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On the Road to Relief: Restaurant Trends and Opportunities to Watch

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2024, restaurants should make the dining-out experience worth the price tag. California recently passed a minimum wage increase of $20/hour for fast-food workers. While factors such as convenience impact that decision, the experience of dining out is important. Data from the U.S.

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Reaching Out to Help Restaurants Recover

Modern Restaurant Management

Other local restaurant-benefitting movements across the nation are “Take Out Tuesday” (Connecticut and elsewhere), “Save our Restaurants” (Colorado), and RestaurantRescue.org (Palo Alto, California) and their #TakeOutPledge.

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Nighttime Harvests Can Protect Farmworkers from Blistering Heat, but They Bring New Risks

EATER

At Stolpman Vineyards in the Ballard Canyon area of Santa Barbara County, California, a nocturnal harvest has long been the norm. New Regulations, Sparse Data Washington, Oregon, California, and Colorado currently have regulations to protect agricultural workers during extreme heat.

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The Mille Club: The Often-Forgotten Sense of Departure

Larry Mogelonsky

The key concept here is that crossing the chasm of four digits in the price tag comes with some serious psychological baggage. Now, compare the impression of this to a five-star, beachfront resort in Laguna Beach, California, with a comparable rate to the London property. In other words, guest expectations jump.

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Pastry Chefs Aren’t Disappearing — We’re Evolving

EATER

I began my pastry career by walking in the back door of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, and asking to intern in the pastry department. In 2015, Bonnie Ohara founded Alchemy Bread in Modesto, California, after experimenting with bread baking at home.

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The Kikkoman Soy Sauce Bottle Is Priceless

EATER

That price tag might seem extreme, but it’s perhaps justified given the amount of work that went into the bottle’s creation. These vintage Kikkoman bottles are rare and coveted, quickly snatched up by collectors, oftentimes fetching upward of $300 and increasing in value as the years pass.

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Learn from the greats: 10 extraordinary restaurants that every owner should study

OpenTable

Looking over the $250 tasting menu, it’s easy to see why: Dishes such as the troll-caught Alaskan king salmon served with romanesco and steelhead roe are sustainably sourced and gracefully couriered through the sea-toned dining room by expert staff, giving the whole experience an overtone of luxury befitting of the price tag.