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Not super helpful but there are a ton of charts available if you just do a quick google search. I initially used a chart and had to adapt to my own portions from there. Just make sure you’re costing everything out appropriately. Where I’m at tomatoes can be 10x more expensive in the winter, even...

Located in Asia, My pizza is known for being the “real deal American pizza.” Customers often say “it’s like Dominoes but so much better!” I’ve learned to take that as a compliment. Having a foreign cook/owner helps a lot for authenticity even though I am not nor have I ever claimed to be even a...

Maybe on your opening day/weekend/week. Not beyond that.

I have a full bar. 12 taps, 50 different bottled beers, hard liquor as well (20 whiskeys, 6 gins, 6, vodkas, etc…). In fact We planned to open a bar and ended up with a pizza pub as the pizza became quite the draw. I do anywhere from 20 to 75% alcohol sales depending on the night (weekdays are...

I often experiment with new toppings to see if they’ll sell and how hard it is to pull it off. Usually I do this by running a “pizza of the month” I don’t run one every month, only when I want to try out something new, I’ve experimented with thick cut bacon, pork belly, shrimp, corn, kimchi...

#7 is also a personal pet peeve of mine. I’ve told them to never open a new roll until the tray is absolutely empty and they’re better about it but in the end I can’t get upset, you have to understand that they are opening the roll early in anticipation of not having to make the customer wait...

Nothing will be grandfathered in, as soon as the license changes hands you must update. The biggest one that got me was installing a fire escape. The old business didn’t have one but as soon as I got the space… 20,000 dollars later we have a fire escape. Thankfully I had saved up 3 times what I...

Don’t fight them with discounts. As soon as you drop your price, that’s the new price.

If you are not from the food or pizza industry why would you want to buy this shop? PLEASE don’t tell me that you thought you could buy a business like this, put a manager in charge and sit back and collect a check. Oh man. THAT would be so typical. Good luck man. Can you trust your manager? How...

They are popular but there are a lot of different ways to make them. You’ll need to find a recipe that you like and adapt it for your glassware.

I got a review that still boggles my mind. 2 star review because our establishment was “noisy” (it’s a popular bar on a Saturday night), wasn’t “authentic” and our cocktails were more expensive than Bar B (a dedicated budget cocktail place in the area known for cheap, strong drinks). Another...

We currently prep our bacon fresh, however I’ve been considering swapping to a precooked brand that my distributor has for cost and convenience sake. I’ll order a test bag soon to try it out, if the quality isn’t there then I won’t switch.

I had it. It was just a piece of fried chicken with some sauce and cheese on it. Not nearly as good as regular old KFC or even a Double Down. Seriously even forgot about it until I saw this post.

I’ve had cameras from day 1, and have been doing this to a degree, (I’m actually taking off TWO days a week now!) and spending more time in the office when I am there. However, I still need to make dough and the fact that we have a full bar is what really takes up most of my time. The kitchen is...

Hey everyone, I see a lot of multi-unit operators on here and and can’t figure out how you guys got there. I opened about two years ago and have had a lot of success, enough to where I want to open a smaller takeout only place down the road. But staffing and oversight seems impossible! What were...

Typical power play by a petty person. He sees a kid, the son of the owner, and feels threatened because he feels like the kid has everything he never had (except for pushups) and has to assert himself. Obviously he’s oblivious to the reality of a running a family owned restaurant, no we aren’t...

Take care man and good luck. your posts were some of the most helpful as I established my own self. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for you. Take some time off and enjoy it before you move on to bigger and better things. Side note: long time lurker, new to posting!