In today’s restaurant news: artificial intelligence is already taking over other parts of the food & hospitality industry & restaurants are next, create urgency and scarcity with limited-time menus, climate change is gonna suck for beer lovers, and more!

We ask the impossible of our waitstaff on a nightly basis. Let’s free up their time to do more personal service tasks by letting restaurant tableside technology takeover the easily automated parts of your restaurant’s business.

In today’s restaurant news: consumers put pressure on restaurants to get rid of antibiotic meat, guests equate restaurant cleanliness with restaurant food quality, new high chair standards to hit 2019, and more!

In today’s restaurant news: building election promotions for your restaurant, why you should keep your restaurant’s kitchen open late, and DC City Council wants restaurants to give mandatory anti-sexual harassment training to staff, and more!

The US mid-term nationally elections just around the corner, and while politics has been a minefield for restaurants the past two years, this election provides a rare opportunity to harness political interest for your own good. Here are four election season restaurant promotions to run.

In today’s restaurant news: DC City Council rolls back the restaurant server minimum wage increase (Initiative 77), a garlic dispute between a restaurant and its neighbor, candy corn beer, and more!

In today’s restaurant news: why what’s happening to Ruby Tuesday’s and Texas Roadhouse matters to the restaurant industry, why more restaurants should look into brewpub operations, how Dorito’s got a pig home, and more!

Did you know that 60% of chicken wings ordered at restaurants are bone-in? The rise in popularity of boneless wings, however, means restaurants have two great options to offer guests. And operators should take advantage of both.

In today’s restaurant news: Millennials are killing American cheese (good riddance!), how restaurants can slow the spread of influenza, the release of dog beer and more!

In today’s restaurant news: what the three biggest complaints restaurant guests have about their dining experience, restaurant check totals are up but traffic is down, and do you know the difference between apple cider and apple juice?

In today’s restaurant news: Australia hospitalities striking out with sexist marketing campaigns, how restaurant managers can be productive and stay sane, and how mPOS systems can elevate restaurants.

In today’s restaurant news: the six type of data metrics restaurant should analyze, how recruiting Gen Z can help with restaurant staffing challenges, and the first marijuana meal kitchen opens in the US.

In today’s restaurant news: sports bars aren’t dying, Google investing in Kitchen United reveals a future of ghost kitchens, and have you tried any of these nine Game of Thrones scotches?

In today’s restaurant news: which countries use their yearly vacation time the most, fighting over the last ribs, and attracting Millennial parents to your restaurant.

In today’s restaurant news: small chains give their tips for running a successful restaurant, why sales trends stories are driving you nuts, and Popeyes celebrates a milestone with real gold wings.

In today’s restaurant news: an ‘impromptu’ 30,000 liters of Prosecco fountain, how restaurant data analysis can boost profits and cut costs via inventory control, and online ordering can boost check size.

If your restaurant’s tabletops are always a giant mess, it might be time to invest in some tabletop condiment caddies. It’ll help keep tables tidy and condiments easy to find. Your restaurant’s guests and servers will thank you for it.

In today’s restaurant news: restaurants should look at guest data in the same light as inventory control, why restaurants should fight against unconscious bias before it becomes a problem, and the top 10 restaurant marketing blogs you should be reading.

In today’s restaurant news: why the death of a teen illustrates how far the food industry has with guest allergy safety, HBO Boxing is shutting down, and a couple of restaurant-moth memes for your social marketing.

In today’s restaurant news: the National Restaurant Association (NRA) apprenticeship program is building confident, talented managers, the sports bar concept isn’t dead, and how the US National Brewery was almost made.

In today’s restaurant news: the tip-sharing rules have changed, the restaurant industry is growing but only part of it, mac & cheese flavored candy canes to ruin your family Christmas parties, and more!

In today’s restaurant news: why you should revamp your nachos, how to make chicken wings taste like a million bucks, and if streaming has the NFL nervous it should make sports bars nervous, too.

Make your restaurant’s or sports bar’s chicken wings taste like a million bucks with the Frank’s RedHot’s 24 Karat Gold Wings recipe. Bold with medium spiciness.

When segmenting your customer base for marketing campaign ideas, make sure to take generational tendencies into account. Here are some key points to keep in mind when creating your next big campaign.

In today’s restaurant news: why your restaurant might want a ‘no protest’ policy in place for guests and staff, how to turnaround your restaurant’s business, and the dos/don’ts of restaurant staff behavior contracts.

In today’s restaurant news: is Resy or Opentable better as a restaurant reservation system, why you need to improve your restaurant’s technology training program, and how to serve three cars every minute!

In today’s restaurant news: a restaurant operator says meeting with Trump cost his business 40% in sales, why retail prepping for the holiday season now is bad for restaurants, revolutionizing your tabletop strategy, and more!

Your restaurant’s tabletop is where all the magic happens. Guests experience most of what you have to offer on your tables. A great menu, warm service and most of your direct marketing all happen there. But are restaurant operators getting the most out of their tabletop strategy?

In today’s restaurant news: how restaurant trends like cauliflower emerge, what the impact on restaurant automation will be, Anheuser-Busch to hire MLB and NBA players for beer ads, and more!

In today’s restaurant news: your bartending staff is liable to be sued for overserving guests, the US Ninth District court says restaurants must pay staff full-minimum wage for side work, LA legalizes street food vendors, and more!