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Inside a Chef-Designer Collab

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2023

A restaurant’s design is a guest’s first impression, setting the stage for the experience to come. When creating an elevated dining space, it’s critical for there to be a meeting of the minds between the chef and designer that culminates in a setting that is reflective of the chef’s vision and taste.

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Best Practices for Dealing with Fluctuating Food Costs

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 21, 2025

Vice President of Brand Strategy for Sunny Street Cafe, tells Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. Since Sunny Street's inception 16 years ago, Stasko has led various departments – including menu design, product strategy, the move to a bright and fresh restaurant design, and its family-centric marketing focus.

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Designing a Next-Gen Teaching Facility

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2023

Designed by The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry, the facility provides real-world experience for the next generation of chefs and hospitality leaders. To learn more, Juliana Kerschen and Rachael Snow Barry of The Johnson Studio answered questions from Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. How is the project multi-functional?

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How to Create an Engaging Web Design for Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

As a restaurant owner, you’ve put some serious thought into your interior design, menu development and ambience creation to make your guests feel comfortable and attract more people to visit. But have you thought about your website design? Align your web design with your style. Align Your Web Design with Your Style.

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Design Inspired by Japanese Sensibilities

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2023

The name comes from the Japanese equivalent of the Rock, Paper, Scissors game and the space combines natural elements, fluid design lines, and Japanese precision throughout. The space features hanging lantern pendant lights, wooden wishbone chairs, and bouclé knit and leather banquettes, all custom-designed. “We

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Best Practices for Capitalizing on Workplace Holiday Party Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Kaushik Subramanian, Chief Revenue Officer at ezCater, told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine that the report allows restaurants to predict seasonal trends and prepare their offerings as workplaces nationwide put on their holiday celebrations.

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Moving Beyond Hourly Wages Toward Supporting Employees as Whole Individuals

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

. "Our compensation data indicates a shift towards more comprehensive benefits and total compensation packages, moving beyond traditional hourly wages and annual salaries," Alice Cheng, CEO and founder of Culinary Agents, told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. "This

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Merch with a Mission: Creating Brand Ambassadors

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 11, 2024

" That's what Jason Cortellesso, Partner & Creative Director at Sport & Leisure , told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine when discussing the merch program at his latest estabilshment in East Greenwich, Rhode Island that is seeing people to line up before they open on drop days to get their hands on the items.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

These changes have become permanent shifts in how they target customers, market themselves, and design their offerings." " As we mark the fifth anniversary, MRM magazine surveyed restaurant insiders about the pandemic’s lasting impact on their businesses and the industry.

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EATER

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Erin Ng Neon walls, palm-shaped chairs, giant pepper grinders — there’s nothing subtle about maxed-out restaurant design in 2023 Walking into Shuggie’s Trash Pie is like entering an acid-tinged glam paradise. This is restaurant design in 2023. Shuggie’s Trash Pie. Seuss lamps, and squiggly leg chairs put New York’s Cafe Mars on trend.

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‘Broad, One-Size-Fits-All Messaging Has Been Replaced by Tailored Campaigns that Resonate with Specific Audiences’

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2025

While the family-owned and operated firm has evolved from a public relations boutique into a full-service digital and design agency, their main vision has remained: helping food companies tell their stories and connect with the right audiences.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Three

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

" As we mark the fifth anniversary, MRM magazine surveyed restaurant insiders about the pandemic’s lasting impact on their businesses and the industry. And outdoor dining, once more of an afterthought or a novelty, has become a more permanent and intentional part of restaurant design.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry experts for their views on what trends and challenges owners and operators can expect to see in 2025. A great example of this is McAlister’s Club MCA – designed to elevate the guest experience for loyalty members.

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‘A Smaller Footprint Isn’t a Limitation – It’s an Invitation to Get Creative’

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2025

To learn how these layouts can help maxmize efficiency while still providing optimal guest experience, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine received insights from Aleksandra Kaplan, partner at Swan Dive Design Studio. Among her design tips: Form Must Follow Function, Go Big in Little Ways and Design to Grow.

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Finding New Purpose Through Repurposing Space

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

based architecture and design firm / /3877, newly-available real estate offers prime locations and cheaper rent for fast casual restaurants such as taco shops and upscale burger joints. Repurposing a restaurant space presents unique design challenges, particularly in the planning phase.

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Delivery Fraud: Fighting Scams to Protect Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2024

What are some common fraud activities you are seeing that affect restaurants?

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How Will GLP-1s Change Restaurant Menus?

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2025

There is an opportunity for restaurant operators who want to embrace the GLP-1 movement by focusing on portion sizes and crafting "GLP-1-friendly”menu items, Sally Lyons Wyatt, global executive vice president and chief advisor, Circana, told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. "By

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Behind the Redesign: Flexibility for Marco’s Evolution

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

“Our new store design marks a pivotal moment in our brand’s evolution, serving as a cornerstone for our growth and the next chapter of our journey,” said Tony Libardi, Co-CEO & President of Marco’s Pizza. We aimed to bring a fresh, contemporary Marco's brand aesthetic designed for the long term.

