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What Pop-Up Restaurants Tell Us About the Guest Experience

What Pop-Up Restaurants Tell Us About the Guest Experience

Pop-up restaurants & bars know how to win at the guest experience. Here are three things operators can learn about the customer experience, marketing to guests, and hosting amazing events.

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Save Guest & Staff Headaches and Offer Check Splitting [Hack #113]

Save Guest & Staff Headaches and Offer Check Splitting [Hack #113]

Improve the guest experience by offering them individual checks or check splitting from the get-go. On top of that, follow this other advice to make sure the check splitting experience goes smoothly.

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A Look Inside the US’s First Cannabis Restaurant

A Look Inside the US’s First Cannabis Restaurant

Two-third of Americans think marijuana should be legal, and intrepid restaurant operators are starting to run cannabis restaurants to provide guests a place to eat and smoke. Here’s a look inside America’s first cannabis cafe.

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Go the Distance: Long-Term Success in an Industry Set Up for Failure

Go the Distance: Long-Term Success in an Industry Set Up for Failure

90% of independent restaurants fail in the first year and the rest barely make it five years. That’s why what Trina’s Starlite Lounge has been able to accomplish is so remarkable. Here’s what you can learn from them.

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6 Tips on How to Manage Your Restaurant’s Financial Strategy

6 Tips on How to Manage Your Restaurant’s Financial Strategy

Mismanaging is a surefire way of making sure your restaurant fails fast. Here are six tips for managing your restaurant’s financial strategy, how to improve your restaurant’s finances, and more.

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Four Essential Bar Maintenance Tasks

Four Essential Bar Maintenance Tasks

If you want to avoid costly restaurant & bar equipment repairs, you need to create a preventive maintenance schedule. For bars, this includes cleaning keg lines, sanitizing gear, and cleaning restaurant wash systems, among other things.

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Tips for Building Your Restaurant's Late-Night Menu

Tips for Building Your Restaurant's Late-Night Menu

Building your restaurant’s late-night menu is a great way to boost your business. Here are tips for scaling your restaurant’s menu for your late nightlife guest, staffing your late-night restaurant shift properly, and marketing your new menu.

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Operators Beware: Choose Your Third-Party Delivery Service Partner Wisely

Operators Beware: Choose Your Third-Party Delivery Service Partner Wisely

Online delivery is the future of restaurant’s business, but operators should choose their third-party delivery service partner wisely. If your delivery partner can’t do it’s job, it’ll hurt your restaurant’s reputation.

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Protein Evolved: Meat Substitutes & Their Future in Restaurants

Protein Evolved: Meat Substitutes & Their Future in Restaurants

The American diet is changing to include less meat and more environmental-friendly food options. How will cultured meat and lab-grown meat alter consumer preferences and restaurant menus?

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NYC vs. Chipotle: A Battle Over Fair Workweek Laws

NYC vs. Chipotle: A Battle Over Fair Workweek Laws

NYC is suing Chipotle for violating it's Fair Workweek Laws over two years. Why restaurant staff scheduling is a big restaurant issue for employees and managers, how NYC is handing the dispute seems highly political.

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