For the 14th consecutive year, Distinguished Restaurants of North America (DiRōNa) has recognized III Forks as exemplifying the “Best of the American Steakhouse.” A restaurant displaying the DiRōNa Achievement of Distinction in Dining Award has earned one of the most respected awards in the dining and hospitality communities. “III Forks Steakhouse embodies the Best of […]

First launching Blackbird in Chicago’s West Loop in 1997, One Off Hospitality has spent the past 26 years growing its empire into a collection of the Midwest’s most beloved hospitality institutions including avec, Big Star, The Violet Hour, The Publican, Publican Quality Meats, Publican Quality Bread, Bar avec and Dove’s Luncheonette. With nine James Beard […]

SageNet, a Tulsa-based managed network, digital experience, and cybersecurity services provider, congratulates Courtney Radke, its Vice President of Innovation, Network & Security, on his Restaurant Technology Network (RTN) “Industry Champion Award.” The Restaurant Technology Network (RTN) announced the inaugural winners of the Industry Champion Award at the MURTEC industry conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada, […]

GRUBBRR announced that Parrish Chapman joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer. In this role, he is responsible for leading the company’s sales strategy. Chapman brings a wealth of technology enterprise sales leadership to GRUBBRR. He was most recently the Senior Director of Enterprise Retail Sales at Samsung Electronics America, where he led a sales team […]

Friendly’s Restaurants Franchising, the iconic family diner and ice cream shop known for its delicious sundaes and burgers, announced its partnership with Ovation as their guest feedback platform. With a goal to better measure and act on the guest experience, Friendly’s has leveraged Ovation’s real-time chat, short surveys, long surveys, powerful reporting, and AI-powered recovery […]

Paying at First Watch is now a “snap” thanks to new pay-at-the-table technology. The award-winning Daytime Dining concept partnered with Up ‘n go to unveil pay-at-the-table technology in its more than 420 corporate-owned restaurant locations. “Everything we do is through the lens of bettering the in-restaurant experience for both our customers and our teams – and Up […]

Flybuy by Radius Networks, a leader in innovative restaurant technology solutions, today unveiled Flybuy Connect, an AI-driven capacity management solution. Flybuy Connect integrates restaurant and customer insights to accurately predict promise times, effectively eliminating wait times and delivering better customer experiences that build brand loyalty. American consumers spend an astonishing 37 billion hours annually waiting in queues. Not only […]

OneDine, a leading provider of innovative dining technology solutions, is proud to announce that it has been recognized as the Vendor Partner of the Year by Dave & Buster’s, the ultimate entertainment, sports watching and restaurant destination for families and friends.  Dave & Buster’s awards Vendor Partner of the Year to the company that has […]

SpotOn announced the introduction of SpotOn Marketing Assist. Designed to streamline the restaurant marketing process, SpotOn Marketing Assist is the first product of its kind to empower restaurants to drive guest visits and boost sales while eliminating the time and resources needed for self-serve marketing tools. For restaurant operators, marketing often falls to the back […]

Sprockets, a hiring solution built for the hourly workforce, announces the launch of “JoJo,” a conversational virtual recruiter that addresses the challenges operators and hourly workers face today. Business owners are scrambling to stay profitable with the rising costs of goods and labor, managers are inundated with high volumes of applications they cannot possibly review […]

Condado Tacos, the Columbus, Ohio-based taco joint with a reputation for clean, craveable tacos, margaritas and vibrant atmospheres, today announced that it was selected as the winner of the Digital Innovator award from PAR Punchh, the global restaurant technology company that provides restaurants with commerce solutions,. This is the 5th annual PAR Punchh Customer Awards, and Condado […]

GoTab, a leading provider of innovative restaurant technology solutions, announced a groundbreaking collaboration with the NYU School of Professional Studies (NYU SPS) Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality Innovation Hub Experiential Learning Lab (HI Hub Lab). The NYU SPS Tisch Center HI Hub Lab, known for fostering technology-enabled learning and creative projects in the hospitality […]

ParTech, a global restaurant technology company and provider of unified commerce solutions for enterprise restaurants, announced Hooters of America, LLC, the franchisor behind the iconic Hooters and Hoots Wings brands, selected PAR Brink POS and PAR Data Central to enhance its operational efficiency and order accuracy for an improved table service experience in 367 Hooters […]

Bites, a leader in frontline employee engagement and training solutions, announced the appointment of hospitality industry stalwart David Jacques Farahi as president. Farahi’s extensive experience and innovative approach are poised to guide Bites’ vision of revolutionizing training for frontline employees through a mix of social media-inspired content delivery and AI-powered content creation. In this pivotal […]

Restaurant365 named Jessica Lanier chief financial officer, effective immediately. Lanier most recently served as vice president of finance at Qualtrics. She guided the business through the majority of its time as a public company with annual revenues exceeding $1.5 billion, and helped lead its sale to private equity firm Silver Lake in 2023 for $12.5 […]