The Straight Up Blog

Running a profitable restaurant or bar is difficult. According to Entrepreneur, there are mistakes that can cause your venture to fail. Fortunately, t...

A visit from the health inspector can be stressful even if you stay on top of health concerns by following a proactive food safety plan and scheduling...

Having a restaurant or bar located next to your local public transit stop can create a perfect opportunity to draw in new customers, but you also need...

As a restaurant owner, you may think you’re in the food business. Spoiler alert: you’re also in the people business, and that includes your employees....

Winters can be tough on the bar and restaurant business, especially in the much chillier parts of the country. Parking’s even more of a mess than usua...

Beer used to be simple. Bartenders only had to keep track of a few draft lines of lager and about five brewers made the majority of the offerings. Tod...

To help you kick off 2019, we’ve gathered up our 5 most popular (and useful) blog posts over the past year. Read on to get up to speed on essential in...

[eBook]: Strategic Drink Pricing Guide With a few pricing adjustments, and a slight shift in pricing strategy, most bars and restaurants could add sig...

5 Hidden Losses and How to Tackle Them