18 Things (Out of 892) You Better F***ing Consider If You're Opening A Brick & Mortar Restaurant
By the Best Served Creative Team - Angry Olive Consulting's Sister Company “It’s harder, takes longer and costs more money than you...
Andrew Parr
- Jul 12
- 10 min
The NEW Restaurant Opening Order Of Operations
By Andrew Parr This article is in conjunction with a videocast. To learn more about these methods, watch BSP380: Restaurant Opening Order...
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Andrew Parr
- Jun 6
- 5 min
Time to Leave — Why Restaurant Employees Are Exiting the Industry
By Andrew Parr The restaurant industry is losing outstanding, highly skilled, loyal employees at a remarkable pace. The reasons are...
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Andrew Parr
- Jun 6
- 4 min
Failure to Launch: The Restaurant Industry’s Inability to Retain Staff
By Andrew Parr The restaurant industry suffers from 73% annual turnover (don’t even get me started on the numbers through the pandemic)...
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Katie O'Hara
- Jun 5
- 4 min
Cultivating and Growing Your New Restaurant Team: Why Having Kickass Leadership Benefits Everyone
By Katie O'Hara The first time I met the boss who would later become not only the most influential person I’ve ever had the honor of...
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Andrew Parr
- Jun 5
- 5 min
The 8 Steps To Get Set Up On The Clubhouse App To Start Telling Your Food Story
By Andrew Parr Either you have already read Part I of our Clubhouse Series, “The Clubhouse App for Restaurants: What Is It and Why Is It...
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Andrew Parr
- Jun 5
- 4 min
The Clubhouse App for Restaurants: What Is It and Why Is It Relevant
By Andrew Parr Clubhouse is self-described as “The Social Audio App.” Hmm, still scratching your head? Do you remember the heyday of...
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Ian Stonebrook
- Jun 5
- 5 min
How To Become A Restaurant Media Company | Best Served Creative + Cali BBQ Media
By Ian Stonebrook The Best Served Podcast Team is all about content creation and social sharing. Always pushing each other, Jensen...
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Jensen Cummings
- Jun 5
- 5 min
Lao Wang Lives On with a Restaurant Legacy of Love and Noodles
By Jensen Cummings The Denver food scene recently lost a living legend. Hear from his son, Danny Wang, about the life, learning, and...
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Jensen Cummings
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Show Us Who You Are - What Food Photography Says About Your Visual Identity
By Jensen Cummings It’s tempting to over polish every photo you post because you want to put your best food forward. We also struggle...
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Jensen Cummings
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Stop The Burn - Restaurants Need To Start Properly Onboarding And Training Their People
By Jensen Cummings “You’re hired!! Your first day at the restaurant is Monday. Why don’t you come in at 2 to do your paperwork? We’ll...
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Jensen Cummings
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Do You Know How To Have Your Menu Tell A Story Beyond Just What's On The Plate?
By Jensen Cummings A menu is the fundamental tool that restaurants use to sell their product. Is it merely the Sears catalog or the sales...
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Sophie Braker
- Jun 5
- 4 min
Do Resumes Matter In Restaurant Hiring?
By Sophie Braker A few weeks ago, when Jensen Cummings (founder of Best Served and Chief Why Officer at Angry Olive) and I were...
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Jensen Cummings
- Jun 5
- 2 min
How Chefs And Restaurant Owners Can Inspire Cooks Who Didn't Grow Up With Their Food
By Jensen Cummings Our connections to the foods we grew up with are some of the deepest and most timeless we will ever encounter. The...
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Jensen Cummings
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Stop With The Restaurant Job Posts That Say Nothing, Worsening Your Staffing Issues
By Jensen Cummings If your restaurant is hiring (that’s all of you), it’s likely that your hiring posts fall well short of attracting...
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Jensen Cummings
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Pandemic Pushed Eric Davies To Take Puff Truck Pizza From Side Hustle To His Families’ Livelihood
By Jensen Cummings Eric Davies found himself (like many others) laid off due to the Pandemic. He had to come face to face with the...
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Jensen Cummings
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Look Hu’s Cooking Pays Homage To Chinese Immigrants Achieving The American Dream
By Jensen Cummings When you think about the journey that your ancestors had to embark upon and the sacrifices they had to make to get you...
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Jensen Cummings
- Jun 5
- 3 min
When Restaurants Lose Their Sense of Belonging, They Fail
By Jensen Cummings I often reflect on my personal journey from punk kid to dishwasher to line cook to chef to owner and to restaurant...
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Andrew Parr
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Gratitude and the Hospitality Industry
By Andrew Parr What is a something that will not only universally bring people together, but also explicitly express a wide array of...
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Andrew Parr
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Life, Loss, Love, Family & Food
By Andrew Parr I’m 54 years old; a nice Jewish boy from north suburban Milwaukee. I mention this because, though it may not be of import...
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