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January 20, 2008

Snow Days at a Restaurant

Do we open if it's snowing?  Is the weatherman correct?   Will we do enough business to pay for wages, food cost, utilities?   Will we have power?  Are we going to upset people by closing?    Will my deliveries be able to come in?  How will I keep my driveway clear and safe?  What do I do to the Handicap ramp to keep it safe?  Which employees will have the hardest and longest drives?  When exactly will the roads ice over? What temperature will it be at 11:30 when my staff has to drive home?  Can I afford to open, can I afford to close?  Are there special parties on the books?  What is my competition going to do?  What time do I make the decision?  Do I have my prep cooks cut back on production? How much should we cut back?  Do I have any perishables that I should send back with the delivery guys?  If I open, how much staff should I have on hand?  Should I close early?

It is such a battle. 

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Chef Marla

  • Chef Marla Adams
    I'll make this short. I began cooking on a lark in 1980 at a restaurant in Boston. I had graduated from The University of Virginia and was a little burned out. I took a bakery job for $3.50 an hour (in Boston, mind you) and have never left the restaurant business. I LOVE IT. I love the hours, the pace, the people, the food, the challenges and working with my hands and brain at the same time. Food is a craft. It's real and it's essential to everyone. Most of all, I love cooks: line cooks, prep cooks, chefs, sous chefs, all of them. They are a very unique group of people. After a few years I attended the Culinary Institute of American in Hyde Park and upon graduation, headed to Atlanta with a boyfriend. The boyfriend didn't last, but I'm still in Atlanta. There was never a shortage of jobs, and I moved quickly up the ranks in several restaurants and even a hotel. Upon reaching a glass ceiling in one position, in 1992 I decided to open my own place, Babette's Cafe. And here I am......

Babette's Cafe

  • Babette's Cafe
    I opened Babette's Cafe in 1992 and in 2001 after renovating a 1916 bungalow, moved my restaurant to "her" current home.
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