Event Planning, Mapping Holidays, Event Packages, Hiring Event Teams

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1F4uKzYhzFfUUineuVNDl9?si=rW104_MtRK2vQDU7LqwJag What do you do when it's 24 hours until a major restaurant holiday? Do you scramble and realize you haven't been focusing on booking parties or packing your bar? This is the same issue everyone has so you're definitely not alone. Restaurant and Bar owners everywhere are typically so busy through the week that…Continue on

Starting a Cookie Business While Working Full-Time: Insights from Baked After Midnight’s Gianna Khader

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0oSvbpEOJYr9nJ0GODgg6u?si=rC9kManOQq22s0umwPLytA It seems like the only logical step for Gianna Khader was to leave her full-time job behind after her cookie company, Baked After Midnight, found undeniable success. What began as a pandemic hobby—something to pass the time—quickly grew into a flourishing business, and Gianna wasn’t expecting it to take off the way it did.…Continue on

Shift Beers: Owners Hate Uber Eats

Why restaurants have no choice but to use Uber Eats and Seamless?Justin came in to Cocktail Garnish Co. fired up this morning screaming about Uber Eats and as an owner, still needing them as a delivery service. It's actually pretty wild as we were in the middle of expanding upon our gripes with Uber Eats…Continue on

Ep 76: Talking Hospitality & Team Building with Kris Baljak

Kris Baljak puts the guest first at Oscar Wilde while growing a team of leaders. Hospitality is something when it comes to providing a guest experience and if there's one thing that Kris Baljak knows it's how to assemble a team of experts and deploy them to do what they do best. "Getting in the…Continue on

Ep 75: BATHROOMS – The most under-looked area of the restaurant.

Perhaps one of the last thought about spaces within a restaurants design plan but a guaranteed stop during a dining experience, we're jumping into the bathroom today. Justin thought it would be a great idea to actually record this episode of Waiting on Fries in the bathroom but we quickly realized that bathrooms and echoes go hand in hand.Continue on

Ep 74: JUST THE TIP – How the dollars get distributed

After working for years behind bars and serving tables we've seen the tip laws change quite a few times over the years and we've come to agree with each other that many people don't understand the legalities of tipping pools. Fortunately Justin Zeytoonian has quite the tipping knowledge considering he's been operating his BBQ Restaurant, Smokehouse Tailgate Grill for years.Continue on

Ep 73: TRAINING FOH + BOH – Process of a 5 day training period

What's your training process with your staff while onboarding? We take you through Justin's process he uses for both of his Smokehouse Tailgate Grill locations.Training manuals are highly underrated, so much that we keep the ones we've received through our bar and restaurant careers tucked away in a safe space where they won't be risked…Continue on

Ep 66: Training new employees and building restaurant menus

How do different personalities coexist when brining on new team members into your restaurant? Justin & Anum talk about bringing new employees into the fold and how to acclimate them to not only the workspace that they will spend most of their time in but also how they can fit culturally. How much do you…Continue on

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