How to Raise Funds for Your Restaurant
Few aspiring restaurateurs have the cash on hand to get their dream off the ground. That’s where investors come in. But for…
How to negotiate your restaurant lease (and the important partners you’ll need)
Every expert I’ve spoken to on this subject agrees: Negotiating a lease is the number one place where restaurateurs go wrong.…
5 pandemic pivots with 50Kitchen
Just three weeks after Anthony Caldwell opened his Dorchester, Massachusetts restaurant 50Kitchen, the pandemic hit.…
5 pandemic pivots with The Pink Dinghy
For Stephanie Dietz, chef and owner of The Pink Dinghy in Virginia Beach, the pandemic was “the final boss.”
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5 pandemic pivots with China Live
When George Chen and his wife Cindy Wong-Chen opened the sprawling San Francisco food hall China Live in 2017, Chen was already…
5 pandemic pivots with L’Oca d’Oro
Austin’s neighborhood Italian restaurant L’Oca d’Oro opened in 2016 as a place built around regulars, where staff members…
How restaurants can access relief spending in 2021
Starting today––Monday, May 3, at noon EST––restaurant operators can begin applying for COVID-19 relief spending through…
How to open a restaurant: Building a brand identity
When it comes to opening a restaurant smoothly and running it successfully, Alison Arth is a pro. She held leadership positions…
The future is now Down Under: How Australia can tell us what’s next for restaurants
In Australia, the restaurant industry has fully recovered in 2021. OpenTable combed the data for strategies American restaurateurs can use right now.