GOING DIGITAL WITHOUT A MANUAL. In this episode of Modern Solutions for Modern Restaurants, host Paul Molinari takes a break from product launches and vendor briefings to deliver something more personal — a 40-year journey through restaurant technology through the lens of a Gen X operator. From washing dishes at a Long Island Italian restaurant in 1985 to navigating AI-driven tech stacks today, Molinari traces how his generation lived through every major disruption the industry has seen — the first POS systems, OpenTable, Y2K, third-party delivery, COVID, and now artificial intelligence — and why that hard-won, skeptical-but-practical perspective is exactly what the industry needs right now.
