human errormisheard items, incorrect addresses, and unclear special requests are all common issues with manual order taking. You get fewer mistakes, and customers get faster service.

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You Should Absolutely Age Your Own Wine. Here’s How to Do It

EATER

What’s so special about vintage wine? There are a lot of complex chemical changes that occur in a wine as it ages, involving phenols, alcohol, esters and other volatile compounds,” says the wine writer and author Peter Liem , an expert who specializes in sherry and Champagne. “In It’s an amorphous thing to describe.

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Feast on Sushi, Steak, and Globalization at Iraq’s American-Themed Buffet

EATER

I found something special, beautiful, and new. After inking the franchise agreement, Meurs flew to Erbil in 2014 to collaborate with Martani on constructing the restaurant — only to hurriedly evacuate when ISIS’s lightning takeover of northern Iraq advanced within 25 miles of Erbil. Just like Eric Meurs, Martani was impressed. “I

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The Best Frozen Pizzas, According to Eater Staff

EATER

The owners got their Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana Pizzaioli certifications in 2014, but crust-wise they aimed for a balance between crisp and chew that, I hear, comes through beautifully straight from the freezer. I, for one, cannot wait to try it.

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How Martha Moments Creator Andrew Ritchie Built a Martha Stewart Community

EATER

Andrew Ritchie Ritchie caught up with Martha at the Toronto Food Show in 2014. I have 258 issues of various Martha magazines, including the flagship Martha Stewart Living, and all the special issue publications not included in the subscription at the time. The first issue is special. Eater: How did Martha Moments get started?

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