Restaurants, bars, hotels, nightclubs, fast-casual – the on-premise is a diverse and vibrant channel in the alcohol industry. Where’s it headed? Good question. Its growth trajectory is fairly reliant on consumers’ comfort level with discretionary spending, but their desire to relax, socialize, indulge and explore also plays a key role, as our recently released BarTAB […]
Bars Serve Up Seasonal Spirit with Holiday Movie Cocktails
Combine two beloved holiday traditions—consuming adult beverages and enjoying classic Christmas movies—and what’s the result? Holiday-movie-inspired cocktails, now on offer at several bars that celebrate getting into the seasonal spirit with spirits. Below, we’ve rounded up a selection of drinks that give a nod to both traditional and modern holiday film and TV favorites. As […]
The Value of Holiday Restaurant Traditions
One of my favorite holiday songs is Stevie Wonder’s “What Christmas Means to Me.” (In our hometown of Chicago, we certainly have “lots of snow and ice everywhere we go” at the moment.) And though Stevie Wonder sang about the more traditional markers of December—choirs singing carols, filling the tree with lights—one of the things […]
Add to Your Holiday Gift List
During the holiday season, business doesn’t follow its usual pattern. Lunches may be later—and often need to be quicker—as shoppers take a much-needed rest or rush to both shop and eat during their midday break. Tables at dinner hold large parties of work colleagues and extended families. And moods swing from especially merry to downright […]
U.K. Restaurants Serve up Seasonal Specials
A fish and chip shop in West Midlands is preparing a very special Christmas dinner: fully fried. Chris Christoforou, owner of Hollywood Fish Bar, put together a complete dinner—turkey, potatoes, stuffing, vegetables, even Christmas pudding—all of it battered and deep-fried. It’s getting a lot of press, and will likely attract some curious customers. But restaurant […]