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50 Years of Culinary Excellence: Celebrating ICE’s Anniversary

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2025

In 1995, ICE Chairman and CEO Rick Smilow acquired the school and expanded its offerings, adding new courses of study, creating specially-designed facilities, expanding geographically and regularly updating the curriculum to reflect the ever-evolving culinary industry. As for induction cooking, that's an easy answer.

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Are We at a Culinary Crossroads?

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Future foodspaces will need to be designed to meet the personalized needs of diverse customer bases, according to Culinary Crossroads: How Societal Shifts Are Defining Tomorrow’s Dining , the latest whitepaper from IA Interior Architects research initiative, HumanX. "The

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Experience Matters: What Restaurant Guests Value

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2024

The experience agency, who designed new restaurant prototypes for clients such as Burger King, Panda Express and Panera Bread, surveyed consumers to gain a better understanding of the current customer journey and what guests value most about the restaurant experience, particularly at casual dining and fast casual restaurants.

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Taking a Trip Down Sweetlane

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 10, 2023

” The freestanding building features unique design elements on all sides, including a continuous green dip around the building, a large-scale mural by local Chicago artist Cody Hudson and architectural awning details. What was the process of designing sweetlane?

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86 Your Brand Issues: How to Build Cohesive, Memorable Brands that Resonate with Guests

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2025

For a deeper dive into brand messaging, strategy, and authenticity, creating unified guest experiences, and the orchestration of physical and experiential touchpoints, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to The Plaid Penguin’s Founder and Sir Idea Man Joe Haubenhofer.

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Optimizing Your Restaurant Merch Game

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 5, 2024

To learn more about best practices for creating effective merchandise, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine connected with Greg Kerr, Owner of Alchemy Merch , which has made more than four million custom products for artists, brands, and creatives in all fields. There are so many good items to make if they are designed well.

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A 10-Foot Mike Tyson Statue Helped One Restaurant Expand

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 11, 2024

To learn more about the project, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Rick Marencic, IIDA, Principal / Studio Leader at JCJ Architecture. From an architectural and design standpoint, what are best practices for expanding a brand to a new location? How do you maintain brand integrity through design?

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Creating Vibrant Visual Palettes for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2023

Multidisciplinary designer Marissa Zajack is deeply passionate about food and the art of dining. “I seize every opportunity to intertwine my design expertise with the restaurant industry,” she said. Zajack brought the chef's creative vision to life through her branding and graphic design.

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Tapping into a Concept

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Tap 42 was among the first concepts in South Florida to combine signature architectural design with a chef-driven menu, extensive craft beer list, and handcrafted beverage program. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine visited with Tap 42's VP of Development Alex Rudolph at the Aventura location just prior to the pandemic.

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Honoring the Legacy of a Historic Structure

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2023

The original design is a heavy timber replica of a six-beam Haida house—a traditional style of building by the Haida Tribe—which opened in 1939 as a Native American curio shop before serving as a restaurant space starting in 1945. I like to joke about the number of mop sinks I’ve designed over the years.

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Oh, Canada: The Potential Impact of AI and Tariffs

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

"These tariffs could deeply affect the food service and hospitality industries on both sides of the border," Alex Thalassinos, President of Silverware POS, one of the first tech providers dedicated to Canada’s hospitality industry, told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine.

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Grant Money Is a Viable Option for Restaurant Funding

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2020

So, whether you are a restaurant proprietor of one, two or many locations, food or inventory supplier, menu designer, online reservation technology or delivery software company, this could be a viable funding option for you. But just applying for a grant does not mean you will secure one. Showcase all Rewards and Recognition.

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What are Some Additional Ways to Build Revenue Streams and Prepare for the Winter Months?

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 25, 2020

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. And by this, we mean offering proteins/center-of-the-plate and sous vides menu items designed to feed an entire family. Then, work to fill those gaps.

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Five Benefits of Outsourcing Your Restaurant’s Digital Marketing Efforts

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2021

The great news is that an effective digital marketing strategy can be designed and implemented to fit just about any marketing budget. Most digital marketing agencies offer many important solutions for small to medium-sized restaurants, including: Website design, monitoring, and maintenance. Google Rankings and Google My Business.

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Under Control: How Automation Increases Hospitality at Portside Pier

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

According to AV-ators President Jared Magoon, who designed and integrated the Control4 automation system, “besides the cooking and direct customer service, the whole building can essentially run on autopilot.” ” Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine wanted to learn more and reached out to Magoon.

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Lifting Up to a New Level

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 12, 2021

. “We faced the challenge of making sure our existing customers knew we were keeping the product the same historical product for which we had become known,” he told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. “However, we also wanted to add our own touch to some new menu items.” And the result?

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Best Practices for Finding Benefit Solutions

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. The only factors that have to be considered for this option are price and the use of plan designs that are appropriate for the sector. Here’s a deeper dive into each.

