Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

But while wings still dominate as the top football snack, new data suggests that more fans are choosing to watch the game at home rather than head to their local sports bar. This suggests fans are stocking home bars instead of ordering drinks out. Toast analyzed data from restaurants on Sunday, Feb. Vegas Jackpot, New Orleans Next?

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

I spoke to some baristas and café owners to learn about more of the factors that influence café design. How Travel Influences Café Design. Often, coffee shop owners are influenced by the journeys that they have taken, and their cafés may well pay homage to cities that influenced them. Read on to learn more.

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EATER

MARCH 26, 2025

Theres a warm-weather rooftop bar that nearly puts the Sacr Coeur within arms reach and a sprawling brasserie, as well as nightclub Mikado Dancing, open Friday and Saturday nights. Book a table at Jacques Bar Book a room at the Hoxton The Travel Buds Dry-aged beef at Nonos & Comestibles. The Travel Buds A spread of dishes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Bar type restaurants such as Buffalo Wild Wings had a much higher “never” rating at 29 percent. Source: *Causeway Solutions 2023 Dining Out and Household Spending Now that we know a little bit about overall dining habits, we looked at how people’s feelings and attitudes about other things influence their dining preferences.

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The Rail

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Think slow-motion sauce pouring, the crispy crunch of diners breaking bread, and colorful cocktail prep behind the bar. Leveraging Influencer Collaborations Partnering with food bloggers and social media foodie influencers can be a boon for restaurants. Its crucial to pair with the right influencer, however.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Over the course of 111 days, Brian Masilionis, Director, On-Premise Commercial Strategy & National Accounts for Southern Glazer’s, led a team of its industry-leading mixologists to sample more than 400 drinks in 83 restaurants, bars and hotels, compiling their insights to discover emerging cocktail and wine trends across the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Here are few of the technology advancements that we’ve seen influence many consumers to embrace “homegating” rather than make their way back to bars and stadium. The pandemic closed neighborhood bars, and stadiums took precautions by not allowing fans to set up shop in their parking lots for tailgates.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It’s not exactly a secret that getting a new restaurant up and running is a significant challenge, with a high bar for entry that includes formidable logistical hurdles and financial obstacles. New Ideas and New Influences. The restaurant business is not for the faint of heart. icing on the cake.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

With every menu cycle, we push ourselves to raise the bar, and this time, that meant refining even the smallest details. Tik Tok and other social media platforms are filled with influencers making nutritional claims and receiving millions of views. What role did social media have in the move to eliminate seed oils?

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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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EATER

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If there’s a lesson I’ve learned from Martha by way of that work, it’s that food is always best when prepared with an open mind, and when influenced by those we love most (and perhaps especially those who might share a different culinary background or perspective). In the summer, there were lemon bars.

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Goliath Consulting

MARCH 14, 2025

Beyond portion size, Ozempic also influences food preferences. For restaurants, this shift could lead to increased demand for shareable plates, half portions, or customizable menu options that allow guests to order lighter meals without sacrificing variety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Happy hours can be a great way to increase foot traffic and boost sales for restaurant and bars. Data reveals that bars with happy-hour programs had an average increase in revenue of 26 percent during happy hours. A study revealed that 45 percent of diners in the US are influenced by social media.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2021

The corner bar should have funky decorations with tiki lighting features. Further, the right light colors are important as they influence human moods and emotions. With family-style restaurants, use soft pastel colors and around the bar change to more vibrant colors. Use light-colored furniture with padded banquet chairs.

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Embrace the Suck

APRIL 26, 2020

In fact, the bars and restaurants that fail to capitalize on their data will find themselves in hot water. That’s happening to your bar or restaurant right now. ” It’s important to track numbers in your bar or restaurant. You want to keep an eye on the pulse (or profitability) of your restaurant or bar.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 23, 2020

Hyper-connectivity and lifestyle trends will continue to influence and alter consumer behavior. The past few weeks have proven how quickly the way in which we dine is shifting and evolving and fast forwarded a number of technology trends.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 19, 2023

PART ONE: An Immigrant Nation Melting Pot: America was the land of opportunity and tens of thousands came to our shores, through Ellis Island, and stood at the gates of New York ready to become American and bring their ethnic influence the country’s profile.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Amid forced closures, the pandemic influenced restaurant adaptations overnight. All beer and wine sold to-go from a restaurant must either be in manufacturer sealed containers or must be sealed at the restaurant or bar in such a way that the container cannot be immediately opened. Some jurisdictions prevent the practice altogether.

