Inspiration and Information for your Tabletop

We all know about the challenges in healthcare, but often overlooked are how those issues translate into healthcare foodservice. Costs are rising. Preferences are becoming more demanding. Competition is at an all-time high. And quality is consistently one of the first things to be marginalized.

Some things are just iconic. Often that's because they're the first.

The high demands of today's foodservice industry have led us to some interesting concepts. From third wave coffee bars that turn into high-end speakeasies at night to pop-up dinners in last-minute, obscure locations, just about everyone is looking for ideas to help attract new customers and stand out from the crowd.

One of the ways to do this is to take service directly to the customer.

Table side beverage service can be enhanced in two easy ways -- keeping liquids at the right temperatures and in eye-catching dispensing designs. With the Flow Slim Cooling Carafe from EMSA, guests can experience both.

One of the easiest ways to make people happy is to bring the party to them, and with new bar designs from Mogogo, there's a fresh way to roll out beverage service.

Design matters.

But in an era when hospitality companies are being squeezed by home stay options and younger demographics are more attune to how it impacts experience, design matters now more than ever.

If you understand the basic evolution of the gin and tonic, you likely know there are a few surprising facts in how far this simple yet complex cocktail has come.

If you've never stood in line holding your tray, consider yourself lucky. Cafeteria service, whether it's in a hospital or a corporate dining facility or something completely different, often bottlenecks at the point of purchase, but you probably knew that.

Duralex was founded in 1945 on the banks of the Loire River just outside of Orleans. In the process of becoming one of the world's most recognizable glassware manufacturers, or possibly because of it, they invented the glass tempering process, but more on that in a bit.