Tag: waiter
F.A.C.E.S. Run Your Restaurant!
When I ran high-volume restaurants for 20 years, the acronym F.A.C.E.S. served as our team mantra. Every day in every restaurant across America, we...
Are Your Customers Peeved?
When I ran restaurants, I approached service from the customers point of view. That is at least twice a week, I was a customer...
Is The Service In Your Restaurant Paramount?
After more than twenty years in the restaurant business, I am really biased about service – because exemplary service built my business. It was a...
Does Your Restaurant Have “WOW” Factor?
When I was starting my first restaurant so many years ago, I made it clear to my staff that every dish coming out of...
Restaurant Exit Strategies: Can You Walk Away?
I just returned from an idyllic few weeks on the Island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas where I was thinking about restaurant exit strategies. Several...
Restaurant Staff Training Session: $100 + 20 Minutes
After 20 years of running successful restaurants, I know that the absolute cornerstone of my guest experience was training… daily training. I’m talking about the importance of...
Is Your Restaurant On Fire?
All puns aside, I mean is your restaurant really rocking? Your place is "on fire" when you have lines out the door every night...
When Your Food or Ambiance Overshadows Your Service
I’ve always believed the three most important attributes of any successful restaurant are Food, Service & Ambiance. You naturally expect in any restaurant that the...