So, you've found yourself with five minutes of downtime at the restaurant and decide to spend it posting on your Facebook Page or Instagram. Great! But then it hits you...

"what should I post?"

Everybody can use some inspiration now and then, so we've put together 30 post ideas for those times your mind goes blank.

Use them as a jump off point, or print out this list and stick it up in the office for those times you need a quick resource. 

1. Best selling menu item
2. Bartender making a cocktail
3. Key ingredient of popular dish
4. Ask followers their favorite menu item
5. Answer a question guests frequently ask
6. Highlight and introduce longest employee
7. Staff birthday shoutout
8. Show who’s behind the bar
9. Show who’s hosting / hostessing
10. Reshare a guest’s photo you’re tagged in (but ask first!)
11. Invite followers to upcoming event
12. Share a fun fact relevant to products you sell / industry
13. Ask for feedback on new menu item
14. Share a recipe for items similar to what’s on your menu
15. Show what happens pre-service
16. Show who’s making guests’ meals today
17. Thank a guest for a positive review
18. Shoutout vendors or nonprofit partners
19. Introduce new team member
20. Share the daily specials and inspiration behind them
21. Ask followers to guess how many _____ you go through per day (tomatoes, avocados, choose an ingredient used often)
22. Host a Q&A on Facebook Live with Chef
23. Ask followers to choose from 3 ingredients to be used in upcoming special / menu item
24. Show what’s on tap
25. Cross promote a new local beer with brewery
26. Share some history about your building or restaurant
27. Snapshot a day in the life of a manager through a picture
28. Recommend a beverage pairing with popular dishes
29. Tell story behind artwork, design piece in your restaurant
30. Share a photo (with permission) of a regular and thank them for their loyalty

Have any more ideas you'd like to add?

Let us know in the comments.