QR codes — or "Quick Response" codes — are square-shaped barcodes that can be scanned by mobile devices. They are used for a variety of applications, from pulling up a restaurant menu to directing ...

Perhaps no symbol is as emblematic of dining out in the modern era as the QR code. It graces our tables at restaurants, beckoning us to pull out our phones and scan. QR is short for "quick response," ...

At the Brown Jug Restaurant, there are QR codes on every table. First adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic, digital menus are now the norm at the Ann Arbor mainstay. “We’re keeping the QR code around, ...

Restaurants have replaced physical menus with QR codes, a change that many in the industry believe is likely permanent. QR code downloads have soared 750% over the last 18 months, according to Bitly.

Scan the code, open your phone, scroll, order, pay. For some diners, QR code menus feel quick and effortless. For others, they signal everything that’s gone wrong with modern dining. What began as a ...

Kristen Hawley writes about the restaurant business from San Francisco. She's the founder of Expedite, a weekly restaurant technology newsletter highlighting news and big ideas about the future of the ...