Tapas Restaurant

baygo · 01-17-2010, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by angela4design

Really? You would turn away business that might casually stop by?

Invitation only? I feel UN-invited by this post, and have no idea WHY on earth you would post such an un-welcoming thing!

I hope you have a long list of people waiting to get in, because unless you do, this post was a BIG mistake!

A 'lengthy' period of 'Invitation only'... Oh my word! (If your employees need that long to get used to serving, you might want better employees!)

As I stated; the grace period will have limited seating. Very limited. There has been an overwhelming interest in what we are doing. I'd hate for you to drive out and find you can't be seated. We have additional seating that we plan to expand to as we get closer to summer season.

The grace period is not only for our staff to work out the kinks, its a period for us to get a complete understanding of what our local market desires.

I do not intend to insult those who'd rather not be on our list. I do intend to reward those who choose to.

VitaBene · 01-18-2010, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by baygo

As I stated; the grace period will have limited seating. Very limited. There has been an overwhelming interest in what we are doing. I'd hate for you to drive out and find you can't be seated. We have additional seating that we plan to expand to as we get closer to summer season.

The grace period is not only for our staff to work out the kinks, its a period for us to get a complete understanding of what our local market desires.

I do not intend to insult those who'd rather not be on our list. I do intend to reward those who choose to.

Perhaps a better term for what you are doing is soft opening as opposed to grace period. Regardless, best of luck.

ishoot308 · 01-18-2010, 09:35 AM

Most quality restaurants do this. They offer a limited menu to select local area patrons and have a few trial runs. This ensures most opening issues have been taken care of and the customer gets what they deserve both food and service wise from the get go.

I commend them for doing this and wish them well.

Dan

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