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Restaurant Guests in the Driver’s Seat

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Implementing interactive technologies like touchscreen kiosks to entertain guests and gather valuable data insights. Considering smaller footprints : Explore "drive-thru only" locations with smaller footprints and no dine-in seating for high-traffic areas with limited space.

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Expanding the Definition of Value

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These preferences illustrate the growing importance of innovative, hospitality-driven dining, where restaurants are not just places to eat, but spaces for entertainment, education, and community-building. Consumers have pent-up demand for restaurant meals. Restaurants aim to attract more in-person diners.

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Time Traveling Through History’s Weirdest Entertaining Advice

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The middle class was growing, in the United States and beyond, and its members were impatient to show off their homes and (their wives’) cooking and entertaining skills. Here, written between 1880 and 1987, is a sampling of some of history’s most unhinged entertaining advice.

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2022 Restaurant Design Trends

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As people begin heading back out, they want to be able to interact with each other and not be distracted by unnecessary entertainment gimmicks. Obviously if the restaurant is sports or entertainment themed then televisions are necessary. Restaurant owners want their patrons to enjoy the food, cocktails, and service the space provides.

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How to Elevate Guest Experience in the Age of COVID-19

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Entertainment is also an effective way to make any meal special – can you provide games for guests at their table? Aside from fun, entertainment-focused initiatives, it is also essential to make sure everyone feels safe in your environment. Live music? Unique photo opportunities in your space?

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Eatertainment Explained

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Eatertainment venues offer the combined attraction of entertainment and dining, which helps drive revenue. "It's According to Food Newsfeed, although the games and entertainment attract customers, at these venues, 75 percent to 80 percent of their revenue comes from food and beverage. Need more tips?

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What Will Bring Families Back to Restaurants?

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Over half of parents surveyed expect play areas to be closed, or at the absolute least, sanitized more frequently; two-thirds expect sanitation of high chairs & booster seats between customers; and they expect kids’ toys, cups, crayons, and activity menus to be single use or individually wrapped. Kid-Friendly = More Motivating.