Ever wish a restaurant were a little more this and a little less that? Quiet hours, smarter portioning and tipping transparency are among the chief requests for a better restaurant experience, writes Tom Sietsema in Perspectives.
Most ideas wouldn’t cost much, if anything. Any would offer incentive for consumers and make good copy for people who are paid to eat and scribble. Herewith, some motions for chefs and owners to mull:I’m forever encouraging diners in search of peace to dine on the early side of lunch or dinner. Recently it dawned on me. Why couldn’t a restaurant relegate its first 90 minutes or so to “no music” and “library voices, please?” The potential market is huge.
Just as some diners crave peace and quiet, others want to get a nice meal with their young charges — a.k.a. the real deciders when it comes to answering “what’s for dinner?” To sweeten the pot, establishments might offer a separate, affordable, family-style menu. Restaurants need to remember: today’s kids are tomorrow’s reservation makers.A plate of pasta sans meat doesn’t cut it anymore, nor do a bunch of vegetable side dishes posing as an entree.
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