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Notes From The Floor

Practical writing on restaurant and bar operations, openings, teams and technology. No theory for the sake of it, only what changes a service.

The Restaurant Pre-Opening Checklist That Actually Matters

A week-by-week critical path for the 90 days before doors open: licences, hiring, training, supplier onboarding, systems and the soft launch.

Why service drags at peak: station layout, batching gaps, menu design, ice, pour cost drift, weak briefings and no recovery plan.

What a restaurant website needs to turn a search into a booking: menu, reservations, speed, local SEO and the details guests judge you on.

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