Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 11, 2020

Restaurant management software company Upserve and restaurant-architect William Duff speak here about evolving trends they are seeing and discussed some ways the dining experience might look and feel different as the new normal unfolds. Partnering a Fine Dining Experience with a Take-Out Option.

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Fine Dining Online Ordering Dine-in Take-out 470

EATER

JANUARY 8, 2021

Three designers on the inspiration that goes into creating the bottles you reach for. As the design director of Eater, judging things on how they look is part of my job. Designer and founder of Studio MMBB. Mel Barat Bours is a visual storyteller who explores narratives through art direction, design, and illustration.

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Design Book Take-out Back of House 350

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Running a successful, finely-tuned takeout operation is a complex and challenging endeavor no longer relegated to businesses basing their models primarily on delivery sales. Where possible, designating a driver waiting area can further accommodate drivers, staff and other patrons.

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Delivery Front of House Back of House Fine Dining 492

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The premiumization of tea is a natural extension to what has been taking place in fine wine, specialty coffee, craft spirits and beer over the past several decades. Really, wherever food and beverage has an intentional focus on quality and customer experience, fine tea has a rightful place – just like wine and craft beverages.

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Fine Dining Hotels Consumer Goods Beverage 576

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2024

This presents a golden opportunity to upsell specialty drinks before checkout on your restaurant app. The RMS survey sheds light on the significant and often overlooked opportunity that specialty beverages present. During a time of increased price sensitivity, beverages create an opportunity to increase the total check.

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Beverage Fast Casual Seasonal Menu Customer Experience 493

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

In pursuit of these objectives, restaurants must reimagine dining experiences through enhanced restaurant technology, deepen their commitment to sustainability, and fine-tune their core offerings. For example, Chick-fil-A is debuting advanced store designs to engage new audiences, introducing two new architectural concepts.

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2024 Customer Experience Compost Loyalty Program 473

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Yes, curbside presents a new way of fulfilling an order. There could be some lasting savings, such as decreased congestion in drive-thru or less interior space dedicated to dining room. Design the waiting experience, not the pick-up experience. From an operator perspective, it doesn’t get much better.

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Kitchen Safety Food Safety Customer Experience Food Order 590

Culinary Cues

MARCH 9, 2021

This is where cold appetizers, salads, terrines, pates, cheese plates, and likely desserts are presented with a high level of artistic expression and where, in many cases, the profit in restaurants reside. The garde manger must be conservative with portion sizes while affording the greatest impact on the dining experience.

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Presentation Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Design 415

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 26, 2022

"The Menu" hits the screens next month and chefs are already dishing about the black comedy focused on fine-dining. Personally, the end goal for me is to spend more time having “fine dining” experiences and visiting Michelin star restaurants. .” Here are what some shared with us.

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Fine Dining Social Media Dine-in 2000 442

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2020

Gen Z and millennials are likely to return to in-restaurant dining before older guests; and each group will have different concerns. It is important to communicate what you are doing for safety, but don’t forget to highlight the amazing dining experience you have to offer. Anticipation. It’s a skill!).

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Guest Recovery Kitchen Safety Food Safety Email Marketing 474

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The normalcy of customers coming in the doors for a night of dining or even a casual lunch feels like a vision of the distant past. As much as complete closures and stay-at-home orders have harmed the restaurant industry, reopening has come with fits and starts, presenting a new litany of obstacles for dining establishments to overcome.

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Fine Dining Restaurant Law Food Truck Outdoor 502

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 23, 2021

How you approach the design of your restaurant in this regard will determine nearly everything else. This can be direct (the menu item itself contributes working funds) or indirect (because the item is present on the menu – other items are more likely to sell). BEAUTIFUL FOOD PRESENTATIONS. Absolutely! Whether it is a $5.00

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Point of Sale Front of House Back of House Customer Experience 450

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 26, 2020

It is difficult to argue with safety precautions designed to keep people well and thwart the spread of the virus. At the same time it is worth noting that restaurants cannot survive at 50% capacity or worse, lockdowns that prevent any inside dining, take out or delivery only, or an environment that limits the “experience of dining out”.

