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

Modern Restaurant Management

Delivery/Takeout : COVID created a shift from in-person dining to takeout and delivery options, increasing reliance on third party delivery services, and on attractive takeout options. 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 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

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2025 Dining Trends Embracing Newstalgia Chefs and mixologists will lean into ‘newstalgia’ by adding playful twists on classic dishes. While swicy took the front seat this year, Rubix’s proprietary research found that 5 percent more Gen Z respondents reported having frequent sweet and salty cravings over sweet and spicy.

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The Next Era of American Fine Dining Is Here, Care of West Africa

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He opened the buzzy 15-seat Brooklyn restaurant, one of Eater’s Best New Restaurants of 2022 , after winning the city over with a dinner series called Iya Eba in the late summer of 2020. “I To him, it’s a tribute to the art form of food presentation, as well as the pride with which he has long viewed the possibilities of his home food.

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Designing a Next-Gen Teaching Facility

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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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Best Practices for Outdoor Dining All Year Long

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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. Set seating times. Contactless payment.

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As Your Restaurant Rolls with the Punches of COVID-19, Keep These Tips in Sight 

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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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Could the Automat Revival Solve Restaurant Staffing Issues?

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Japan is another nation that embraced restaurant automation early and still does through its conveyor belt sushi lines that deliver small plates of food around to seated customers. Present Staffing Issues at Restaurants. The machine presents a comprehensive menu with the ability to partially customize what customers order.