Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 27, 2020

Jon Taffer is scared for restaurants and terrified for bars. He cautioned that when restaurants can reopen for dine-in service, they will have to face the bittersweet reality of less seating capacity and less sales–he estimates as much as 30 percent–due to social distancing practices and guest apprehension. "They

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Some trending concepts over the past several years have included more open seating, high ceilings, and exposed structure concepts. As restaurant owners in Florida, patio seating can be seen as a less than desired component to our space specifically in the spring and summer months. With the current climate of the U.S.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

From a safety perspective, communal tables can be easily adjusted based on current CDC recommendations as certain seats and portions of the table can be blocked off to limit capacity. The Freshman , which uniquely operates as both a coffee shop and cocktail bar, opened in Arlington, Virginia in April 2021.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2024

For this, flexible seating arrangements are the key – from cozy booths to communal tables and counter seating, offering options that cater to individual preferences ensures that solo diners feel comfortable and valued. It’s one reason we offer smaller portions at our Spuntino Wine Bar & Italian Tapas locations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2021

When using biophilic design it is important to use natural tones for tables, bar fronts and seating to replicate tones found in nature. As bars began opening after COVID initially subsided many design techniques were put in place to keep people safe and socially distanced. Work with the interior designer when creating your menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 18, 2022

That’s not necessarily a bad thing—when you have enough staff to handle the crowd and an efficient plan to get those waiting customers seated and served in a reasonable amount of time, you can call it a successful day. Managing a crowded lobby of customers waiting to be seated requires plenty of effort from your staff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2020

Although celebrity figures like “Bar Rescue” host Jon Taffer recently told “Fox & Friends” viewers that his biggest worry for restaurants is “the premise of spacing continuing into the retail environment,” there’s going to be more that operators will need to evaluate. Original Seating Capacity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2021

Restaurant and bar employment (as of July 2021) remains down by 1.5 A future forward restaurant model will be characterized by contactless delivery, curbside pick-up, and outdoor seating and will be more able to respond to heightened anxieties about business hygienic practices. million since the start of the pandemic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 5, 2022

I don’t have one client who has all the servers necessary to run their operations, which results in a lot of complaints about long waiting times once the guest is seated. For a few minutes, the guest feels better because they are in a seat, but the big problem is on the horizon. Improve Service Through the Menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The floor plan of a seating area should not only make it easy for employees and patrons to observe social distancing guidelines, but the foot traffic flow should also make sense. Create designated areas (for curbside pickup and for those guests waiting to be seated). Design Your Floor Plan with Social Distancing in Mind.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2020

Guests would be seated at every other table or booth so as to maintain a safe distance. 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. Employees wearing masks and gloves.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

" Bo Peabody, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of restaurant reservation and rewards app Seated , Board member of Boqueria Restaurants, and Co-Owner of Mezze Restaurant Group , suggests: Beyond spacing out tables, take advantage of outdoor space if you have it available. ." Pellegrini, Jr. . "Social

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 18, 2021

In 2020, the pandemic forced over 111,000 bars and restaurants in the United States to close permanently, severely impacting the drinking and dining scene abandoned last winter. Bars—and bartenders—create artistry the people at home cannot duplicate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 7, 2020

With social distancing guidelines in place and capacity and party size restrictions like we’ve seen outlined in other states , we can expect to see increased spaces between tables, eliminated host stand waiting areas, reductions of bar seats and even entirely new layouts for restaurants that highlight contactless offerings.

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Lavu

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This should include all tables available for seating customers. Optimize seating arrangements: Arrange tables in a way that maximizes the use of available space without compromising customer comfort. This practice not only keeps the restaurant tidy but also signals to waiting customers that the table is ready for seating.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As President of the Food & Delivery segment of Novolex, I’ve had a front seat to these dramatic changes, and to the challenges facing the industry as it struggles to survive and adapt. Alcohol To-Go Will Expand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

New design solutions we’re considering include temporary enclosures around existing seating groups, devising clever touchless delivery systems inside existing and new restaurants, rethinking the curbside pickup landscape for our mixed-use projects as a starting point. How would this affect the design of the adjacent retail storefront?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 25, 2021

Bar Louie, Indianapolis. Best of all, creating a more comfortable outdoor seating space can increase ROI for restaurants in a post-COVID world. By taking seating outdoors, germs are more easily dispersed. Motorized awnings, pergolas and screens are solid solutions for mitigating the elements.

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7 Shifts

MAY 3, 2021

It’s also important to note that using outdoor space and adding more seating to your restaurant can increase your revenue by 30%. The addition of patio seating—be it in a garden behind the restaurant or in the street out in front—means more tables to touch. Staff up with unlimited users, roles, and departments.