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Fine Dining 2008 Kitchen Safety Customer Experience 488

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Outdoor dining is still top of mind as owners want to keep employees and customers safe and have questions about maintaining outdoor spaces in inclement weather. That's fine for sidewalks but not very conducive to outdoor dining, including keeping tables leveled. Thankfully, outdoor dining is less expensive to build out.

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Outdoor Fine Dining Dine-in FOH 508

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 4, 2019

For many companies in a variety of industries, the design above the door plays a major role in encouraging potential customers to step inside. We look at four great techniques for presenting your restaurant in the best possible light – and some mistakes to avoid along the way. Effective Use of Images and Typography.

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Consumer Goods Front of House Design Customer Experience 418

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

“In 2025, restaurants are walking the fine line between automation and hospitality,” said Ming-Tai Huh, Head of Food & Beverage at Square. restaurants and retailers are facing a challenging 2025, according to a recent presentation by Fitch Ratings at the 2025 ICR Conference. . ” A Year of Challenges U.S.

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Marketing Loyalty Program 2025 2024 221

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Restaurants survive and thrive on the “early and late majority” that represents over 60 percent of the dining population. I can vividly remember a chef position at a fine dining operation that I walked into and faced planning my first signature menu. So, how does a chef approach the dilemma of creativity vs. business sense?

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Fine Dining Café Customer Experience Menu 458

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Look deeply into these businesses and the people who own and operate them and you will see an unrelenting effort towards achieving excellence in design, product quality, efficiency, value, and service. This isn’t the French Laundry” so why even invest the time in plate presentation and cooking it properly – WRONG.

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Uniforms Fine Dining Small Business Customer Service 450

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The aroma of a simmering veal stock, pans of bacon being pulled from the oven, fresh coffee brewing and pastries hot from the bake shop meld together like a cacophony of sound produced by a finely tuned orchestra. Cooks are busy at work with their own preparations as breakfast orders from the dining room arrive at a harrowing pace.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2020

To help ensure the survival of these restaurants, many of which are family owned, the PR industry has banded together to create a campaign called "Dining Bonds." The dining bonds are being offered by participating restaurants across the country at a suggested savings of 25 percent when purchased. . "We're

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Small Business Employee Relations 585

Culinary Cues

APRIL 25, 2021

At the other extreme – an extraordinarily prepared, multi-course meal, touched by accomplished cooks, presented on a plate of fine china, in a pristine environment, with attentive service and complemented by exceptional wines will reveal all that food might attempt to be.

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Food Fine Dining Café Customer Experience 439

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2023

Customers drive up to the designated lane, scan their order code and are rewarded by getting their food quicker. Burying this information in fine print at the bottom of the menu or not putting it anywhere at all can quickly drive customers away and become a social media nightmare in an instant.

Operations 449

Operations Mobile Ordering Customer Experience Online Ordering 449

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2022

Present Staffing Issues at Restaurants. The machine presents a comprehensive menu with the ability to partially customize what customers order. A robot is unable to match human creativity, so fine dining restaurants are out of the picture for robotics companies as potential clients. It doesn’t need sleep.

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Mobile Ordering Food Order Employee Relations Customer Service 537

Culinary Cues

JULY 15, 2024

It is evident in the way customers are approached, employees interact, how staff members dress, the lack of attention paid to customer needs, the poor execution of cooking methods, the lack of attention to flavor and a haphazard approach to presentation of products, and the overwhelming disconnect between server and guest, cook and chef.

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Leadership Food Truck Employee Relations Training 437

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Restaurant concepts define the overall theme or idea behind a restaurant, including cuisine, service style, music, and menu design. Menu design. The way your menu is presented should also reflect your concept. The design of your restaurant should also reflect the concept. Example: Shake Shack. Fast-Casual Restaurants.

