Tech, Please: Should It Be An Accent Feature?

Technology is a significant presence on the restaurant landscape–but does it take top billing or is it primarily an accent feature?

Millennials’ preferences and priorities are influencing the way restaurants are designed, built and operated.

Successful restaurateurs understand the importance of staying in touch with ever-changing and constantly evolving consumer preferences. That is particularly critical today, with the growing influence of tech savvy millennials–who have very different expectations for their dining experience than their parents’ generation.

From what’s on the menu, to how you order it, to the overall design and aesthetic sensibility of the space, millennials’ preferences and priorities are influencing the way restaurants are designed, built and operated. Restaurant designers and architects need to be particularly cognizant and responsive to the ways in which technology is (and is not) influencing restaurant design and operation. Accounting for these…