Written by Nena Jambazian. Business insights contributed by Lani Manaseryan, business owner, real estate agent, and host of the Menu EN Podcast. The best restaurant social media content ideas help someone decide where to eat. People compare unfamiliar places on their phones and pick the one that feels like a safe choice. Take a diner […]
For much of the year before he sat down with Menu EN, Chef Kevin Hill slept on sofas and air mattresses. He gave up his own comfort so the money could go to the restaurant. By then, he had built a catering business, opened a restaurant operation in Los Angeles, and earned financial backing from […]
The best GloriaFood alternatives in 2026 are Orders.co, Square Online, and DoorDash Online Ordering, because each replaces GloriaFood’s ordering page for $69 a month or less, with no commission on direct orders. Orders.co ranks first because it moves your menu for you. Paste your GloriaFood link into the GloriaFood menu migration tool, and it builds […]
For Valentine’s Day, Three Sisters Coffee & Tea teamed up with a local florist. Then a customer posted the cafe’s strawberry matcha on TikTok: pink strawberry, green matcha, and strawberry cold foam, framed by flowers. Soon there was a line outside the Burbank, California, cafe, and the team was struggling to keep matcha and strawberry […]
Written by Nena Jambazian. Business insights contributed by Lani Manaseryan, business owner, real estate agent, and Menu EN Podcast host. When a customer taps “Place Order,” their part is done. Yours is just starting. The order still has to be accepted, sent to the kitchen, made correctly, packed, and handed off. Restaurant online ordering integration […]
Written by Nena Jambazian. Business and real estate insights contributed by Lani Manaseryan, Los Angeles real estate agent, business owner, and host of the Menu EN Podcast. Before leasing a restaurant space or buying one, check five things as a single decision: whether the property fits your concept, which kitchen infrastructure actually works, what approvals […]
Written by Nena. Business insights contributed by Lani Manaseryan, business owner, Los Angeles real estate agent, and host of Menu EN. Customers remember how your team made them feel as clearly as they remember the food. Restaurant customer service is every interaction between your staff and a customer, from the first hello to the final […]
Written by Nena. Business insights contributed by Lani Manaseryan, business owner, real estate agent, and host of Menu EN. Your Restaurant Layout Should Work for People, Not Just Look Good A first-time customer walks into a beautiful restaurant, takes two steps inside, and stops. The menu board is half hidden. There are two counters and […]
Written by Nena. Business insights contributed by Lani Manaseryan, business owner, real estate agent, and host of Menu EN. When a neighborhood bakery donates pastries to a school event, it does more than feed a crowd. It puts a name, a face, and a flavor in front of families who live a few blocks away. […]
“Nobody makes money cooking.” That was the warning Ara Zada’s grandfather gave him when Ara decided to leave the family printing business for culinary school. His grandfather believed Ara was walking away from a successful future. Ara went anyway. By his own account, within about a year of graduating, he was earning more than he […]
Menu AM is an Armenian community restaurant podcast and media platform powered by Orders.co. Hosted by Meri Makaryan and Arman Margaryan, Menu AM sits down with restaurant owners, chefs, and food entrepreneurs to talk about what building a food business really takes. Over the past year, Menu AM content received approximately 30 million views. The […]
It’s Christmas Eve. A neighborhood restaurant is staying open until 9 PM. The kitchen is prepped, and an extra server is on the floor. A family a few blocks away searches for dinner, sees “Closed” on Google, and orders somewhere else. Nobody at the restaurant ever knows. That scenario is illustrative, not a documented case. […]
