EATER

DECEMBER 15, 2023

More recently, the coupes have become a fixture of the aesthetic Instagram tablescape, particularly among the niche of food designers and stylists who put forth a sense of highly stylized yet casually lived-in opulence. Everything, no matter how basic, is more special in a coupe. Their transportive appeal spans the globe.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

More recently, as chefs have been working up seasonal menus to highlight local specialties and homegrown bars have been remixing native spirits, Sri Lanka drew millions of tourists in 2024 , announcing the islands comeback on the global stage after a few years of economic uncertainty. But its easy to find great meals if you know where to eat.

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Hotels Seasonal Menu Back of House Small Business 275

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2020

US Foods Springs into Helping Bars and Grills. In other news, US Foods launched its Spring Scoop, “Raising the Bar: The Classics – Celebrated and Elevated.” ” Spring Scoop highlights include: Elevated, Upsell-Worthy Bar-and-Grill Favorites. Its global culture promotes an engaged, social atmosphere.

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Bar Cash Management Loyalty Program Point of Sale 386

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 3, 2021

In addition to the emergence of indoor dining, it explores rising competition between fast food and fast casual restaurant brands with COVID restrictions loosening. The data finds consistent consumer behavior across both restaurant categories signalling the distinctions between fast food and fast casual restaurants are quickly evaporating.

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2021 Fast Casual Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery 474

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Soft drinks and beer lead the way with categories drunk in bars and restaurants since returning to the On Premise. A notable proportion of cocktail drinks interact with staff/ bartenders with over a third asking bar staff for recommendations before ordering. This shows bar staff play a key role in cocktail sales in the On Premise.

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2021 Fast Casual Online Ordering Consumer Goods 493

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 5, 2021

100 percent of states have Restaurants open indoors and 98 percent of states have Bars open indoors, with some capacity measures in place. velocity in Neighborhood Bars has grown by 447 percent vs the equivalent week in 2020. . velocity in Neighborhood Bars has grown by 447 percent vs the equivalent week in 2020.

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2021 Coupons Loyalty Program Consumer Goods 490

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2024

At our Shannon Rose pubs, in addition to numerous bars available for dining, we have several different dining rooms where we have solo seating tables set up. It’s one reason we offer smaller portions at our Spuntino Wine Bar & Italian Tapas locations.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Fine dining establishments may require staff to have in-depth knowledge of each dish, including wine pairings and ingredient sourcing, while a fast-casual restaurant may focus on quick service and consistent food prep. Let’s say you run a fast-casual restaurant.

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Training Kitchen Safety Customer Service Food Safety 195

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2023

With restaurant employees putting so much care into every plate and table while their patrons leisurely embrace the holiday spirit, these parties are an opportunity to truly return that hospitality to those who make it so special for guests the rest of the year. Make them feel special. Do show gratitude in a personal way.

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Transportation Loyalty Program Fast Casual Fine Dining 498

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2021

Spanish Diner in New York supersizes their specials on a wall-sized slide frieze above the bar, inviting your eye around the well-appointed space and up to the gloss black ceiling (also the underbelly of the neighborhood’s famous High Line). Here’s just a bit of what we saw. Diner Preference. Operational Capacity.

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Back of House Seasonal Menu Customer Experience Fast Casual 474

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Vetting dining room, bar, and kitchen staff over the next decade will require probing more during job interviews, seeking candidates with more responsible lifestyles, advanced educational aspirations, and other evidence of a disciplined, drug-free work ethic will become even more of an HR imperative. Of course, people will always dine out.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 539

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 11, 2020

“If you’re a bar, you could serve coffee and pastries during the day to keep different revenue streams open while not having to use the resources of a whole restaurant." “Having a special area for a take-out window, thinking about that long term is a really smart idea,” she said. ."

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Fine Dining Online Ordering Dine-in Take-out 470

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

But as much of the story written during the month, it is really the last two weeks that require special attention. Limited-service restaurants (those in quick service and fast casual) had a sharp acceleration in their guest check growth, as consumers likely shifted to larger off-premise orders to feed multiple people at home.

