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10 Proven Restaurant Management Tips and Tricks for Success

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Check references carefully and run quick trials. A solid POS handles payments and reports smoothly, cutting end-of-night stress. A robust bar and restaurant POS system can simplify thislearn more at Harbortouchs bar and restaurant POS page. Use a notebook or a POS like SkyTab to track it. Busy seasons demand more.

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CHEF OF THE COLD KITCHEN

Culinary Cues

This is a place where the pressure of the clock still exists, where orders off the POS seem to stream just as relentlessly, and where impatient servers tap their shoes and stare just as mercilessly as they do on the hot line. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. This is the home of Garde Manger, or pantry, or simply – the cold kitchen.

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COOKING – THAT THREAD OF FRIENDSHIP

Culinary Cues

We remember those days prepping an impossible amount of food for service, working a hot line with sweat rolling down our backs, flames looking for every opportunity to burn the hair off your arms, the relentless ticking of the POS printer, a board filled with dupes, and your mise en place getting dangerously low. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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THE MOMENT WHEN YOU ARE IN THE ZONE – PART I

Culinary Cues

If you are a seasoned veteran of the kitchen, you have likely experienced this a few times and know exactly what I am referring to, but for others – here is an attempt to re-create the “feel” of being in the kitchen zone: Tom arrived a bit later than normal for his shift at Café Monique. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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THE KING IS IN THE HOUSE

Culinary Cues

In fact, even years later, someone always seems to reference the fact that the vice president didn’t think very highly of my cooking, and Elvis couldn’t even tolerate my poached eggs. After all was said and done, my special assignment was the basis for countless jokes and ribbings by the kitchen team for weeks afterward.

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THE DOG AND BUTTERFLY

Culinary Cues

I was listening the other day to the lyrics of Ann Wilson from the group Heart when she referred to the contradiction and quest of the dog and butterfly. Despair is present in the eyes of cooks who are within striking distance of those allusive first orders clicking off the POS printer. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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COOKS – THE COMFORT OF HEAT, SWEAT, AND HARD-WORK

Culinary Cues

These tangible works are also a result of an intelligent approach to a process, constant reference to flavor memory, and a level of mental and physical organization that is parallel to that of an architect, a pilot, or a surgeon – this is work that is far more complex that many give it credit for. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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