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Design

Restaurant Megatrends 2019: Product Development Looks to Consumers’ Micro-Feedback

5 years ago

There’s no doubt that competitive markets require businesses to continually strive to meet consumer demands if they’re to remain relevant. Companies that provide restaurant-supporting software are no exception to this rule. Incorporating consumer feedback on a micro level has proven to be a successful approach to product development.

Operations

Restaurant Megatrends 2019: Blockchain Brings Transparency to Sourcing… If Restaurants Care

5 years ago

Blockchain has the potential to massively aid in identifying issues along a supply chain, but its real world applications are still being tested and validated, and large scale impacts still stand to be seen.

Design

The Next Generation of Food Hall Design

5 years ago

The eateries once commonly found in shopping malls and transportation hubs have been redeveloped conceptually as standalone halls commited to providing culinary diversity and supporting local businesses. Familiar chains are nowhere to be found at this current generation of design savvy food halls.

Design

Designing a Chain Restaurant for 40 Million Travelers

5 years ago

Transportation dining has the potential to be transportative in and of itself, especially when designing for durability doesn’t mean sacrificing aesthetics.

Design

Balancing Restaurant Design and Budget at Chicago’s Pacific Standard Time

6 years ago

Both independents and chains are looking for better ways to engage an audience with design. Fortunately, consumers are looking for something new from restaurants, too, and are receptive to fresh ideas.

Design

Simplicity by Design at New York City’s Adda

6 years ago

With his newest restaurant, NYC-based Roni Mazumdar envisions a space that welcomes the local community through its menu and design alike.

Design

Convivial Design Is on Display at D.C.’s Acclaimed Maydan

6 years ago

Working with the right architect gave Maydan owner Rose Previte, license to create her ideal dining room centered around a central hearth with an open flame.

People

Chef Marcus Samuelsson Talks His New Series, ‘No Passport Required’

6 years ago

All you need to appreciate Eater’s new series on PBS is a willingness to listen. A decent appetite won’t hurt, though—not only for delicious food, but for knowledge and understanding of other, often marginalized, cultures, possibly in your own city.

Design

Bespoke Dishware Can Be Good for Business (and Instagram)

6 years ago

Recognizing dining out as a sensory experience, restaurants are increasingly presenting their menu items on custom-made dishware. For those in favor of appealing to tastes both gustatory and visual, the eyes have it.

Design

Coffee by Day, Cocktails by Night at New York’s Patent Pending

6 years ago

Business in the front, party in the back isn't just relegated to a certain polarizing hairstyle. At New York's Patent Pending, the coffee shop-by-day, speakeasy-by-night concept works double duty in its design.

Independents

Restaurant Megatrends 2018: Restaurants Make Sustainability Visible

6 years ago

With local sourcing no longer serving as a trend, but increasingly as the status quo, restaurants are making their commitments to sustainability more visible to diners than ever before, with specific design elements at the forefront of their efforts.

Design

Restaurant Megatrends 2018: Design Has a ‘More Is More’ Moment

6 years ago

Distinctive elements will dominate in restaurant design through 2018. Bold color choices, stand-out patterns, text-heavy neon signage, and witty branding will shape identities for new spaces, and the perceptions of those who experience them— virtually or otherwise.