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How to Be a Kid Friendly Restaurant
Kid friendly restaurants are a great way to bring in whole families to dine on a regular basis. Update your restaurant's kid menu to include healthy options.
Young couple eating pizza. - Jordan Siemens/ Stone/ Getty images
How to Price Food on Your Restaurant Menu
There are simple ways to help you price your restaurant menu, including food cost and portion control.
- Jane M Sawyer
Holiday Promotion Ideas for Restaurants
There are many holidays well suited for restaurant promotions, from Valentine's Day to Mother's Day to Thanksgiving and Christmas.
- Richcd
Local Food Guide for Restaurants
How to use the terms local, sustainable and organic on your restaurant menu.
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May Restaurant Holidays
The month of may has many food holidays and observations including cinco de mayo, mother's day and memorial day.
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Restaurant Guide to Mother's Day
Mother's Day is one of the busiest restaurant holidays.
Woman reading bar menu - Cultura/Liam Norris/ Riser/ Getty Images
Tips on Pricing, Description, and Design of Your Restaurant Menu
There are three main parts to writing a restaurant menu including menu pricing, menu layout and menu description.
- Seattle Municiple Archives
What is Fast Casual Dining?
Fast casual is one of the strongest restaurant concepts, despite the recession.
- Razvandm
10 Ways to Make Your Restaurant Awesome
Simple advice to improve your eatery's customer service and enhance the management of the staff, such as "say hello" and "always follow up on problems."
Hamburger, close-up, waitress in background (wide angle) - Zigy Kaluzny/ The Image Bank. Getty Images
Why Bigger Portions Aren't Always Better
Controlling restaurant portion sizes is important for good customer service as well as keeping restaurant profits and margins in check.
- Aquilo
Top Trends for Restaurant Menus
Every year the National Restaurant Association publishes its What's Hot Survey. In 2012 expect see trends focusing on healthier menu options, especially childrens menus. Local, sustainable foods is another hot, hot trend, as is artisan menu items and hyper-local produce.
- jeltovski
How to Save Money in the Restaurant Kitchen
How to reduce food spoilage saves restaurants money and ensures customer safety and the best possible food from the restaurant kitchen.
- Dani Simmonds
Catering FAQ
Frequently asked questions about restaurant catering
- Jason Howie via Flickr
10 Tips for Marketing a Restaurant with Social Media
All About Social Media and Restaurants
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How Social is Your Restaurant?
Social media is a powerful marketing tool for restaurants, integrating websites, facebook, twitter and Instagram to attract customers.
- Ivan Prole
How to Design an Effective Restaurant Menu
An effective restaurant menu balances good descriptions and layouts with correct food cost, reflected in its pricing.
DAVIE, FL - JUNE 14: A woman leaves a Taco Bell restaurant June 14, 2002 where 'dirty' bomb suspect Jose Padilla worked for two years in Davie, Florida. His former boss Mohammed Javed says while working as a manager of the restaurant, Jose Padilla was hired in 1992 after his release from a Broward County jail. Padilla, also known as Abdullah al Muhajir, is being held on suspicion of plotting a radioactive 'dirty' bomb attack in the U.S. - Joe Raedle/Staff/Getty Images News
Pros and Cons of Owning a Taco Bell Franchise
Taco Bell franchise review including all start-up costs, royalty fees and all other franchise information and requirements to open a Taco Bell franchise.
Can Restaurants Sell Moonshine?
One of the top alcohol trends for 2014 is Moonshine, according to the National Restaurant Association's What's Hot Culinary Forecast for 2014. If Moonshine
Happy (Anti?) Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine's Day - a holiday that people seem to love, or seem to love to hate. Many restaurants are capitalizing on the Anti-Valentine's Day trend
Four Reasons its Awesome to be an Independent Restaurant
With Independence Day just around the corner, what better time to applaud all the independent restaurants out there! Owning and operating a restaurant is a
Local Foods Guide for Restaurants
I receive a lot of questions about local foods and restaurants, whichisn't surprising, given that local foods has been a top menu trend for several years
How to Cater a Wedding Reception: Wedding Catering Basics
How to Cater a Wedding Reception: Wedding Catering Basics
Local Foods and Healthy Choices Dominate Whats Hot in 2011
The National Restaurant Association polled 1500 chefs in October 2010, asking what the hot trends for the coming year. The Top 20 Trends focus on healthy food
Should Servers be Required to Tip Out General Management?
I was recently talking with a good friend who waits tables part time. She was venting because the waitstaff at the restaurant where she works is required to tip
Month by Month Restaurant Advertising Guide
Even with a doom and gloom economy, there will always be people who hate to cook and will spend the money to order out instead (thank goodness!). The trick is
How the Credit Crisis Affects Your Restaurant
Even if your restaurant is debt free- no credit cards, no mortgage, no loans- your business may still be impacted by the current credit crisis. About.com
Understanding Trademarks and Copyright When Choosing a Restaurant Name
When choosing a name for your restaurant, it is important to stay away from names that are already taken, via trademarks or copyrights. For example, if your
What's On Your Resume?
I am willing to wager that most people embellish on their resume, to make it stand out from the pack. However, some people go too far. In a James Frey-esque
Basic Rules of Catering
One of the biggest word-of-mouth advertisements is catering. Events like weddings, holiday parties and business luncheons offer you an opportunity to expose
Restaurant Equipment Checklists
We were in the middle of our opening night at the restaurant when we discovered we had forgotten to buy steak knives. In the rush of getting ready to open this
Olive Garden Changes Its Logo and People Freak
Olive Garden announced a renaissance of it's brand, this week. The new logo has been the the topic of many blogs and articles, including this one - and
Common Problems of Restaurant Owners
The restaurant business is not a stable industry. Everything from snowstorms to local high school basketball games can affect the amount of business you do on
Reader Asks: How do I manage staff that don't get along?
Aaron B. writes in and asks: I opened a new restaurant a little over a year ago. Things are good - it's busy and we get good feedback from customers. The
How Social is Your Restaurant?
Today we take a look at social media and restaurants. More and more restaurants are turning to social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest as
Tobacco as an Alcohol Trend?
The Salt recently reported about a restaurant in Los Angelos has developed a tobacco infused sugar syrup to add to mixed drinks. Owner of father's Office,
What Are They Thinking? Taco Bell Serves Margaritas
I'm not even going to try to be unbiased about this one. Taco Bell is now serving margarita flavored drinks as a summer promotion. Described on their site as a
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