Restaurant Musings
The COVID Years & It’s Effect
Where do go from here? Obviously, it has been bittersweet. Lets dive in some more. The Bitter Unfortunately many had to close their doors due to some of the following: Volume of business Staffing Inability to set up outdoor seating Leasing not owning. Supply chain...
Restaurant Menu Printing Tips
Printing restaurant menus is a crucial part of running a successful food business. It is the first point of contact and first impression of your overall operation with your customers, and it sets the tone for their dining experience. Here are a few restaurant menu...
Why Waterproof Menu Paper is Better Than Laminated Menus
Restaurants have been using laminated menus for years. It is a cheap and easy way to protect your menus. These menus can withstand spills and stains, but they are not completely waterproof! The laminated menus, for the best protection, require an edge seal which is...
Create A Restaurant Menu From Scratch
As you know, your restaurant's menu is your business' calling card. Ensuring that your menu is sharp, clear, and able to engage the diner will ensure more business per table. Although the thought of creating a restaurant menu from scratch can seem like a daunting...
Restaurant Menu Printing Best Practices
Restaurant owners and managers have many important items on their plates (no pun intended). All restaurants, bars, cafes, cafeterias, and other food-service businesses have one thing in common: they all have menus. You would think that would make it easy to choose the...
TikTok Restaurant Marketing is Changing the Restaurant Business
TikTok is the fastest-growing social media platform, shaking up industries across the board. From the restaurant business to retail to sports and more, those who can tap into TikTok restaurant marketing potential have the advantage of reaching a considerable number of...
Expanding A Restaurant’s Digital Landscape
All business owners should use the internet and digital platforms, especially in the restaurant industry. A digital presence can make or break even the most incredible business model or award-winning chef's restaurant. Whether a restaurant has one store or over 1,000...
Restaurant Guest Experience: Future Proof It
The financial future of the United States and the world at large seems uncertain at the moment. With markets bouncing around and inflation skyrocketing prices for fuel and especially food, restaurants should consider some intelligent investments to enhance the...
1-Star Google Reviews of Restaurants Used by Scammers To Extort Them
If you're a restaurant owner, you have a lot to manage: food deliveries, employees, payroll, the health department, your website, social media, and countless other factors that go into running a restaurant. Recently, a story has gotten media coverage that restaurant...
3 Biggest Sins in Menu Design
Creating a menu for your restaurant is no easy task. We recommend you hire a professional restaurant menu printing designer to make sure your menu is the best it can be. However, if you wish to design one on your own, here are 3 super important things to be mindful of...
Retaining Restaurant Workers: New Ways of Hiring
Paid time off, retirement, tuition and childcare are all more common now than they were before the pandemic as companies look to remain competitive. Retaining restaurant workers has been hard. Labor has been so short that some operators are slowing down expansion...
Uncertainty for The Restaurant Industry During COVID Times
When it comes to the restaurant industry and the coronavirus vaccine, the only thing certain is uncertainty. When will restaurant workers be able to get the shots? Should employers mandate vaccinations? Is that even legal? Do kitchen workers need the vaccine as much...
New Restaurant Technology: Are you ready for the next generation?
Over the last decade, the restaurant industry has seen incredible progress in the variety and performance of new restaurant technology that empowers QSRs and fast-casual chains. The problem, though, is that each of these tools has traditionally had a standalone...
Are Food Delivery Services Your Best Option For Online Ordering?
Attention restaurants: Customers really like ordering from your website or app. Many of them like it better than ordering from a third party like DoorDash, Grubhub or Uber Eats. In fact, a lot of people would even rather call you on the phone than do that. That is...
The Pandemic Forced Restaurants To Get More Creative Than Usual This Year
The upshot is that many of the solutions worked so well they’ll probably outlast the virus. Here’s a look at a handful of winners. Curbside Pickup Count curbside among the many old-fashioned services that found new life amid the pandemic. Restaurants quickly realized...
Delivery Fees And Other Thoughts During the Pandemic
The pandemic has been a good thing for the business of delivering food to consumers’ homes. Sales have been a legitimate lifeline for a lot of restaurants, especially casual dining and other concepts that needed the takeout business. And consumers have needed it, too,...
NYC Restaurants & COVID-19
Covid-19 has changed New York City’s restaurant culture more than any event since Prohibition. The most obvious effect, happening now and getting worse by the week but already dismal to contemplate, will be the death of hundreds and possibly thousands of small,...
Restaurant Menus In A Post COVID-19 World
COVID-19 has changed the way restaurants are presenting their menus and has created new challenges. The important issue is: What will make the customer feel most comfortable? The biggest challenge for the restaurant owner will be time. With limited seating capacity at...
Restaurants After COVID-19: What To Know
As we evolve from this pandemic that has totally changed the way restaurants will serve their customers, here are a few things to consider for restaurants after Covid-19. Menus Disposable single-use paper menus with be the standard for restaurants after Covid 19. For...
