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50 Great Ideas

The top industry ideas we've spotted in the last year

50 Great Ideas

50 Great Ideas of 2025

 Aug. 04, 2025

Steal these business-boosting tips Restaurant Business editors have spotted during their reporting this year.

50 Great Ideas

38. Tattooed promotions

 Aug. 08, 2018

When there is a new concept at the University of Connecticut, the dining team creates a temporary tattoo of the logo or name.

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37. Discounting desserts

Aug. 08, 2018

At the Citibank corporate cafeteria in New York City, desserts are 50% off in the late afternoon.

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36. Yappy hour

Aug. 08, 2018

On Thursdays from 3-8 p.m., Cafe Adelaide & the Swizzle Stick Bar in New Orleans welcomes dogs with a full menu of their own, while their owners can opt for a $5 cocktail called Dog Day Afternoon....

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35. Explanation-free catering

Aug. 08, 2018

Many options on the events menu at The Gray, one of Kimpton Hotel’s Chicago properties, are inspired by the in-hotel restaurant, Boleo. That includes empanadas. To make it easier and more frictionless...

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34. Viral table

Aug. 08, 2018

When new steakhouse Boston Chops designed its layout, it included an Instagrammers table. The table, which cost $10,000 to build and outfit, includes customizable features that are controlled by the g...

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33. Watching the weather

Aug. 08, 2018

Denver-based Mad Greens has a weather prediction service programmed into its ordering system to help forecast sales. The chain has found that when it’s too warm or rainy, sales go down. It’s helped th...

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29. Wearable incremental sales drivers

Aug. 08, 2018

Desserts are on the menu at Xoco, Rick Bayless’ counter-service spot in Chicago, but customers don’t always think to order them when they order meals. Once they sit down, there’s no way to know they c...

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27. Charge it up

Aug. 08, 2018

Chicago’s Parlor Pizza wants to find ways to encourage its guests to stick around and order more food and drinks. One way it accomplishes that is by offering to charge guests’ phones. Specifically, th...

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28. Straw education

Aug. 08, 2018

More and more restaurants are eliminating plastic straws. To educate its customers about sustainability, Mountain Brauhaus in Gardiner, N.Y., puts a flyer on every table saying “Skip the straw and sav...

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