800° Name Change, Smashed Waffles and Cracked in Miami

The #MondayMotivation edition of MRM's Daily Bite has news from 800° Woodfired Kitchen, OpenTable, The Smashed Waffle Company,  Chef Adrianne Calvo and Sylvan | Thirty.

Send news items to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

800° Woodfired Kitchen Concept800 Degrees Pizzeria's Downtown Los Angeles location has relaunched as 800° Woodfired Kitchen. With the addition of a woodfired rotisserie, the DTLA location now offers the updated menu and is outfitted with all updated branding and design. Several other legacy 800 Degrees Pizzeria locations will be retrofitted to incorporate woodfired rotisseries and the updated menu offerings, while some stores will continue to operate with the original pizza-focused concept.

"We have conducted extensive consumer research on the new 800 Woodfired Kitchen branding,” explained Tom Bartsch, chief marketing officer of 800° Woodfired Kitchen. “According to our findings, the new 800° Woodfired Kitchen…