David Townsend follows restaurants, food products, and marketing trends. His career began on the Monterey Peninsula as a Bartender...

You can't be in the food business and not have prepared, easily combined meal portions "to go." Food service is now about more than seated

fees are negotiable- travel vs home time is billed at different rates

choose your best suited template and build the initial site without you having the learning curve of navigating new a software program.

operations check list for restaurants

Visuals show off your food. Branding has to do with quality of your photo as well as your food.

Your 'Brand' communicates your value and appeal to a potential guest. Let them know what makes your business unique. If you're known for...

It begins before any element of cooking begins. Deciding how to build the presentation will dictate the methods and the plating.

In a recent article from Jillian Kramer writing for food & wine.com ( March 23, 2018) talks about the dynamic changes coming to the...

3 TIPS, 3 FUNDAMENTAL MARKET FUNCTIONS, Signature Menu Items, Run High Food Costs, Design Visually for Social Media.

Here is a punch list of visual elements to consider when developing a marketing plan. Beginning with store décor, merchandising, and color

Antonio Ayestan caters the biggest outdoor event at Empire Mine SHP, for Sierra Nevada Hospital Foundation. His Filet is always a hit

Creating a restaurant is Daunting, It requires an awareness of food and design trends, technology; sales tracking, costs, and marketing.

I live in Nevada County in the Sierra Foothills of California, where the farm to fork movement has gained so much strength in the past...

the ‘Three Minute Rule’ as it relates to the restaurant business. I often use it to exemplify the importance of creating a first impression

5 Tips for Social Media, you need a marketing plan, updates in social media, good lighting, tell a story, work on plate presentations.

The bar has full liquor for some classic cocktails as well as 25 of there own Beers plus another half dozen 'guest brews' from California

Your Brand shows up in the quality of your food, but using a phone camera isn't the best way to show off your food quality

If you searched the web for a couple simple formulas to calculate food costs, and are looking for just a basic formula or two, you get...

The percentage of ‘fine dining’ restaurants is less than 12% of all eating establishments in America. Dominated by casual and fast food...