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OpenTable + Square (again)
Square is now OpenTable’s ‘preferred point of sale partner’
Aug 18
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Kristen Hawley
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Q&A: SevenRooms' Joel Montaniel
Updates from the co-founder and CEO of SevenRooms one year after that big acquisition
Aug 12
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Kristen Hawley
6
Toast's AI knows better than you do
'It's actually outperforming what humans can do.' — CEO Aman Narang
Aug 5
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Kristen Hawley
3
July 2026
I’m stuck in restaurant tech complaint Threads
…and I kind of love it.
Jul 29
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Kristen Hawley
7
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Reservations *are* annoying now
Four industry-proposed solutions to the bookings blues... and how we got here in the first place.
Jul 24
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Kristen Hawley
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Uber's $15 billion Delivery Hero deal
The local business of delivering dinner has an insatiable global hunger.
Jul 22
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Kristen Hawley
8
OpenTable ends its US Visa deal
OpenTable will keep the good tables for itself instead, but the platform's credit card partnerships aren't totally dead.
Jul 8
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Kristen Hawley
8
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June 2026
So far, so good!
Top stories from an already record year for Expedite
Jun 30
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Kristen Hawley
9
Restaurant discovery powered by people
Eater’s editor-in-chief makes the case for an expert assist.
Jun 24
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Why don't more restaurants have memberships?
A guest post by Gloria Dawson highlighting the ultimate loyalty play.
Jun 22
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SevenRooms’ latest release helps restaurants consolidate reservations
Now we know why they were so mad about competitor OpenTable’s terms of service update.
Jun 17
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Kristen Hawley
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Big Qs about the future of booking a table
🍿 Just over a year since DoorDash bought SevenRooms and upended the reservations status quo, there's *a lot* of room for change.
Jun 11
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Kristen Hawley
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