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2020 Point of Sale Fast Casual Online Ordering 491

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2020

QSR brands that quickly adapted television advertising campaigns with messaging to respond to the pandemic saw this strategy pay off with greater consumer engagement, according to EDO, an advertising insights and analytics company that specializes in search engagement.

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Fast Casual Advertising Online Ordering Casual 362

EATER

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Umi’s website says it has a “strictly enforced” dress code, which bars “ball caps, sneakers, athletic wear and sports jerseys,” but the couple says not only had Johnson worn those exact shoes to Umi before, but a woman at the bar, who was white, was also wearing sneakers. It escalated from there. Dudes with short-sleeved polos.”

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Website Management Sports Customer Experience Reservations 353

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 3, 2024

Type of Restaurant Adults 18+ Fan of Mocktails Enjoy Mocktails Chain Restaurant 32 percent 54 percent 39 percent Local Restaurant 61 percent 46 percent 59 percent They are also much more likely to say they Frequently or Occasionally dine at every type of establishment from Fast Food to Bars.

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Menu Fast Casual Beverage Social Media 373

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

” Creating Multi-Brand Platform of Premium Casual Restaurant Concepts. “The product is superior – bar none – to any other on the market and we are so excited to bring a taste of Hawaii to Tennessee,” Rothwell said. BurgerFi International Inc. 1 coffee hub in Tennessee,” Cody Rothwell.

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Franchise Franchising Leadership Beverage 450

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Restaurant segments represented include fine dining, casual dine, fast casual, quick service restaurants and bars. The survey group included 418 restaurant operators and 1,500 restaurant patrons who had visited a restaurant two or more times per month prior to COVID-19. Innovating During COVID-19.

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Fast Casual Fine Dining Innovation Employee Relations 507

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Now thoroughly destigmatized, more bars and restaurants will include a dedicated non-alcoholic section on their beverage menus. This is a favorable trend customer-centric bars and restaurants will embrace. Non- and low-alcohol options are a great way to increase ticket averages and responsibly upsell.

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2023 Loyalty Program Fast Casual Customer Experience 419

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2021

For example, Americans dine out frequently, both at fine dining restaurants and more casual establishments, with delivery apps filling in for in-person seating at the moment. Social media has set the bar high for what folks should be preparing at home. Restaurants and hotels can showcase what makes them special.

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Hospitality Food Hotels Social Media 383

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2020

The 31-year-old, fast casual, farm-to-table chain was doing well, prior to COVID-19. Bar seating will be removed and reconfigured to allow six feet between bar stools. Bar servers will take orders and deliver drinks and food but will not linger across from guests. Hand sanitizer located throughout the restaurant.

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Food Safety Front of House Back of House Seating 511

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 1, 2020

Bars and nightlife businesses were among the hardest hit, with consumer interest down 81 percent. dine out more often to fulfill basic needs and gravitate toward drive-thru and take-away options associated with QSR and fast casual. Consumer interest in restaurants dropped by 52 percent from March 10 to April 19. In the U.K.

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2020 Food Safety Fast Casual Guest Recovery 479

Future Food

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Serai has been the trendsetter at the top of the game for a few years, now joined by Askal in Melbourne earlier this year and have just opened a rooftop bar called Inuman. This trend is not just in fine dining, but though positioning levels – bars/pubs, clubs, smart casual, fast casual, cafés, QSR and right down to impulse.

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Hospitality 2025 Food Back of House 78

7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2021

For fast-casual and quick-service restaurants—no more lines. Make It Special With delivery and pickup being the only option for many diners to get your food, you have to make sure you’re doing everything you can to stand out. If you’re known for having great margaritas, make them available for a takeout special.

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2021 Front of House Social Media Back of House 370

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 28, 2021

Adding to the 20 Noodles & Company locations in the metro Chicago market, the ghost kitchen will help reach a new customer base through its digital channels and give the fast-casual brand a presence in-between local locations. "We're flip'd by IHOP. Egg Combos with choice of breakfast meats. Dickey's in Japan.

