7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2024

However, with fewer customers dining out weekly , restaurants must ensure that they can serve each diner quickly and satisfy them enough that they’ll want to return. Tracking and implementing strategies to improve this metric will allow you to maximize your dining space and generate more revenue.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Make all touchpoints of your restaurant feel like the cool, casual, fusion, or fine dining establishment it is. Or maybe it's unique to your area—like being the only fine dining spot in town. Do they prefer takeout or dine-in? Here are a few things to get right: Create a mission statement.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Unfortunately, dining out and finding the right place to work is oftentimes a wishful roll of the dice. When a destination welcomes more people than there are restaurant seats then even the mediocre seem to thrive but check back in a year or two and you will probably find a new owner, a new concept, and a different shot at success.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Indoor Dining Blueprint Governor Cuomo recently announced their new blueprint for indoor dining , which somewhat opens up indoor-only restaurants to the public. And restaurants also pose possible risks, concentrations of people inside [for] indoor dining. What support is available for New York restaurants 1.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2024

The duo transfomed a dilapidated cottage themselves entirely by hand into an intimate 12-seat restaurant that has received numerous accolades. In what ways does having a limited seat count offer advantages when containing costs? We want to one day dine at those restaurants. Few things affect this scale more than cover count.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Outdoor dining One way they evolved their operations was by taking advantage of San Francisco’s new shared spaces program to extend their dining outdoors in order to keep revenue up. After two months, they reopened with just the four main co-founders running the operation. Trying to rebrand entirely is very difficult.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Instead, management should consider adjustments that allow for a clear path for takeout and delivery drivers, whether that be through temporary (yet aesthetically pleasing) signage or an alluring component that keeps dine-in patrons to one side, and those who intend to grab-and-go to the other. Looking to socialize?

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7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

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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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. I remember the twelve-seat operation in the French Quarter of New Orleans that served only gumbo, but man was it extraordinary.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Rather, the majority of what we're hiring for at a restaurant like Shake Shack—and I would say that this also applies to our full-service fine dining restaurants at Union Square Hospitality Group, are six key emotional skills, that when possessed at a very high level, means someone has a high hospitality quotient, or high HQ,” says Meyer.

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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

JULY 7, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature the latest delivery platform consolidation, the release of PPP loan information and ServSafe Dining Commitment. ” ServSafe Dining Commitment. The ServSafe Dining Commitment focuses on four best practices restaurants must follow: 1. Business Dining 2.0 Dinova Inc.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Solo dining – a time dedicated to eating a meal alone at a sit-down restaurant – is an opportunity for diners to practice self care over a meal, whether that be by relaxing and reflecting at the end of a long day or even by engaging the mind with a book or catching up on the news. Just the “cover count.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 16, 2022

Reports show that 81 percent of fine dining establishments, 78 percent of family restaurants, and 77 percent of fast-casual spots added curbside pickup, pivoting away from dine-in services after March 2020. They also show how many people are ordering online for pickup and delivery versus dine-in.

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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.

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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. Set seating times. Contactless payment.

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Outdoor Fine Dining Dine-in FOH 203

Culinary Cues

JUNE 1, 2020

That chef owned fine dining restaurant is in jeopardy. Allowing those operators to open with a restriction of 25% or 50% capacity does not help a business that depends on filling their seats and turning tables once or twice on a weekend night. That local pizzeria that makes the best pie around is in jeopardy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2023

Although there are no desks and chairs, students that take this course are learning real, hands-on experience within the dining room and kitchen. Lastly, between the kitchen and the wine rooms sits a luxe private dining room that can sit a party of 12. All the furniture within the space is designed to be mobile and flexible.

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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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Fine Dining Online Ordering Dine-in Take-out 188

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the fine dining operations that I consult with had a contest for selling the most chef specials, with the prize being that the chef would personally make the winner any item on the menu for dinner. Imagine you have a restaurant that seats 120 and you have only one bartender and one server to handle the front-of-the-house.

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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. That’s where value comes in.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Speak to what sets you apart from the pack, what food you'll serve, the service style (fast-food, fast casual, fine dining, etc.) Talk about what marketing channels you plan to use to get butts in seats. Here is where you'll want to give investors an overview of your business. Check out these successful restaurant ideas.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 10, 2024

Some restaurants only add the auto-gratuity for large dining parties of 6 or more. Hammel admits that there were rougher moments at the beginning, and transparency was difficult, especially layered on top of other pandemic-era factors like limited seating and vaccination policies. How did staff initially react?