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EATER

MARCH 2, 2023

This could be any honky-tonk in Nashville , but the Jimmy Fallon look-alike in the Red Sox hoodie gives it away: Nash Bar, a Nashville-themed bar, is actually in Boston. Nash Bar isn’t the only place “bringin’ a little bit of NashVegas to Boston,” as the Instagram bio puts it. Daniel Maurer Line dancing night at Nash Bar.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 5, 2020

Therefore, maximizing the ability to utilize outdoor space to increase seating capacity will be critical for restaurants during this period. That said, it can be expected that consumers will likely feel more comfortable if the restaurant has socially distanced outdoor seating option available.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Instead, you're welcomed by Tao, a sleek robot host programmed to seat you efficiently based on your preferences, even remembering your favorite booth from past visits. You take your seat at a table embedded with a touchscreen menu. You walk into your favorite restaurant, but there’s no human host to greet you at the door.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Diners at a sports bar in downtown Bloomington on the first Saturday night after the stay-at-home orders were lifted in Indiana’s Monroe County. There are some stipulations attached to the restaurant and bar reopening guidelines: customers must be seated, for instance, and social distancing must still be observed.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 7, 2020

Seated at Home. Seated expanded its offerings with Seated at Home. Seated does not charge restaurants a fee per delivery or take a cut of restaurant profits. We built Seated at Home to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with restaurants and protect the long term health of our industry.” Download the guidelines here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2021

We walked into a restaurant and there was a sign at the host stand: “Please wait to be seated.” Greet the guest, acknowledge that they may have to wait and send them to the bar. We were seated right away, but the server did not get to the table for almost 15 minutes. Table Service. ” (It was 7 p.m.

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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

AUGUST 12, 2020

In addition, 45% of bar-goers said they’d stop patronizing bars that impose a COVID-19 surcharge. Fifteen percent of Americans aren’t confident local restaurants have implemented sufficient sanitation protocols, and 19 percent lack confidence when it comes to chain restaurants and 28 percent for bars.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2022

This is especially true for the hotel bar. Creating a popular bar that attracts locals and visitors provides restaurants with a window of opportunity to showcase their food menu and gain loyal customers. In addition to being one of the best ways to attract new customers, elevating the bar area also benefits restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

million diners seated via Yelp* in May 2021 – the highest ever, surpassing pre-pandemic highs. In fact, the number of diners seated via Yelp was up 48 percent in May 2021 compared to May 2019. They saw a similar increase in diners seated in April 2021. Yelp found more than 3.7

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 19, 2020

I closed my own restaurant, Mezze Bistro + Bar, and it was heartbreaking,” said Bo Peabody, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Seated, and a restaurateur with more than 20 years of experience. Click here for more information. “We know from other countries that this crisis will end.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These restaurants generally have limited menus, no seating, and fewer (if any) servers compared full-service restaurants. Cons: You have higher overhead costs because you need more seating and servers. Family-style restaurants follow the full-service model with seating and dedicated servers. Pub or Bar. Fast Food Chains.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2019

64 percent would leave an overcrowded bar or club. 34 percent would not patronize bars or clubs without food items. Add variety – When it comes to seating, for the most social setup, have regular tables, but also benches, and unique seating areas for groups. 25 percent would take dates to eatertainment venues.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Sidewalk seating emerged as a lifeline for restaurants and diners alike. Today’s social yards are anchored by restaurants and bars that integrate communal spaces into their designs. Think expansive patios, open-air seating, lawn games, live music, and family-friendly areas, all creating an experience far beyond a typical meal.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

Seated Acquires VenueBook. Seated acquired digital event booking platform VenueBook. With Seated Events, Seated at Home, and Seated, restaurants can drive demand to their three primary sources of revenue in a single, easy to use rewards platform.” and the surrounding region. . and the surrounding region. .”

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2020

With outdoor dining occupying the foreground, and bars and indoor dining taking a back seat to consumer preferences, it begs the question: what happens when it gets cold? Everywhere we turn right now it seems restaurant brands are continuing to face operational challenges and hurdles.

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EATER

JUNE 4, 2024

This is now changing with the advent of online booking systems that offer two seatings each night — usually with an earlier seating at 7 or 7:30 and the later at 9 or 9:30 p.m. Le Cheval d’Or The crew at Le Cheval d’Or run a casual operation including an early dinner seating at 7 p.m. before being pushed back to 11 p.m.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2021

The corner bar should have funky decorations with tiki lighting features. With family-style restaurants, use soft pastel colors and around the bar change to more vibrant colors. To reduce monotony, use a blend of tables for seating but at the same time pay attention to the demands, needs, and privacy of the customer.

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