SpotOn

JULY 22, 2024

Full service restaurant concepts fall into two broad categories: casual dining and fine dining. Casual and fine dining restaurants offer different menus and experiences to guests and require different expertise and operational knowledge for success. Fine dining concepts don't have to be formal.

Fine Dining 98

Fine Dining Casual Fast Casual Dine-in 98

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Chef Marc Meneau was such a chef – a powerful personality who elevated the dining experience – a chef who lived excellence every day in his restaurant L’Esperance in Vezelay, France. The dining room was perfectly appointed with fresh flowers, the finest tabletop details, and magnificent views of the L’Esperance gardens.

Fine Dining 361

Fine Dining Back of House Dine-in Presentation 361

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Long before the restaurant chains of today, decades prior to the birth of fine dining, experience dining, and molecular gastronomy, there were neighborhood cafes that were part of small communities across the country. Ah, but the food and conversation were consistently good, plentiful, and in-expensive.

White Paper 323

White Paper Hospitality Fine Dining Reference 323

7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2020

Word of mouth is fantastic, but when it comes to scaling a restaurant or reopening after months of closure, you need to rely on more than just the possibility of a customer loving your food and telling their friends about it. Make all touchpoints of your restaurant feel like the cool, casual, fusion, or fine dining establishment it is.

Marketing 418

Marketing 2020 SEO Loyalty Program 418

7 Shifts

JUNE 29, 2022

Put simply, franchise compliance refers to the actions that corporations, their franchisors, and their franchisees take in order to stay compliant with any applicable federal, state, and/or regional laws. That said, menu consistency helps keep food prep consistent with the same ingredients, supplies, and processes. Menu Consistency.

Franchise 370

Franchise Franchising Restaurant Law Document 370

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

I have been impressed and disappointed in many from those exclusive fine dining establishments with food that should be admired for its beauty to greasy spoons with the best burgers you will ever find. They are all part of my passion for the preparation and service of food. So, what is this higher calling?

Food Truck 397

Food Truck Customer Service Customer Experience Food Supply 397

7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

Food cost percentage. For fine dining, around 30 percent. Food Cost Percentage. What is food cost percentage? Food cost percentage is the ratio of the cost of food inventory to the amount of revenue it generates. Why is food cost important? That places your food cost percentage at 30%.

Point of Sale 416

Point of Sale Inventory Employee Relations Customer Service 416

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 12, 2022

Restaurants continue to face labor and supply chain issues, plus rising food costs. While having a special menu for Restaurant Week is important, so is keeping your bottom line in check. Offer Easy Online Ordering. Consumer behaviors are changing rapidly, but there’s one thing you can count on: online ordering.

Loyalty Program 223

Loyalty Program Online Ordering Point of Sale Customer Experience 223

7 Shifts

JULY 24, 2020

You have countless things to do and countless people to please, and while orders might be low now, it won’t be long before it feels like you’re just surviving through shifts. Topics: Find dining; restaurant management; finding suppliers. ?? 90% of restaurants fail, and it’s not because of poor food. Goodreads: 4.23

Book 370

Book Management Management Restaurant Law 370

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

There are masters to serve, people who depend on the work of the culinary professional, who trust that their food will be prepared properly, that it will be managed and handled well, and the plate viewed as an important canvas on which the technician and artist paints. Sarah – that special you worked on was a home run.

Employee Relations 387

Employee Relations Training Fine Dining Take-out 387

Culinary Cues

APRIL 26, 2020

It matters not whether you are selling a Wagyu beef tenderloin or a fried chicken sandwich – what is essential is that your product is so good, so well prepared, so special that customers look at it, smell it, and take that first bite followed by a pause of surprise and a response that begins with “WOW”! Everything helps.

Guest Recovery 312

Guest Recovery Kitchen Safety Customer Service Customer Experience 312

7 Shifts

AUGUST 26, 2019

The easiest and most common way to drive revenue is to adjust your prices and offer specific promotions and specials like happy hour. Managing your restaurants capacity is crucial as it impacts your profits, sales, customer service, and the dining experience. They order very little and occupy a seat that another paying patron can use.

