One of my favorite drinks can be found in …

Solutions for Operators

A standard practice in the restaurant industry is to calculate the food cost of every item you sell. Knowing this cost allows you to a) purchase ingredients more wisely and b) maintain and train staff to standards. There is a time investment in making these calculations, but the reward…

A few nights ago I was with a good friend, hanging out in the garage, as he taught his young teenage daughter how to change the oil on a SUV. They were both under the truck, poking around, as he explained everything about…

Operator Solutions Using Mocafe

In my prior career as a executive chef, I wrote hundreds of work schedules. Let's look at some factors operators have to take into account in managing efficient production labor cost:

• Staff training and abilities
• Anticipated business…

Saturday mid-day.

I'm at Boston South Station, waiting for a bus up to northern…

Operator Solutions Using Mocafe

Operator Solutions Using Mocafe

Operator Solutions Using Mocafe

Last night, a perfect New England summer night, I was talking about cafe and restaurant management with an old friend, a…

Last weekend was the first day of the OC Fair in Costa Mesa, CA and boy was it packed!

Not only did it take fifteen minutes or so to find a parking space but there were hundreds of people in line waiting to buy tickets (good thing we already had ours, haha).  At least it was a gorgeous day out so time seemed to go by pretty…