One of the most important pieces of restaurant equipment is the water filtration system.

At 1 p.m. on Friday, the cafeteria at Eastlake High School in Tarpon Springs, Florida looked like your typical school cafeteria that hadn't been upgraded in years. It was dull and shabby and looked more like an assembly line floor than a place to eat lunch. Staff members were uninspired to serve good food, and students were less willing to eat it.

What you missed at the Florida Restaurant Show 2013

Being my first NAFEM Show, Eaton Marketing thought it would be a good idea for me to take a few minutes and jot down my perpective - through a digital marketing guy's eyes. Yeah, I've had a little experience in the food service industry. I used to sling frozen drink machines in a previous life. But one gets a good taste of the industry as a whole when attending The NAFEM Show.