Management 408

Management Management Airlines Customer Service 408

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Back-of-house (BOH) staff, including chefs and kitchen assistants, will focus more on food safety, food handling, and kitchen equipment use. Restaurants with large or intricate menus will need to allocate more time to staff training on the ingredients, preparation methods, and food handling procedures.

Training 195

Training Kitchen Safety Customer Service Food Safety 195

7 Shifts

JUNE 28, 2021

72% of Americans eat food from a restaurant at least twice a week, meaning hundreds of millions of Americans frequently trust foodservice establishments to prepare their meals in a safe and sanitary environment. You can even use a task management software to design special tasks lists for employees come inspection time. Food Storage.

Kitchen Safety 370

Kitchen Safety Food Safety Food Supply Equipment 370

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

There will *always *be something your staff can do to enhance a patron’s dining experience. Customers on average will order more menu items, resulting in a larger bill for the restaurant and a larger tip for the employee. For example, BlueCart , an online and mobile ordering/inventory management platform for the hospitality industry.

Mobile Ordering 221

Mobile Ordering Back of House Customer Service Online Ordering 221

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It was a good night with two full turns of the dining room. Pans of bacon are retrieved from the oven while home fries are caramelizing on a griddle, fresh eggs are cracked and blended for scrambled and omelet orders, and those first pots of coffee are brewed. At 5 : 30am the service staff arrives.

Fine Dining 386

Fine Dining Uniforms Dine-in Food Order 386

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 12, 2020

They adjusted to contactless delivery and other processes to assure guests that their takeout food and pizza was as risk-free as possible. Those who struggle the most are the polished casual and fine dining restaurants who thrived on the in-person guest experience they delivered. They are thriving. That was terrific.

Customer Experience 216

Customer Experience Mobile Ordering Fine Dining Innovation 216

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 28, 2024

For example, if you run a social media campaign or pay for online ordering integrations, all of these contribute to your overall marketing expenses. Imagine you own a café, and you’ve just run a campaign to boost your online ordering. You can also offer special promotions to keep customers engaged.

Loyalty Program 195

Loyalty Program Fast Casual Social Media Email Marketing 195

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Currently, 50 percent of restaurants, including sit-down and fast-food establishments, offer plant-based options, and this is only expected to grow. Controlling food waste is a hot topic in the industry as well. Contactless Ordering, Inside and Out Door Dash, Uber Eats and other third-party delivery services will continue to expand.

2025 190

2025 Loyalty Program Waste Compost 190

Culinary Cues

MAY 26, 2020

Shouldn’t we be doing the same in restaurant kitchens? [] AT A CERTAIN POINT (before there is a vaccine) CUSTOMERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO RESTAURANT DINING ROOMS: Terrific! Oh, but what if customers don’t want to return to dining rooms? When that occurs we will be able to go back to business as usual – right?

Kitchen Safety 268

Kitchen Safety Food Safety Leadership Front of House 268

7 Shifts

AUGUST 26, 2024

62% of consumers use the search engine to find restaurants, while 51% cite it as the best tool to get more information on a dining establishment, so you should maximize your online presence. However, SEO is no longer enough due to high competition in the food industry. That's where Google Ads comes in.

Seasonal Menu 195

Seasonal Menu Customer Service Website Management Online Ordering 195

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2024

" The co-chefs/co-owners were listed among Food and Wine’s “Best New Chefs” (2021) and they have garnered multiple James Beard Foundation Award nominations for "Best Chef: South." We want to one day dine at those restaurants. Move forward in that order to the best of your ability.

Fine Dining 88

Fine Dining Seating Restaurant Law Small Business 88

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

“Through expansive experiences that inspire our guests paired with the ambiance of the space and the food on the plate, we’re setting new standards for the industry and creating truly spectacular moments for all who enter our restaurants and bars.” That’s where the NEXT Flavor Report comes in.