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Fast Casual Food Truck Casual Customer Service 370

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

How powerful is a complete dining experience and what exactly is it? An owner for whom I worked years ago referred to it as the Total Dining Experience and I have held on to this concept ever since. How much effort is placed on the design of plated foods, the contrast and complement of colors, shapes, and assembly?

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Fine Dining Dine-in Front of House Design 347

ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

If you charge more than customers expect, the value has to be obviouswhether its in quality, presentation, or experience. Menu design: Use layout and typography to draw attention to higher-margin items (and downplay the most expensive ones). feels cheaper than $13, even if its just five cents.

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Pricing Menu Point of Sale Customer Experience 195

EATER

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Lille Allen/Eater A former fine dining server dishes on how the flambé, a dying convention of French haute cuisine, became the ultimate tableside flex I can feel sweat soaking through the armpits of my $5,000 Tom Ford suit and a nagging itch along the starched collar of my custom-fitted tuxedo shirt. What’s that thing with the fire?”

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Fine Dining Mobile Ordering Dine-in Definition 350

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This shift in behaviour is welcome news for the hospitality sector and presents a unique opportunity for anyone considering launching their own business. This means more eco-conscious travellers will choose to holiday closer to home, presenting yet another opportunity for the British hospitality sector.

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Hospitality Tourism Sustainability Travel 444

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Custom designed to be unlike anything currently on the water, the process to receive permitting and approvals charted unmapped territory for the United States Coast Guard and the City of 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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Coaching Point of Sale Customer Experience Retail 419

Culinary Cues

MARCH 22, 2023

Taste is coaxed out of ingredients through dedication to process, aromas are built with an understanding of how they marry together, and plate presentations represent an appreciation for the visual arts; the beauty of fresh, natural ingredients; and the symmetry of food on a well-designed canvas – the plate.

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Coaching Fine Dining Café Training 400

The Restaurant Group

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Let’s dive into a foolproof guide designed to make your launch a resounding success. A thoughtfully executed menu rollout ensures that every element, from flavors to presentation, aligns with your restaurant’s vision. Encourage Feedback – Fine-tune dishes based on their input. Communicate expectations to avoid confusion.

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Menu Social Media Loyalty Program Seasonal Menu 88

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

KitchenAid brand presents "A Woman's Place," a documentary short, now streaming on Hulu, place clip at top. Etana Diaz, who began her career as a pastry chef and a line cook in fine dining, but found her true love for butchery after discovering that pastry wasn’t her passion. Tough to measure up to.

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Allergens Kitchen Safety Guest Recovery Customer Service 364

7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2020

Live-work-dine neighborhoods do not generate enough outside traffic to sustain a business if it is not designed correctly” — Daniel Reed Hospitality 2. Keep in mind what everyone else is doing, walk the fine line between ground breaking and comfortability. Fine dining, fast casual, etc.) Jake, Mojo Burrito.

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2020 Hiring Cash Management Education 335

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Beyond individual orders, meal kits saw a surge of popularity as at-home diners looked to create interactive dining experiences while social distancing. New and existing tools like QR codes served an essential role in maintaining social distance as restaurants approached contactless dine-in capabilities fit for our new normal.

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2020 Merchandise Retail Point of Sale 528

Lavu

MARCH 21, 2025

Multilingual Menus for Restaurants are transforming the dining experience by breaking language barriers and enhancing customer satisfaction. By leveraging this technology, restaurants can optimize their operations and deliver a seamless dining experience, ultimately improving customer retention and driving higher profits.

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Customer Experience Seasonal Menu Fine Dining Customer Service 78

EATER

MAY 26, 2022

Traditionally, the privileged few have had access to things like bone plates and fine silver — they’re expensive to begin with, they break or get sold off or thrown away because no one wants to deal with the fuss. However, she’s found a whole world of people who are interested in fine china, and all for different reasons.

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Entertainment Fine Dining Back of House Social Media 274