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Menu Redesign Avoids Confusion and Promotes Optimization

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 12, 2024

The Ori’Zaba team told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine they watched people walk in and have a physical reaction to the three pricing tiers. They had sticker shock when looking at tier three "Extra Clasico." A great balance."

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Learning to Pivot S’More

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 24, 2024

We tend to work a lot with brands to create marshmallows based on their brands, but we would love to work with other brands – especially in home décor – that use our brand and marshmallows to concept designs. I start working on the Advent calendar design in January! An XO Marshmallow kitchenware collection?

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Transformation through Suspension

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 18, 2023

The design of the entire system is so smooth, the tables can be adjusted with dinnerware and wine glasses fully set. They commissioned local contractor Michael Wesp to design a dining room that is functional, flexible, and reminiscent of the communal seating at the farm. In what ways does the design connect to the menu?

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Yelp Report: Breakfast’s Booming and Value’s Valuable

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2025

To learn more, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Kadecia Ber, Yelp’s advertising trends expert. These metrics were then weighted.Yelp measures consumer interest by looking at select actions users take in connection with businesses on Yelp, including viewing business pages or posting photos or reviews.

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Why Restaurant Benefit Structures Are Unique

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 7, 2021

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. And we believe it is possible to build plans with co-pay designs and an actuarial value in the same 60 percent neighborhood as a HDHP.

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Bringing Comfortable European Dining to Downtown Nashville

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 1, 2023

For a deeper dive, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine questioned Jared Bradley, AIA, NCARB, President and Founder of The Bradley Projects. The design challenge was creating a space that exuded a sense of comfort and familiarity while feeling upscale, unique, and exclusive.

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‘A Core Tenet of the Hospitality Space Is that You Focus on People Over Profits’

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

” Guests are not really avoiding eggs due to bird flu concerns, Ed Powers, Director of Operations at Broken Yolk Cafe, told Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. During the current outbreak, HPAI has been detected in birds or other species nearly every month since the outbreak began in February 2022.”

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Delivering a Solution for Underutilized Kitchens

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Once a kitchen signs on to be licensee, Foodhaul provides a turnkey toolkit, along with the concept’s recipes designed for systematic production. Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine caught up with Stavrou to discuss how the concept is working with struggling restaurants and the impact it’s having.

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Digital Solutions Keep Restaurant Doors Open

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2021

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine interviewed Linardi about the digital restaurant experience, contactless payment and more. Very early in my professional career I fell in love with user-centric product design and developed a passion for building technology that could solve problems for the end user.

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Inside a Chef-Designer Collab

Best Practices for Dealing with Fluctuating Food Costs

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Designing a Next-Gen Teaching Facility

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How to Create an Engaging Web Design for Your Restaurant

Design Inspired by Japanese Sensibilities

Best Practices for Capitalizing on Workplace Holiday Party Trends

Moving Beyond Hourly Wages Toward Supporting Employees as Whole Individuals

Merch with a Mission: Creating Brand Ambassadors

Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part One

Fun by Design

‘Broad, One-Size-Fits-All Messaging Has Been Replaced by Tailored Campaigns that Resonate with Specific Audiences’

Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Three

2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

‘A Smaller Footprint Isn’t a Limitation – It’s an Invitation to Get Creative’

Finding New Purpose Through Repurposing Space

Delivery Fraud: Fighting Scams to Protect Your Restaurant

How Will GLP-1s Change Restaurant Menus?

Behind the Redesign: Flexibility for Marco’s Evolution

50 Years of Culinary Excellence: Celebrating ICE’s Anniversary

Are We at a Culinary Crossroads?

Experience Matters: What Restaurant Guests Value

Taking a Trip Down Sweetlane

86 Your Brand Issues: How to Build Cohesive, Memorable Brands that Resonate with Guests

Optimizing Your Restaurant Merch Game

A 10-Foot Mike Tyson Statue Helped One Restaurant Expand

Creating Vibrant Visual Palettes for Restaurants

Tapping into a Concept

Honoring the Legacy of a Historic Structure

Oh, Canada: The Potential Impact of AI and Tariffs

Grant Money Is a Viable Option for Restaurant Funding

What are Some Additional Ways to Build Revenue Streams and Prepare for the Winter Months?

Five Benefits of Outsourcing Your Restaurant’s Digital Marketing Efforts

Under Control: How Automation Increases Hospitality at Portside Pier

Lifting Up to a New Level

Best Practices for Finding Benefit Solutions

Menu Redesign Avoids Confusion and Promotes Optimization

Learning to Pivot S’More

Transformation through Suspension

Yelp Report: Breakfast’s Booming and Value’s Valuable

Why Restaurant Benefit Structures Are Unique

Bringing Comfortable European Dining to Downtown Nashville

‘A Core Tenet of the Hospitality Space Is that You Focus on People Over Profits’

Delivering a Solution for Underutilized Kitchens

Digital Solutions Keep Restaurant Doors Open

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