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Food For Thought: Inspiring & Connecting the Restaurant Community

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Stay tuned for 2020 Dates!

Food for Thought, served by Toast, is a community event for restaurant owners, operators, and managers who come to be inspired by their peers and industry leaders. Expertly curated sessions and interactive workshops are designed to reignite your passion for restaurants and leave you with tangible takeaways to apply to your business.

Choose Your City

We’re coming to a city near you.

Launched in 2018, Food For Thought engaged hundreds of restaurateurs in eight cities nationwide. In 2019, we connected with over 1200 folks from the restaurant community in 20 major markets. Sign up now to save your spot when we will be in your neck of the woods.


  • Pittsburgh
    March 2
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  • Check out the cities we've already visited in 2019.

    We spent 2019 traveling across the United States, take a look at what cities we've already launched in - and stay tuned as we return in 2020!.


    • Nashville
      February 25
    • Philadelphia
      March 18
    • Boston
      April 8
    • Washington D.C
      May 6
    • New Orleans
      June 10
    • San Francisco
      June 24
    • Baltimore
      July 15
    • Indianapolis
      July 22
    • Twin Cities
      August 5
    • New York City
      August 19
    • Chicago
      September 16
    • San Diego
      September 23
    • Charlotte
      October 7
      • Denver
        October 28
      • Houston
        October 28
      • Atlanta
        November 4
      • Los Angeles
        November 4
      • Phoenix
        November 18
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    Speakers

    Learn from the best! We've scoured the local restaurant scene to find talented speakers with engaging stories on how they've found success and flirted with failure while navigating the ever evolving restaurant industry.

    Below you’ll see some of the great speakers we had join us for the tour in 2018, we’re working away at securing this years participants … stay tuned! 2018 Food For Thought Speakers -

    Andrew Rigie Hospitality Alliance
    Grant Lieberman Dos Toros
    Irene LiMei Mei
    Jennifer NataleGrayton Road Tavern
    Keith Fitzgerald HoneyGrow
    Lauren Hobs LEH Consulting
    Michael GilesLettuce Entertain You Restaurant Group

    Check back soon for our 2020 line-up!

    Want to nominate yourself or a friend as a speaker? We’re always searching for the best and brightest to join us on the road, fill out our nomination form here.

    "Food for Thought is a great event! Getting together to share information and solutions to help us and inspire us to do better through this shifting moment in the hospitality business is really refreshing and necessary. Thank you, Toast!”

    ...

    -2018 Food For Thought Miami attendee

    Our Partners

    Our partners offer some of the most widely used restaurant software platforms out there. Through their develop of such solutions, they’ve developed extensive experience working in the restaurant space and will help us shape the Food For Thought thought leadership narrative.

    Interested in partnering with us on Food For Thought? Let us know!

    Join Us on The Road!

    Are you a Toast partner interested in participating in one or more Food For Thought events? Request a sponsorship package for more details...

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    Call for Speakers

    Interested in speaking at Food For Thought in 2020? If you have a topic or an area of expertise that would be valuable to share with the restaurant community, we want to hear it ...

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