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Typsy

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Partnering with influencers is a great way to leverage yourself into more exposure and boost your revenue. In today’s blog post, marketing consultant Shane Barker walks us through the ins and outs of influencer marketing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 7, 2021

With 50% of bartenders globally reporting that their customers are drinking more premium drinks, this represents an evolution in bar-goers’ behavior since the start of the pandemic. A conscious attitude is influencing a shift toward natural selections in 2022 with one-third of people in the U.S. and half in the U.K.

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7 Shifts

JULY 10, 2020

Mark certain tables and chairs unavailable for use if they cannot be moved to accommodate physical distancing Separate booth seating with physical barriers where possible Bar seating should have one seat every six feet. Alternatively, bar seating must be closed until physical distancing requirements are eased. Invite influencers ??

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The Rail

OCTOBER 25, 2024

While competition in your local area might not be quite as fierce, prying people away from their favorite local pub or bar is a difficult ask for a new venue. 5 Social Media Marketing Tips for New Bars and Restaurants Be Consistent The first thing you need to do as a new bar or restaurant is to ensure you’re posting regularly on social media.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Running a Bar: 7 Key Features You Need to Become The Best Bar POS System in 2024 In the bustling world of hospitality, the backbone of a bar’s success lies in its operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. That’s why inventory management is one of the most important features of a good bar POS system.

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7 Shifts

JULY 9, 2021

For the latest episode of the 7shifts podcast, we synced up with Kelly McCutcheon of Hopdoddy Burger Bar to discuss how they came up with theirs. Raise the Burger Bar. With 20 plus locations across the southeast U.S., Hopdoddy looks to their core values as a sort of operating system for how they do business. Have the Hunger.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

bars & restaurants returned to and surpassed pre-pandemic levels of employment. Kimpton is particularly seeing a rise in Asian and French influences for the sweetest course. California had the largest YOY growth, with 930 openings–almost 15 percent more than last year. In September this year, there were 12.37

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7 Shifts

JULY 30, 2021

Check out this TikTok video from S3 Coffee Bar for some inspo! Influencer Marketing. By partnering with influencers on either of these platforms, you'll be able to get your restaurant in front of a whole new audience. Are you killing it as a local bar? Have them take your followers through a shift in their life!

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2021

To have the ability to name something is power, and to proliferate that name widely is influence.” Some restaurants, like XLB , use photographs or illustrations as visual translations (think tiki bar menu, problems with tiki bars aside). Offer menus in multiple languages, while preserving cultural identity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 10, 2023

63 percent of small businesses on TikTok optimize post captions with relevant keywords and hashtags–“date night bars in Austin Texas” or “brunch in Dallas,” for example. Leverage SEO techniques so your restaurant shows up in search results on the app.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 23, 2024

The most efficient way to automate compliance is through an AI-driven WFM platform, which serves as the nexus for staffing, scheduling, payroll, and other key operations functions influenced by labor laws. Restaurants should adopt WFM technology with AI at the core to maximize the potential for automation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Trends are uncovered through a survey of more than 130 chefs, sommeliers, general managers and bartenders from 75+ Kimpton restaurants and bars. Kimpton predicts that more adventurous health ingredients and plant-based menus will rise to the top, and lower-alcohol spritzes will take center stage at bars. What's hot for 2020?

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 26, 2024

Last year, the CGA by NIQ On Premise Impact Report which uses BeverageTrak data to track food and drinks sales across mainland bars and restaurants – both chains and independents – saw a one-percent uplift thoughout the U.S In 2018, Womply estimated restaurants saw a 44-percent increase on Cinco de Mayo over a typical day.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 5, 2022

Conversely, if it’s in a cluttered space, it will naturally restrict access to the rest of the coffee bar. Ultimately, independent boilers increase consistency and efficiency, as well as helping baristas manage individual temperatures to exercise more control behind the bar. Where is the grinder? Where will you tamp? Steam milk?

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Today, the Michelin Guide continues to explore new markets and broaden its global influence. However, in recent decades, it has steadily expanded its scope, recognizing exceptional restaurants across North America, Asia, and the Middle East. This article delves into the guide’s past expansions and examines where it might go next.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 30, 2019

GMs make decisions that influence the entire organization and must consistently deliver top-of-the-line service. They set the bar for everyone else. You are investing in someone who will influence the future leaders of your business. General managers keep employees happy, and employees keep customers happy.”

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

It was in this chapter that I found a recipe for blueberry gooey butter bars, which François describes as the “love child of the famous St. Easy to follow, it made some very delicious, very gooey bars that were marred only slightly by a greasy shortbread crust. Louis gooey butter cake and a blueberry oat crisp.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

Alcoholic beverages, in particular, can have an enormous impact on guest checks, especially for bar and grill and more upscale restaurants. The top factor influencing the choice to buy alcoholic drinks with take out/delivery relates to ease and safety. restaurants, bars, clubs, etc.), Same-Store Sales at McDonald's.

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