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FOH Front of House Customer Service Back of House 221

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 23, 2020

Sixty-two percent of respondents said both masks and gloves are important restaurant health measures for them to consider returning to indoor dining. For example, we’re seeing more video screens in kitchens to improve order accuracy in casual and fine restaurants, not just quick-service establishments. Takeout Takes Off.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2021

Tech has taken its seat at the table – literally. Pay-at-the-table is becoming increasingly popular among restaurants of all levels – from quick-service and fast casual to fine dining, particularly as brands increase adoption, the technology and user experience continually improve. The Quintessential QR Comeback.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 22, 2022

Different innovative payment methods are being leveraged to increase food services efficiency in fast-food joints to fine dining. Everything in restaurants is about speed: How quickly can they get customers in, out, and seat another table? In-app pre-ordering solutions to help with food waste.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Vetting dining room, bar, and kitchen staff over the next decade will require probing more during job interviews, seeking candidates with more responsible lifestyles, advanced educational aspirations, and other evidence of a disciplined, drug-free work ethic will become even more of an HR imperative. Of course, people will always dine out.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 215

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Restaurant segments represented include fine dining, casual dine, fast casual, quick service restaurants and bars. While consumers are eager to return to restaurants, their health and safety concerns continue to hold them back, as 80 percent say they are either very or somewhat concerned about dining in a restaurant.

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Fast Casual Fine Dining Innovation Employee Relations 203

EATER

JUNE 4, 2024

Say bonjour, always Whether it’s at the post office, a boutique, or a fine dining restaurant, say “bonjour” to every single person you interact with. For hotspots like Septime or Frenchie , you should call or check online weeks ahead; for more casual dining, call a day or even just a few hours in advance.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 22, 2020

As the largest rare wine retailer and wholesaler in the country, we work with fine dining restaurants all across the nation including many that are Michelin ranked, Wine Spectator Grand Award winners. We ask that those "seated" at the table give a $50 dollar minimum donation. There is a free viewership option.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 10, 2024

Some restaurants only add the auto-gratuity for large dining parties of 6 or more. Hammel admits that there were rougher moments at the beginning, and transparency was difficult, especially layered on top of other pandemic-era factors like limited seating and vaccination policies. How did staff initially react?

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FOH Front of House Customer Service Back of House 195

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2021

For example, Americans dine out frequently, both at fine dining restaurants and more casual establishments, with delivery apps filling in for in-person seating at the moment. Food programming on TV is at an all-time high, and every media format inundates us with all things food-related.

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Hospitality Food Hotels Social Media 153

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2023

Keeping brand integtrity, the interior featured a walk-up counter, digital menu boards and condensed seating/waiting areas with TVs. Burying this information in fine print at the bottom of the menu or not putting it anywhere at all can quickly drive customers away and become a social media nightmare in an instant.

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Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Plus, if you’re planning a romantic dinner for a special occasion, a holiday party, birthday, or other events, you’ll find some truly delicious restaurants for private dining in Denver. From private rooms and private chefs to secluded seating and enticing entrees, I’ve put together 15 of the best restaurants for private dining in Denver.

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Knight’s Steakhouse is a family-friendly, casual dining experience that is accessible to all budgets. For people just passing through and for residents, Zingerman’s Roadhouse is a favorite dining or pick-up spot. The Knight family originally owned a food and meat market in Ann Arbor in the 1950s. The Chop House.

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Fine Dining Front of House Online Ordering Seasonal Menu 148

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2022

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. A robot is unable to match human creativity, so fine dining restaurants are out of the picture for robotics companies as potential clients.

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Mobile Ordering Food Order Employee Relations Customer Service 215

EATER

AUGUST 31, 2022

Any fine dining restaurant should look at this bathroom as aspirational.”. Justice asked her Instagram followers what they wanted to see at HAGS, and responses piled in: soft lighting, calming music, seat warmers. That’s what we mean when we say ‘fine dining,’” read the restaurant’s Instagram post.

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