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How to Make Your Guests Feel Safe and Get them Back in the Door

Modern Restaurant Management

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. That’s where value comes in.

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A CHEF’S REFLECTIONS

Culinary Cues

Yesterday is easy to look back on – it gives us strength and a point of reference, it provides context and the ability to analyze our actions, and it provides hope since we managed to work our way through it. Today is what gives us the most angst since we live in uncharted territory with all of the unpredictable factors that align with it.

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Restaurant Menu Pricing: How to Set Prices That Boost Profits And Keep Customers

ChowNow

Yes, competitor pricing can give you a ballpark idea of what customers in your area expect to paybut it shouldnt be your only reference point. Competitive pricing is helpful as a reference , not a roadmap. But thats only part of the picture. You dont know their food costs, rent, or labor volume.

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The 10 Best Bits of Advice We Heard on Season 1 of the Restaurant Growth Podcast

7 Shifts

We refer to these employees as “51 percenters.” As part of his research for the book, co-author Carl Orsbourn took the driver's seat—of a DoorDash vehicle. This newfound attention can bring people to your website or reservation pages, and into your seats. Another way to do it? Gift cards.“Gift So it's, it's like an investment.

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15 Restaurant Metrics to Know and How To Use Them

7 Shifts

For fine dining, around 30 percent. Whereas a bakery or pizzeria's most costly ingredients maybe cheese or chocolate, a fine-dining restaurant's could be shellfish and top-of-the-line beef. This can be as a whole or segmented by indoor/outdoor, bar/dining room, or whatever fits your restaurant.

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All the Kitchen’s a Stage

EATER

Traditionally, a chef in a fine dining establishment didn’t have to worry about being watched. Perhaps a customer could glimpse the line through a swinging kitchen door, but the peace and civility of the dining room was sacrosanct.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

Combining our backgrounds in tech, automation, and culinary fine dining, we knew we could fill this void to give more people access to healthy, high-quality food.” “Plant-based dining is not a fad that is going away. the number of customers who leave without being seated or greeted).