ST. LOUIS, MO – September 7, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) St. Louis Restaurant Review is expanding the services and promotional reach available to local restaurants through its growing relationship with affiliated news publication STL.News and its restaurant-focused online ordering platform, eOrderSTL. All three platforms operate within the St. Louis Media LLC network, creating an integrated system designed…
ST. LOUIS, MO – September 5, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) A federal wage investigation involving Miyako Japanese Buffet in Florida should get the attention of restaurant owners more than a thousand miles away in St. Louis. The reason is simple: restaurant payroll mistakes can become extremely expensive. The U.S. Department of Labor announced on September 3 that…
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ST. LOUIS, MO – September 1, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Running a restaurant is tough business, not only because the activity itself is extremely demanding, requiring both physical and mental labor and leaving little room for error, but also because the competition is absolutely insane. There are so many places where one can eat that you have…
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ST. LOUIS, MO – August 31, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Ask anyone who has opened a restaurant what surprised them most, and you’ll usually hear something about the build-out. The budget that grew. The timeline that slipped. And, more often than people admit, the moment the dining room finally came together, and something about it wasn’t quite…
ST. LOUIS, MO – August 31, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) You might be surprised to learn that app ratings aren’t always the best indicator of great takeout. But if you’re trying to decide where to order sushi or enchiladas, it’s hard not to rely on app ratings. After all, you don’t want to risk a low-ranked option…
ST. LOUIS, MO – August 31, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) According to Statista, in 2024, US food service and drinking place sales reached $1.1 trillion. It’s a booming industry, as everyone has to eat to survive, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that every restaurateur will be successful. It’s important to have good food, but another part of…
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ST. LOUIS, MO – August 27, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Restaurants now depend on payment systems across nearly every part of service. A guest may pay at the counter, order through a website, book a private event with a deposit, buy a gift card, pay for delivery, or use a mobile wallet at the table. Each transaction…
ST. LOUIS, MO – August 25, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Restaurant back-office operations run on a relentless cycle of vendor deliveries, equipment servicing, and utility bills. When a fraudulent invoice lands in the accounts payable queue disguised as a regular food distributor, it often slips past a busy manager rushing to prep for dinner service. There are…
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ST. LOUIS, MO – August 20, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) The dinner rush is real. You’ve got a full dining room, the kitchen is slammed, phones are ringing, and somehow three parties just walked in without reservations, asking if you have a table. Your servers are running around like crazy, and you’re standing in the middle of…
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ST. LOUIS, MO – August 18, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Catering deliveries require far more coordination than standard food delivery. Teams must manage strict delivery windows, temperature-sensitive meals, multiple drop-off locations, and event-specific setup requirements. Even small delays can affect food quality and customer satisfaction. For catering businesses in St. Louis and other competitive markets, improving delivery…
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COLLINSVILLE, IL – August 17, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Heritage Sports Bar – The abrupt closing of Heritage Sports Bar & Grill in downtown Collinsville provides another reminder of how quickly circumstances can change in the restaurant industry — and how internal ownership problems can compound the already formidable challenges facing independent restaurant operators. Heritage Sports Bar…
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ST. LOUIS, MO – August 4, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Most social media campaigns begin by asking who should see the message, yet that solves only half the targeting problem. Strong campaigns also define who should not receive the content because broad reach can waste budget and distort data. An adult using a trustworthy matchmaking platform to…
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Casual Dining Squeeze – New macroeconomic data from Black Box Intelligence reveals that 9% of full-service restaurants are at high risk of closure in 2026, driven by a loss of 30% or more from peak sales. While national industry sales are projected to reach a nominal $1.55 trillion due to menu price increases, underlying foot…
ST. LOUIS, MO – July 1, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) Ordering food at home has become so deeply embedded in daily life that few people think about what happens to a dish between the moment a cook seals the container and the moment a guest opens it. Over those thirty to forty minutes, food moves through several…
ST. LOUIS, MO – June 23, 2026 (StLouisRestaurantReview) There are as many as 1 million restaurants across the country, and if you’re an owner of an eatery, it’s important to scale your culinary footprint without putting your family home, personal savings, or hard-earned net worth on the line. The assumption that expansion capital requires a…
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