A Better Customer Restaurant Experience: Design Ideas
Aesthetics and comfortability in conjunction with great drinks, food, and service are what make a truly successful restaurant work. When a diner can check all of these boxes when eating at your establishment, it means they've had a great overall experience and are...
Restaurant Menu Paper Options Can Make For Great Impressions
Just like setting up your restaurant properly requires planning for food, appliances, location, and so on; so too is it important to make sure that you're putting as much effort and focus into developing your menu. Costs can vary greatly for different restaurant menu...
Get Positive Yelp Restaurant Reviews
There are a few different user-generated review platforms on the internet for things like restaurants, venues, museums, and things to do. Yelp is one of the original and still most popular when it comes to restaurant reviews and having a high Yelp score can be the...
Kids’ Restaurant Experience Are Important
Because millennials got married and started to have children in their 30’s the next 10 years is going to see a big uptick in “kids” as customers. That is why a kids' restaurant experience should not be overlooked. It's no surprise that the level of their kids'...
Creating A Unique Restaurant Menu
There is more to a unique restaurant menu than stand out food choices. Let's take a minute and look more carefully at menu design and why using waterproof die-cut paper opens up a huge world of possibilities to the way you can design your menu. Good looking, unique...
Understanding Restaurant Menu Design Psychology
When you next peruse the menu at your weekly restaurant spot, don't just get the usual. Stop for a minute and look closely at the design of the menu and feel out what is eye-catching -- this will help you in understanding restaurant menu design Think of it as looking...
Updating Your Restaurant Menu With A Successful Launch
Updating your restaurant menu can come with some trepidation. Why change it if its working? What if our customers don't like the new look or the new items? What if the new pricing model scares people away? These are all negative ways to think about launching a new...
The Menu Store, Inc. Receives 2019 Best of West Babylon Award
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Menu Store, Inc. Receives 2019 Best of West Babylon Award West Babylon Award Program Honors the Achievement WEST BABYLON October 7, 2019 -- The Menu Store, Inc. has been selected for the 2019 Best of West Babylon Award in the...
10 Restaurant Marketing Ideas To Increase Business
Running a successful restaurant means more than just great dishes and cocktails. It is a business which means putting some focus on a marketing strategy to increase your patronage.
Printing Restaurant Menus Ideas & Tips
Creating a great restaurant menu means more than just choosing the amazing dishes you are going to serve customers. After you have your restaurant mission statement and have your branding in place, you'll want to translate the preparedness into a great looking menu....
Restaurant Instagram Marketing
Restaurant Instagram marketing is a valuable marketing asset used by small businesses all the way up to major corporations. There are some great benefits to using Instagram such as creating a space to keep the conversation going with your customers before, during, and...
Types of Restaurant Menu Paper Material
Deciding what type of restaurant menu paper material you want to use for your food menu is a question restaurateurs and managers will tackle prior to opening and possibly later when opened. Depending on the type of restaurant you operate certain menu options will be...
Printing Your Restaurant Menu
Continuing the conversation on how to design a great menu (Part 1: How to Design A Restaurant Menu Layout | Part 2: How to Style Your Restaurant Menu), the last thing we need to talk about is how to go about printing and displaying your restaurant menus. Displaying...
How to Style Your Restaurant Menu
The most important thing to think about when choosing the style for your restaurant menu is to make sure that it reflects your business as well as appeals to customers -- a lot easier said than done. Below are some tips and advice on what to do when styling your...
How to Design A Restaurant Menu Layout
There is no doubt that the way a restaurant menu layout determines where a patron's eyes go. The places their eyes want to look at should be the spot with your most popular menu items as well as items that have the highest profit margins, such as entrees chicken,...
Making A Restaurant Menu: Tips & Ideas
Making a restaurant menu goes beyond the items your serving on it. There is so much focus on this aspect of owning a restaurant because a menu will dictate the profitability of each item, hence your bottom line. Because of today's reasonable costs to change your menu...
How To Price A Restaurant Menu
One of the most important aspects of running a successful restaurant business is how to price a restaurant menu. Sales are your main priority since that is what keeps the doors open and will mean success or failure on any particular day, month, or year. But, because...
Menu Engineering to Create A Profitable Menu
Designing your menu correctly is one of the most important aspects of operating a successful restaurant. When done well it is a piece of marketing and communicates your mission statement that reinforces your brand and provides the opportunity to increase profits for...
Writing A Descriptive Restaurant Menu
Writing a descriptive restaurant menu that people can understand means a few simple things, here we'll look at the best strategies on how to write a menu that describes the food you serve. Word choice will be very important here because confusing or unclear menus can...
Why You Need Kid’s Menus & Placemats At Your Restaurant
Our Children bring us the greatest “Joys” and the greatest “Pains” One of the “minor” pains is when we go out for dinner. The kids are naturally energetic and hard to keep still for too long. But maybe you can keep them busy for a little while until the food arrives....
Creating A Delicious Bar Food Menu
Having a successful bar, or a bustling bar area in your restaurant, means more than serving great cocktails and different local beers. People will often want to enjoy some quick bites, great appetizers, or more thoughtful food pairings to go along with their drink of...