Restaurant marketing · by 2626 Digital

More covers.
More orders.
More regulars.

Table26 gives independent restaurants, groups and the suppliers who serve them the same targeting, creative and data that national chains use — then shows you exactly what every dollar did, every month.

Founded by a restaurant ownerRestaurant & foodservice onlyTransparent monthly reporting
Real client report · Tacologist · Sep 2026
Ad impressions163K
Landing-page visits1,458
Cost per click$0.35
Cost to reach 1,000 people$10.79 → $3.69−66% since Q1

Trusted by restaurants, food halls & foodservice brands

Adelina Baking Co. Edge Ovens Modelo Especial Tequila Herradura Tacologist Weber Wexford Public King Street Pizza Company
50+organizations grown
40+marketing specialists on staff
70+years of combined experience
100%U.S.-based team
The full team and track record of 2626 Digital — focused 100% on the food business.
The problem

You're spending on marketing. Can you see what it brings back?

Most restaurants are stuck between boosting posts and hoping, or paying an agency that doesn't know the difference between a cover and a click. Margins are too tight for guesswork.

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Boosted posts that go nowhere

Likes from people three states away don't fill a Tuesday night.

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Agencies that don't speak restaurant

Generic playbooks, stock photos, and reports full of "impressions" instead of reservations and orders.

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Third-party apps owning your guests

Delivery platforms take a big cut of every order — and keep the customer relationship.

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No time to do it yourself

You're running a kitchen, a staff and a P&L. Marketing shouldn't be a second job.

Table26 fixes this. We find the guests most likely to walk through your door, put scroll-stopping creative in front of them, and show you exactly what it returned.

Recent work for restaurants, food halls & suppliers

How it works

From first call to
full tables

A simple, repeatable system — built for operators who need results, not jargon.

01

Free growth audit

We review your ads, search & AI visibility, social, reviews and competitors — and show you where you're leaving guests on the table.

02

Precision targeting

We build audiences around the places your best guests already go.

  • Nearby offices & hotels
  • Competitor locations
  • Stadiums, venues & events
03

Creative that sells

Our team films on-site and produces ads that look like your food actually tastes — built for Reels, TikTok and Stories.

04

Measure & scale

A plain-English report every month: who saw your ads, who clicked, what each visit cost and which creative and audiences won. Then we put more budget behind what works.

What we do

Turn clicks
into customers

Four services, one goal: more revenue through your door. Each one is tied to a number you can track.

Targeted social advertising

Precision campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and more — aimed at hungry, nearby, high-value guests and built to drive reservations, orders and repeat visits.

ReservationsOnline ordersEvent sell-outsRepeat visits

Location-based advertising

Reach people based on where they live, work and spend time — your competitors' dining rooms, nearby offices, hotels and event venues — then stay in front of them across the web until they visit.

Foot trafficLunch & cateringConquest guests

Search & AI optimization

Show up first when someone searches "best tacos near me" — on Google, Maps and AI assistants like ChatGPT. We capture high-intent guests at the moment they decide where to eat.

Maps calls & directionsWebsite visitsAI answer visibility

Breakthrough creative production

On-site photo and video shoots, motion graphics and ad design produced by a team that knows food. Thumb-stopping creative is what makes every ad dollar work harder.

Higher click-throughLower cost per guestBrand you're proud of
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Does it pay for itself?
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Move the sliders to match your restaurant. The math is simple: new guests × what they spend × how often they come back.

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Who we grow

Built for the whole
food business

Chef plating pizza in a busy kitchen

Fill seats on your slowest nights

  • Turn slow weeknights, brunch and happy hour into reliable revenue
  • Drive direct online orders so you keep the margin — and the guest
  • Sell out openings, events, tastings and seasonal menus
  • Turn first-time visitors into regulars with retargeting
ReservationsDirect ordersCoversCost per new guest
All under one roof food hall creative

Launch loud. Stay busy.

  • Grand-opening campaigns that build lines before the doors open
  • Drive traffic to food halls, casino and venue concepts
  • Generate catering and private-event inquiries
  • Promote every vendor under one roof with one strategy
Foot trafficCatering leadsEvent bookings
Edge Ovens creative: cut labor costs, not quality

Put your product in front of operators

  • Target restaurant owners, chefs and buyers — by job, location and trade-show attendance
  • Book demos and sales-route stops before your rep arrives
  • Show ROI-driven creative operators respond to: labor, speed, ticket times
  • Turn trade-show traffic into a qualified pipeline
Qualified leadsDemo bookingsCost per lead
Our creative

Ads people
actually stop for

Real ads from real campaigns. From on-site filming to motion graphics, every campaign starts with creative that makes your food impossible to scroll past.

TacologistRestaurant launch
Edge OvensSales-route tour
Sushi HallCocktail class
Food hallMulti-concept launch
Entertainment venueGrand opening
The Ward RoomSeasonal event
Edge OvensLive bake tour
Sushi HallChef experience
The 2626 Digital and Table26 team at work
Why Table26

We've stood behind the line.

Restaurants deserve the same marketing firepower big brands have had for years.

Table26 was founded by James Vetrano — a former Head of Social Media for major brands and the former owner of one of Chicago's top-ranked restaurants. He knows the long hours, tight margins and constant pressure to grow, because he's lived it.

As the food-industry division of 2626 Digital, Table26 pairs an operator's instincts with an agency's full bench: strategists, media buyers, designers and video producers. We treat your business with the same care and urgency we'd bring to our own.

Operator-foundedFormer owner of a top-ranked Chicago restaurant
Big-brand experienceFormer Head of Social Media at the brand level
Full agency bench40+ specialists at 2626 Digital
Free growth audit

See exactly where your next 1,000 guests are coming from.

No pressure. No sales pitch. We're practitioners, not salespeople. Here's what you get in your free audit:

  • 1
    Competitor snapshot
    What nearby restaurants are running and where they're winning guests.
  • 2
    Visibility check
    How you show up on Google, Maps, social and AI assistants.
  • 3
    Custom growth plan
    Recommended channels, budget and the return you can expect.

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