The Restaurant Success Podcast

The Restaurant Success Podcast is a weekly podcast for Restaurant owners full of information about how to run and improve your business. What's the point of growing a restaurant company if it doesn’t maximize relationships and profits? What's the point of being successful if you can’t maximize your net worth while enjoying every minute? Matthew Mabel encourages successful independent multi-unit restaurateurs to "be as good to yourself as you are to your guests" in everything they do. “Owning an independent multi-unit restaurant company ought to be a joy. Let’s make it that way," he says. Based out of Dallas, Matthew’s devoted to improving the lives and businesses of successful independent restaurateurs.

The Restaurant Success Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Matthew Mabel, with 67 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Matthew Mabel hosts The Restaurant Success Podcast, a business show with 67 episodes published.

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  Three Ways Fantastic Bosses Make Restaurant GMs Great

  Apr 20, 20268 minS0

  <p>In this episode of the Restaurant Success Podcast, Matthew Mabel tackles one of the most overlooked opportunities in multi-unit restaurant business growth: developing the bosses of your general managers. While most restaurant entrepreneurship focuses on training GMs, the real breakthroughs in guest count, profit, and culture happen when owners invest in their operations directors, area managers, and district managers. Matthew shares the three pillars that separate exceptional multi-unit leaders from the rest — a steadfast commitment to growing GMs, a simple sequential operations plan, and a genuine focus on personal improvement. Whether you're an independent restaurant owner preparing to hire yo...

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  Episode #62

  The Key to Fantastic Growth? Knowing What You Don't Know

  Mar 30, 20266 minS1

  <p>In this episode of the Restaurant Success Podcast, Matthew Mabel explores why even the most successful multi-unit restaurant entrepreneurs can hit a growth ceiling — and how to break through it. Matthew reveals that the key to fantastic business growth lies in identifying and addressing what you don't know. Drawing on decades of experience advising independent restaurant companies generating tens of millions in sales, he explains how first-time multi-unit owners often develop blind spots that hold back their restaurant operations, profitability, and long-term expansion. From unrealistic confidence to learning by costly trial and error, Matthew walks through the common traits he...

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  Episode #61

  How to Actually Increase Guest Count and Lead the Industry

  Mar 23, 20267 minS1

  <p>In this episode of the Restaurant Success Podcast, restaurant business consultant and advisor Matthew Mabel breaks down exactly what it takes to grow guest count and lead the restaurant industry. Drawing on real-world observations from top-performing restaurant groups, Matthew reveals the specific behaviors that are quietly holding restaurants back from reaching their full revenue and profit potential. From front-of-house accountability to employee training and steps of service, this episode delivers actionable strategies for independent and multi-unit restaurant owners ready to drive measurable business growth. If you're focused on restaurant entrepreneurship, operational excellence, and building a guest experience that converts...

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  Episode #60

  Six Beautiful Improvements Can Happen When You Take a Break

  Mar 16, 20266 minS1

  <p>In this episode of the Restaurant Success Podcast, veteran restaurant business advisor Matthew Mabel makes the case for why every restaurant entrepreneur needs to step away from their operation. Rather than focusing on revenue growth or management strategy, Matthew shares six powerful improvements that happen when independent restaurant owners take a real vacation. From stress-testing your business systems and discovering hidden operational gaps, to breaking old habits and returning with fresh entrepreneurial energy, this episode is a must-listen for any multi-unit restaurant owner who struggles to unplug. Whether you're planning a spring getaway or need a push to finally...

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  Episode #59

  Remembering Ed Murph, America’s Only Cafetuer

  Mar 9, 20267 minS1

  <p>In this special episode of the Restaurant Success Podcast, veteran restaurant consultant Matthew Mabel pays tribute to Ed Murph, the owner and driving force behind Norma's Café in Dallas. Rather than the usual business strategies, Matthew reflects on thirty years of friendship and collaboration with a man whose restaurant career spanned from the legendary Beggar and Bell Ringer clubs in the seventies, through the groundbreaking Café Cancun in the eighties, to building Norma's Café into a true multi-unit Dallas institution. Matthew shares four powerful lessons Ed taught him and everyone around him — about attitude in the face of adversity, deep...

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