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Sara Rush Wirth

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Sara Rush Wirth

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Inside Headquarters Beercade

Arcade bars are popping up in cities all over, but at Headquarters, co-owner Brian Galati says the games are secondary, with the 12,000-square-foot concept’s menu and eclectic vibe leading the charge.

Technology

Top 10 tech stories of 2014

Senior Associate Editor Sara Rush looks at the year’s biggest advances in technology and the questions those innovations raised.

Food

The restaurant concepts likely to bloom or bomb in 2015

Senior Associate Editor Sara Rush offers her picks of the concept types that are most likely to thrive or dive in 2015.

Technology

Tablet or conventional POS?

It’s the October 2015 deadline to have EMV-enabled devices—the expected date for a shift in fraud liability—that’s driving the need to update.

Food

3 emerging trends worth watching

A scan of the restaurant industry as it mobilizes for the busy holiday season reveals three ripples that could surge into full-fledged trends.

Operations

A turning point for POS

Apple Pay. Tap-and-Go. PayPal. EMV. In the ever-evolving world of payment, restaurants are being forced to reevaluate their POS systems and potentially spend large sums to upgrade with the times.

Concept to Scout: S&M Sausage and Meat

S&M (provocatively named after a Rihanna song), has been slinging exotic meats and savory cocktails to mustached millennials since November.

Inside Chefs Club

For its high-budget second location in New York City, Food & Wine deferred to famed architect David Rockwell to design a supper club that “allows every guest to feel like a part of the [culinary] process,” says Business Development Manager Louise Vongerichten. That meant paying homage and setting a stage for the featured chefs who rotate through its kitchens.

Financing

Secrets to attracting crowds during Restaurant Week

When we asked several operators how they define a successful Restaurant Week, they agreed on one measure: high traffic.

Leadership

Get to Know: Chance Carlisle

Why LYFE Kitchen President and CEO Chance Carlisle? He’s juggling franchisor, franchisee and fatherhood.

Beverage

Beer cocktails expected to lead step-up in chains’ drink sales in 2015

Alcohol sales in chain restaurants and bars will rise 2.7 percent next year, a positive, albeit moderate, acceleration from 2014, according to the latest forecast from Technomic.

Workforce

Responding to an inked-up workforce

If you're still on the fence about body art, consider this check of the reality in restaurants today.

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