9 Tips for Keeping Food Costs Down

(Source: Flickr) Making your restaurant profitable can be an extremely tricky prospect. It is incredibly difficult to price your dishes so that you can cover ever-fluctuating food and commodity prices in addition to paying the rent and compensating your employees.

8 Restaurant Concepts to Watch

(Source: Flickr) At the heart of every restaurant is a concept. Whether it’s an old-school family-style Italian restaurant with red checked tablecloths and carafes of Chianti or a high end restaurant offering sustainable cuisine, the look, employee uniforms, decor, layout, and cuisine of a restaurant are all reflective of the restaurant’s concept.

10 Attributes of a Hot Spot Restaurant

(Source: Flickr) There’s nothing quite like a hot spot restaurant. The air seems to sizzle with energy; everything is just a little bit more vibrant, more beautiful, more interesting within its doors. To a restaurant owner, this is the ultimate dream: to have customers lining up for a slice of their establishment and culture. ButFIND OUT MORE |

The 12 Best Restaurant Desserts

(Source: Flickr) “Would you like to see the dessert menu?” It’s a phrase uttered hundreds of times a day in restaurants. While for some customers, ordering dessert is a given part of the dining experience, other customers require a little “selling”. So how do you separate yourself from establishments where customers say “no thanks” beforeFIND OUT MORE |

8 Tips for Responsibly Serving Alcohol

(Source: Flickr)   In a restaurant setting, alcohol is in many ways a good thing: a high-profit, trend-proof commodity which is easy and quick to prepare. Add to that the fact that it makes customers happy and likely to spend more money, and it’s practically a dream come true to your menu and your bottomFIND OUT MORE |