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Franchise Franchising Fast Casual Loyalty Program 474

EATER

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Giovanna: What makes date night extra special is we both know the extra effort that were putting in to think of what we want to eat, prep it, cook it, clean up after ourselves. These days, its more about a special occasion. The special occasion could be my birthday. How do you celebrate special occasions? and Miles D.,

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Back of House Take-out Specials Reservations 172

EATER

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Illustration by Bea Hayward Once a luxury reserved for posh dinners, fish roe has become the snack du jour at restaurants across the country — and it’s blurring the lines between casual and formal dining Caviar has gone on a journey over the past few years. At Ladder 4 Wine Bar in Detroit, you can add 28 grams of Kaluga caviar to hash browns.

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Fast Casual Fine Dining 2008 Pricing 322

Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

It’s a special present from the restaurant to see good happy hour deals available as long as I visit during their specified times. I love cozying up to a restaurant bar with half-price snacks, preferably full of carbs that will soak up a discount cocktail or two. Specializing in craft beer and excellent pub food, M.L.

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Specials Online Ordering Bar Food Order 117

EATER

OCTOBER 26, 2023

But mixed in with these are decades-old noodle stalls, casual curry shacks, legendary restaurants, and bustling markets — most of which can be reached on foot, a rarity in Thailand. The casual, almost rural atmosphere, low prices, and solid cooking may make you want to come back every day. A vendor at Cham-Cha Market, Phuket Town.

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Seasonal Menu Hotels Back of House Front of House 323

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 15, 2020

Pace of recovery for fast casual brands has slowed down considerably, although results continue to be much better than for full-service restaurants. Most popular items searched: while restaurants and bars were closed, we can see that diners are searching for a way to bring home the full dining experience. pinot grigio. Next two weeks.

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2020 Mobile Ordering Point of Sale Food Supply 487

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2021

On Premise (bar/restaurant) research from CGA, based on a survey (from April 9-12) of more than 1,500 consumers (who have returned to the On Premise since reopening) within Texas, Florida, New York and California: Returning to the On Premise. ” The Return to On Premise. Spending habits are positiv e. Drink choice.

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2021 Online Ordering Mobile Ordering Guest Recovery 473

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Fast-Casual Fast Growth Rising prices in recent years have evidently been good for someone: Fast-casual restaurants. It continues: “And with many fast-casual restaurants upping their convenience games with drive-thrus and other innovations , the distinction between the two segments has become increasingly muddied.”

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Food Truck Fast Casual 2024 Food 251

Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Wine bars aren’t places for wine enthusiasts and snobs to gather and talk about the notes and tannins they get from their glasses. Instead, wine bars are popular restaurant destinations for friends to gather, dates to mingle, and events to take places. You can’t go one block without stumbling upon one or two NYC wine bars.

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Bar Reservations Seating Back of House 142

EATER

JUNE 4, 2024

After eight years working as manager of the restaurant Bar Vendôme at the Ritz Paris, Deulio was eager to leave the stuffy world of luxury behind and open a neighborhood restaurant for locals. It has also paved the way for bars like Kissproof Belleville , which opened in 2022 and was also among the Le Fooding recognitions this year.

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Back of House Bar Seasonal Menu 2002 302

ChowNow

JULY 19, 2024

Additionally, think about recommended pairings, special combos, or offers that can encourage customers to try more items. Casual Dining/Brunch Menus: 15-25 items can offer enough variety while keeping operations manageable. a pizzeria, sushi bar), fewer items (10-15) can ensure high quality and consistency.

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Menu Seasonal Menu Fine Dining Customer Experience 221

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Guests may enjoy a variety of seating arrangements, two bars, as well as private cabanas and daybeds offering bottle service and other five-star experiences. Hunter aims to set the bar for floating day clubs at a time when business and trend forecasters have projected strong potential within the new category.

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Coaching Point of Sale Customer Experience Retail 419

7 Shifts

APRIL 13, 2021

And the reports for the team are nearly spot-on: “When [7shifts’] projects our sales, your bar graphs, and your line graphs are almost, if not, they're 95%. If we're having another drink special, they're getting a reminder before the shift. They're almost spot-on…” says Crumpton. To the future and franchising ??

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Front of House Point of Sale Back of House Franchise 370