Marketing Gimmicks

Menu Trickery Revealed

Restaurant consultants explain how they design menus to get diners to spend more money, in this New York mag feature. Evil genius tactics include “omit dollar signs, decimal points, and cents” and put high-profit items in a fancy graphic box, which “draws attention and, usually, orders.” Also, photographs are verboten on high-end restaurant menus, but arty illustrations are okay. [NYM]

Menu Trickery Revealed