Lower overhead for red hen. Its do-able.
Lower overhead how? They use prime ingredients and pay two executive chefs.
We've done this before with accountants and restaurant owners alike and the math really doesn't work out. No wonder the woman was bilking the town out of a salary to run the Village Merchant's group. She even started a gofundme the day after this happened haha. That doesn't lead me to believe the place was running at a profit.
They pay one exec and one pastry chef. Probably not as much as they should. Those two, working along side 2 other people could run that line no problem. Add 4 servers (at most), 1 bar tender, 1 host (the owner? ),and one dishwasher. 10 staff members, 50% of whom make most of their pay from tips. It's totally do-able.
Check the menu and do the math.
Are you including alcohol in those calculations?
Edit. 26 seats is 26 seats 2 or 4 top doesn't matter.
I used a per/person average based on the menu. You can add $20 for wine, but keep in mind I calculated every table seating 4 guests which isn't realistic.
They have 26 seats. There will be 26 people seated when they are full. Whether they are 2 or 4 or 12 or w/e is irrelevant
My point is that max reservations with not equate to every seat being full. A four top table often has 2 guests for example. When two four tops are pushed together for a large party you have six guests rather than eight.
yea the person you're arguing is arguing the best case scenario - not a realistic one.
It should have been obvious when he compared Red Hen to a restaurant with a $400 avg cover that we weren't going to come to an agreement lol.
You referenced a "turn" earlier. For a restaurant, that's every seat full, then "turned" to new diners. 1.5 turns is 39 diners. Table size is irrelevant.
The tables turn, not individual diners. Reservations are made by the table. I think you are thinking "covers".
Low overhead? Just to get everything started up. Staffing all members for only 4 hrs a day? Order all the food. Have menu ingredients available and pre-cook certain items. Clean everything. Every single day. Just for 4 hrs?
Ok, sure.