A
restaurant with bar is the easiest business to fail
Great
dreams of five stars too often doomed to derail
Or
so like so many cannot expand beyond one site
Chained
to the oven or grill 24/7 day and night
Yet
somehow a lucky few endure as icons or grow into eating chains
A
steady stream of eaters, forks and glasses in hands rarely if ever to complain
What
is the secret why to so many fail and so few succeed?
Dining
out compared to staying in is a splurge not needed to sate our repast needs
A
recipe is easy to find and duplicate on the
internet
Ditto
for the ingredients so a five star meal can be met
A
new restaurant with décor and menu no matter how unique
Often
hard to maintain the excitement before another food fad moves it off its peak
The
secret to a restaurant’s longevity in addition to a good meal is another basic creed
A
responsive force of servers to quickly respond the diners’ needs
The
are hard to find, even harder to keep
Too
often with tunnel vision eyes while slow
walking past tables in their sleep
Cataracts
to prevent them seeing the empty glass or cup or raised hand waved as they walk
by
While
the Pantry, Pacific Dining Car, Phillipe’s and the Crab Cooker thrive, why
others die
The
Hub Kitchen and Taps in Newport Beach is fairly new to the culinary and
drinking scene
Tasty
menu, craft beers, outdoor dining patio and for sports fans numerous large HD
TV screens
While
enduring the Cardinal pecked to death in a rout by the Cardinals of Louisville
At
least my culinary needs were met as I swallowed a bitter Stanford loss pill
I
was treated to the attention of an excellent server, San was her name
Looking
at my 6 foot 230 pound menu gazing frame
Nudged
me away from the mini soup of tomatoes and cheese
To
the gourmet pot stickers and lettuce chicken wraps to the pangs of hunger appease
Excellent
suggested choice which I quickly consumed
As
she went on winged feet to her other tables in the patio room
Never
saw the need for other diners to their hands for her attention raise
If
Michelin rated service and personality a five star ranking would be a snap
How to succeed be it with baristas
at Starbucks, with great tellers at banks or with servers like Sam at The Hub
Kitchen and Taps
© March 23, 2018 Michael P. Ridley aka
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