2025 180

2025 Beverage Fine Dining Guest Recovery 180

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.

Outdoor 204

Outdoor Fine Dining Dine-in FOH 204

7 Shifts

MAY 15, 2023

I worked in fine dining for so long, I thought my career was always going to be in fine dining, and I'm not saying that I'm completely. He drew on his experience in fine dining, an all too common one of overwork and chasing perfection, and knew that he wanted to create a healthier work environment at Pecking House.

Fine Dining 195

Fine Dining Back of House Front of House Dine-in 195

7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

Once in your customers' hands, this piece of paper can directly influence what your diners order and how much they spend in one sitting. By analyzing the profitability and popularity of your menu items in depth, you can pinpoint exactly which food and beverages contribute to your restaurant's success and which ones you can eliminate.

Social Media 195

Social Media Loyalty Program Email Marketing SEO 195

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2020

As a result, many restaurants have been forced to lay off all or some of their dining room staff. A kiosk lifts the responsibility for taking orders from the existing team, so they can attend to other duties. Merchants wheel the kiosk outside the restaurant so customers can place orders outside. Probably not.

Fine Dining 192

Fine Dining Customer Service Customer Experience Food Safety 192

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Word of mouth is fantastic, but when scaling a restaurant or reopening after months of closure, you need to rely on more than just the possibility of a customer loving your food and telling their friends about it. Make all touchpoints of your restaurant feel like the cool, casual, fusion, or fine dining establishment it is.

Seating 221

Seating Email Marketing Marketing SEO 221

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2022

The ancestors of the first semi-automatic machines to serve food and drink are still in use today, though instead of restaurants and bars, we see them in public spaces, perhaps small shops. Order-Only Automats: Pros and Cons. These machines allow customers to order food without talking to anyone until the moment of collection.

Mobile Ordering 215

Mobile Ordering Food Order Employee Relations Customer Service 215

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. Yank Sing view ordering counter Image by William Duff Architects.

Fine Dining 188

Fine Dining Online Ordering Dine-in Take-out 188

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table. Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food.

Mobile Ordering 216

Mobile Ordering Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 216

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

Using order data from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020 and a national consumer survey, DoorDash’s mid-year report checks in on popular food trends, nationally and regionally, how users ate through social distancing, cravings across the country, and more. DoorDash Deep Dish.

2020 195

2020 Franchise Franchising Food Order 195

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But restaurants face a fine balance in increasing costs, as customers are also impacted by the realities of inflation. Recent surveys are showing the vast majority of Americans have been cutting back on dining out. By using a POS system, customers, waiters and cashiers reduce their chances of errors when entering orders.

Technology 180

Technology Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Download 180

Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Whether you want Asian, Italian, or American, and whether you want a fancy, high-end meal or a casual, rowdy meet-up, food in Ann Arbor doesn’t disappoint. The Knight family originally owned a food and meat market in Ann Arbor in the 1950s. They also have daily specials with discounted price. Frita Batidos.

Fine Dining 148

Fine Dining Front of House Online Ordering Seasonal Menu 148

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2020

They provide much more than food, they provide nourishment and create communities. Local and state guidelines will also have an impact on how restaurants must operate in order to keep their staff and patrons as safe as possible. In order to ensure a safe dining environment we are requiring advance reservations.

Guest Recovery 190

Guest Recovery Kitchen Safety Food Safety Email Marketing 190

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 10, 2024

. “I just spent a lot of money” A guest at one of our nightclubs, who spent $5,000 to get $5,000 worth of food and beverage to entertain his 10 guests, took the $500 glass centerpiece on his way out. Take a photo of the bottom and order yourself a set!” Ask your server how to purchase them.”

Back of House 197

Back of House Fine Dining Take-out Social Media 197

Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Even better, many great restaurants offer private dining, which is perfect for group events of practically any size and type. Private dining in El Paso is ideal for celebrating birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, and more. Check out my list of the best private dining in El Paso below! Best Private Dining in El Paso.

Dine-in 106

Dine-in Specials Back of House Book 106