Friday, February 13, 2009
This month I am loving....
bin ends. We are in the process of streamlining the stock and using up all the odds and sods downstairs. In part it has enabled me to bring in my carafe idea, albeit on a smaller scale. Ive incorporated a page into the wine-list with a suggestion to complement the tasting menu by the 250ml carafe. Luckily, cheffie is playing along so far and has been designing a menu which is very conducive to me removing a lot of stock from the cellar. Unluckily, we are also running a special invitation menu at £45 for three course including coffee and petit fours, and bugger me if it isnt filling the restaurant through the week. The end result is that we are doing an average of 25 covers a night tuesday to thursday (full as usual friday and saturday) but everyone is taking the £45 menu. Its great to get all these bums on seats, especially during a recession, and even better is that is seems to be new faces for us. Hopefully we can convert some of them to new customers.
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Quite a few good restaurants in Leeds are running set meal deals at the moment and, as you've observed, they seem to be doing well from it. I think they're an excellent way of not only getting new customers through the door but also getting talked about (which should lead to more new customers).
btw, just read on CatererSearch that you're a finalist in the Sommelier of the Year - congratulations!
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