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BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

Culinary Cues

There were eighteen or twenty seats (mostly deuces) and in better weather maybe two more tables on the street or alleyway in front or beside these tastes of a chef. There was little waste since managing twenty seats was much easier than trying to fill expansive dining rooms with a turn or two on busy nights. CAFÉ Talks podcast.

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CHEFS – SIMPLE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL

Culinary Cues

Guests spending hundreds of dollars for a memorable meal and making reservations months in advance just to garner a seat. Make sure everything is made in house just like that fine dining chef would do for a ten- course tasting menu. Fifteen-hour workdays, no time for anything but the pursuit of excellence.

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Checklist For Reopening Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

If your customers expect you to offer a fine dining experience, they won’t be pleased to know that you’ve upturned your entire restaurant. Also, depending on your local regulations, expand restaurant seating to ensure as much space as possible. Enlighten Guests on How You Provide a Safe Dining Experience.

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DO IT RIGHT

Culinary Cues

Unfortunately, dining out and finding the right place to work is oftentimes a wishful roll of the dice. When a destination welcomes more people than there are restaurant seats then even the mediocre seem to thrive but check back in a year or two and you will probably find a new owner, a new concept, and a different shot at success.

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How to write a restaurant marketing plan that puts butts in seats [Ideas and Strategies]

7 Shifts

Make all touchpoints of your restaurant feel like the cool, casual, fusion, or fine dining establishment it is. Or maybe it's unique to your area—like being the only fine dining spot in town. Do they prefer takeout or dine-in? Create a blog on your website. “It Photo by hiurich granja on Unsplash.

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A RESTAURANTS HIGHER CALLING

Culinary Cues

I have been impressed and disappointed in many from those exclusive fine dining establishments with food that should be admired for its beauty to greasy spoons with the best burgers you will ever find. I remember the twelve-seat operation in the French Quarter of New Orleans that served only gumbo, but man was it extraordinary.

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EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP WHEN IT SEEMS TO BE IN SHORT SUPPLY

Culinary Cues

That chef owned fine dining restaurant is in jeopardy. Allowing those operators to open with a restriction of 25% or 50% capacity does not help a business that depends on filling their seats and turning tables once or twice on a weekend night. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Where is the leadership?