Innovating Tech Solutions to Help Restaurants | Therese Lim and Francisco Bram from Uber Eats | DH070
Uber Eats is doing their part to help the restaurant industry and change lives with Digital Hospitality. They have among the most important jobs in the food industry, but the day-to-day duties of Uber Eats’ Therese Lim and Francisco Bram aren’t centered around pots and pans, taste tests, or cooking classes. Digital Hospitality podcast guests […]
Tiger King Wins Best Cocktail Award from Restaurant Hospitality
Cali BBQ’s Tiger King was named one of America’s Best Cocktails of 2020. In many ways our Tiger King Fishbowl Cocktail (available online for takeout or delivery) perfectly captured the zeitgeist of 2020, according to Restaurant Hospitality magazine which awarded Cali BBQ’s limited edition drink the honor of being one of the 10 best cocktails […]
Brand Building in a New Era | Shawn Walchef on The Cantore Show | DH063
At Cali BBQ we learned early on that to get people to care about us, we had to reach out to them online. Veteran broadcaster and notable San Diego media personality Chris Cantore (our former podcast guest) featured our Cali BBQ Media story on his The Cantore Show podcast. Recording in his surf hut studio, […]
Planting Roots in Your Community | Shawn Walchef on Restaurant Unstoppable Podcast | DH061
Getting involved and planting roots in your community as a business owner shows that you care about your village. Once you have a platform — and you use your voice to talk about the entire community, and not just your own business — everything starts to change. Restaurant Unstoppable podcast host Eric Cacciatore visited Cali […]
Toast POS is Built to Make Restaurants Better | Why Cali BBQ Switched to Toast from Aloha
Toast is built to make restaurants better. Why does a restaurant need a cloud-based point of sale system like Toast that offers real time software updates? Because using modern up-to-date tech tools like Toast for your restaurant or other business is incredibly important to making sure you stay profitable into the future. In order to […]
SLAM DIEGO! Padres Inspires Creative Food and Drink Menu Items in San Diego
The Friar Faithful are so devoted to their San Diego Padres that team-inspired food and drink options are now available in town, including Cali BBQ’s own SLAM DIEGO cocktail, a Mango Machado IPA, and even El Niño pizza. NBC7 News and Lauren Coronado reported on our Slam Diego Fishbowl Cocktail To Go at Cali BBQ, […]
Digital Strategy and Tips To Help Restaurants Thrive in Tough Times
As restaurants and other businesses struggle through difficult times during the pandemic, an emphasis on digital growth and online hospitality can help them survive — and even profit. Cali BBQ owner/operator Shawn Walchef and Sydney Lynn from Restaurant Solutions, Inc. were guests on ABC News10 in San Diego to talk about the state of restaurants […]
Focus More On People, Less On Transactions | Josh Kopel (Restaurateur) | DH048
Did you know that YOU can be featured on the Digital Hospitality podcast? Send your best tips, quotes, ideas, recommendations, and more to podcast@calibbq.media so we can feature them on the show. Thank you to our loyal listeners for being with us on our podcasting journey. We’ve learned so much making this show and hope you […]
How a Ghost Kitchen and Digital Hospitality Keep This Texas Restaurant Running
Deep in the heart of Texas, there’s a Korean restaurant that’s as fun as it is delicious. Seoulju, located in Austin, Texas, plays off the city of Seoul’s nightlife culture and their signature soju adult beverages. #WellSOJUaGoodTime In the last two years, restaurant owner John Lee has created an amazing atmosphere with a family feel […]
Local Business Podcast talks Digital Hospitality with Shawn Walchef
Loyal listeners of the Digital Hospitality Podcast had the recent pleasure of hearing marketing mastermind Bruce Irving talk pizza, pivoting and podcasting on the Cali BBQ Media podcast in July 2020. Podcast host and Cali BBQ owner Shawn Walchef also hopped on Bruce Irving’s Local Business Podcast to discuss why every owner should dive into […]