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Well Drinks: What Are They and How Do They Make Your Bar More Profitable

The Eat Restaurant

If you’re a bar or restaurant owner, you’ve probably heard the term “well drinks” thrown around. But what are they and why are they on your bar menu? Well drinks (also known as house drinks) are lower-cost mixed drinks made with liquor from your bar’s well or speed rail. The well is the bartender’s go-to area, stocked with affordable, everyday spirits for quick mixing.

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Buying Restaurant Furniture? Consider These Five Important Questions First

Modern Restaurant Management

On the surface, you may not think a roadside diner or downtown café would have much in common with a fast-casual chain, not to mention an elegant stand-alone restaurant where couples and families celebrate over a two-hour, five-course meal. But the truth is they have a lot in common when it comes to selecting their furniture. Of course, the look and build may differ, but many of the questions they should consider are quite universal.

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How ‘This Must Be the Place’ Became the Ultimate Restaurant Song

EATER

Does David Byrne know that the Talking Heads’ “This Must Be the Place” has made it onto countless restaurant playlists? | Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images One song about food and a building It happened again. I was hanging out in a chic pizza place run by a well-known chef, and I heard the same bouncing bassline and whistling synths that have lived in my heart ever since my dad showed me Stop Making Sense when I was 14.

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6 Ways to Increase Restaurant Revenue

SpotOn

Making money in the restaurant industry is damn hard to do. Let’s not sugarcoat it. From credit card scams to employees who steal from you to unscrupulous vendors who charge you $100 for a broomstick—it’s a tough business, especially if you’re new to restaurants or running a restaurant on your own. No one should do it unless you’re prepared for battle every day.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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7 Brew hires former Walk-On’s CEO Christopher Dawson as president

Restaurant Business

Executive Summary: Plus, Maggiano’s appoints a Michelin-starred chef to a newly created post, Smalls Sliders hires a CFO and more restaurant executive news of the week.

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From Dulces to Dairyland: How Ramses Alvarez Blends it All

SpotOn

Approximately 13% of Mexicans live abroad. The United States is home to 97% of these emigrants. While you might associate the state of Wisconsin more closely with cheese curds than queso fundido, to chef, owner, and Mexico City native Ramses Alvarez, it’s a land of opportunity. Amid corn mazes and breweries, Alvarez found a sandbox for his fusion cooking style and a community of like-minded operators committed to a thriving restaurant industry.

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What I Learned About Cooking from a Middle School Cooking Competition

EATER

Photo illustration by Lille Allen; see below for full credits For starters, I should be sanitizing my kitchen more The clicks of gas stoves being ignited, the scrape of heavy-bottom pots against stovetops, the heated whispers of a bustling kitchen — you’d think that I’m on the set of a Top Chef episode, but I’m actually at Griffiths Middle School in Downey, California, witnessing 12- to 14-year-olds masterfully zip around an industrial-sized kitchen.

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At FSTEC, a glimpse of restaurants' AI-powered future

Restaurant Business

Operators big and small testified to the transformative benefits of the technology. “I think the restaurant experience is going to look much different,” one attendee said.

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Turkey wants to regulate Germany's beloved döner kebab street food

The Salt

Under Turkey's proposal, beef would be required to come from cattle that is at least 16 months old, and be marinated with specific amounts of fat, yogurt or milk, onion, salt, thyme, and pepper.

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Cracker Barrel's CEO sees a long road ahead, but with returns already emerging

Restaurant Business

The 55-year-old brand expects to spend its next fiscal year testing what the concept should become to benefit guests, employees and shareholders alike, CEO Julie Masino said.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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Buzztime Weekly Bar Trivia Challenge – Week 50

Buzztime Business

Are you hungry for more trivia? Is one night of bar trivia per week not enough to satiate your senses? Buzztime has tens of thousands of questions in its database. Pub trivia hosts and players could spend a lifetime with them! However, as the years pass, some of the questions become outdated and obscure. Events that are important one year become irrelevant many years later.

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Cracker Barrel sees some early signs of a comeback

Restaurant Business

The highwayside family-dining chain is still losing customers. But the company says efforts to improve value and service are showing some results.

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Olo lays off 9% of staff to cut costs

Restaurant Business

CEO Noah Glass wrote in a letter that the business is strong but needs to be more efficient to remain profitable.