Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This is not the normal amount of angst that has been present for decades fickle customer tastes, rising cost of goods, changing demographics, or escalating rents; there are far deeper concerns that make everyone scratch their heads in wonder. Theres plenty of fear and loathing going on in the restaurant business.

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EATER

MARCH 14, 2025

After a calamitous year of intermittent closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many local governments were beginning to loosen indoor dining restrictions. The widening qualification gap has presented new challenges that have made it difficult for chefs to keep their kitchens fully staffed.

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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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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

MAY 24, 2023

We also prepared a formal Schematic Design presentation for approval. This presentation included final floor plans, 3D-sketched renderings, furniture selections and finishes found in the space. Lastly, between the kitchen and the wine rooms sits a luxe private dining room that can sit a party of 12.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As the world is largely re-opened post-COVID, people are eagerly out and about dining in restaurants and bars to reinvigorate their social routines. According to Morning Consult , 77 percent of all polled adults are comfortable dining out at restaurants or cafes as of June 2022.

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Fine Dining Events Customer Experience Seasonal Menu 474

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2024

Businesses and restaurants can adopt this pricing model through a point-of-sale (POS) system, presenting both cash and card price. This same solution can be used in restaurants whether its fast food, dine-in or fine dining. While this may seem fictitious, it’s legal in all 50 states.

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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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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. Finding the balance between innovation and tradition is the secret recipe for enduring success in the evolving dining industry.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Safety is the new “trend” that every dining establishment must offer, and it goes far beyond offering paperless QSR code menus and bottles of hand sanitizer at the host stand. Doing everything to ensure your customers feel safe dining with you will remain priority #1. Think Beyond Your Four Walls.

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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.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 23, 2023

Fine, that may be the case but let’s just see. Have you experienced the flavors and presentations of the items that may grace your menu? Can others depend on you to keep a level head? [] HAVE YOU EVER BUILT A BUDGET AND MANAGED IT EVERY DAY: Ah, yes, we love to cook and present beautiful plates of food.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

There was nothing to smile about and Guidara and chef Daniel Humm needed to do a lot of work to climb the ranks of the world’s most sought-after fine dining experiences. The narrative is consistently embedded in every aspect of the restaurant, creating a coherent dining experience that feels like a journey. And work they did.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 23, 2021

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). quick service meal or a $100 fine dining evening – there is always room to create experiences and in turn – great value. BEAUTIFUL FOOD PRESENTATIONS. Absolutely!

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

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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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 26, 2020

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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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. Which ones need to be single use?

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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. Without that communication, you’re just running a very large vending machine, which is fine if you intended to be a twenty-first century automat.

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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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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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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

This isn’t the French Laundry” so why even invest the time in plate presentation and cooking it properly – WRONG. Which type of tomato will present the most pronounced flavor of fine ripened, deeply refreshing acid/sweet balance on the sandwich and how can we ensure this consistently throughout the year?

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 14, 2022

fell in the category of “fine dining”. Now I mention these statistics because they will help to frame what the future may hold for the industry and those considering a career in kitchens and dining rooms across the country. FOURTH: Know that fine dining (as we have defined it in the past) may truly be on the way out.

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Fine Dining Food Supply Customer Service Presentation 473

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Just as restaurants were on the path toward recovery after COVID-19 closures and safety restrictions, the current economic conditions continue to present challenges for the industry. But restaurants face a fine balance in increasing costs, as customers are also impacted by the realities of inflation.

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ChowNow

MARCH 14, 2025

Every day, youre juggling staff, food quality, inventory, customer service, purchasing, and moreall while trying to cultivate a dining experience that wows your customers enough to keep them coming back. Ignoring compliance can lead to fines, bad press, or even shutdownsso having clear protocols in place is mandatory.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

This is a topic I have presented numerous times and it seems as though whenever I travel it rises to the top of my thinking. Unfortunately, dining out and finding the right place to work is oftentimes a wishful roll of the dice. Excellence is not reserved for fine dining. [] KNOW HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS.

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Fine Dining Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 421

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 28, 2022

How the customer prefers to order (for delivery, for pick-up or to dine-in). You need to find the fine line between collecting the information you need and respecting your customers’ privacy. That might be an indicator that it presents well, but no one actually likes it. What the customer orders. Company Information.

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Loyalty Program Mobile Ordering Email Marketing Online Ordering 520

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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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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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

I know how heartbreaking it is when the dining room is nearly empty, and how invigorating it is when it is full. I will really miss this restaurant. [] THE 21 CLUB: A speakeasy in 1922 during Prohibition – Jack Kriendler and Charlie Burns made this a place that was synonymous with the New York dining scene.

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Fine Dining Employee Relations Front of House Small Business 446

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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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.

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Fine Dining Back of House Dine-in Presentation 364

EATER

OCTOBER 19, 2020

These outdoor dining rooms have remade the landscape of major metropolitan centers and small towns, allowing people to spill into the streets, visit with friends and family, and — for an hour or two — forget about the looming threat of a deadly and highly contagious virus. Why is indoor dining inherently riskier than eating outdoors?

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Kitchen Safety Food Safety Employee Relations Fine Dining 364

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2020

When navigating regulatory requirements – which are often proving to be inconsistent and reactionary – and balancing guests’ anxieties about returning to old habits like dining out, restaurant owners and managers need to respond with agility. They must be quick to make a decision and quick to take action.

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Guest Recovery Food Safety Fine Dining Management 471

EATER

DECEMBER 21, 2022

By presenting cuisine that has not traditionally been championed in a fine dining, wine-tasting setting, Mistry hopes to challenge people’s expectations about cuisine — and the people who make it. Over the past few years, one-off guest chef appearances and chef-in-residence programs have proliferated in the fine dining industry.

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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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