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BeachHouse Bar + Grill

BeachHouse bar + grill is excited to announce its arrival to Kirkland’s waterfront! We are a casual and fun neighborhood bar and grill with great food at affordable prices… and stunning views. We...

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Agave’s Cocina & Cantina Redmond

We had repositioned a Mexican restaurant in the Issaquah Highlands in 2009 and with the success that had occurred decided upon repositioning the owner’s existing Las Margarita’s in Redmond at Bear...

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Agave’s Cocina & Cantina Kent

Julian Ramos, founder of the popular Agave Cocina & Cantina restaurant in Redmond has opened a location at Kent Station, (Kent, WA). The site is a rustic, brick walled space with high, open...

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Woodblock Redmond –“All of these contributions have led us to early success.”

RGI assisted the owners of Woodblock (Tony & Carolyn Scott) with: finding the “right” real estate and helping negotiate a “better” deal assisting in the floor plan and overall design direction...

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Hiring & Employing for Today in Seattle and the Eastside

The theme of my dissertation is an everyday dialogue I am involved in, “there is not very many people out there…let alone good people.” Most of the owners/managers are frustrated because of their...

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Combating Minimum Wages 2017

“Restaurant start-ups, Restaurant turn-arounds, and Profit-improvement” WAYS TO SURVIVE & COMBAT THE MINIMUM WAGE HIKE It is upon us as we speak. We can grumble about it and get angry, but at the...

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Minimum Wage Increase Benefits

Minimum Wage Increase Benefits? How some of the successful establishments in restaurant industry are benefiting from the increase in the minimum wage? Factually you are going to need to pass this...

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Knowing the Highlights of Your Brand

Do you know what people like the most from your restaurant? Can you become “famous” for these items and make them the “highlight” of your Brand? Step 1. Tabulate Go the reviews on the internet to see...

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Employee Retention & Productivity

Improving the Results of your Staff I continually am reminded about three items from my clients: How difficult it is to obtain good employees How to keep your team How to keep them performing at a...

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More Sales, More Profits – Not so Fast

Each and every day I hear “if I only had more sales I’d have more profits…” While not in disagreement with this notion it is not necessarily the pathway to enhanced profits. Our company assists many...

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Successful Restaurants are ready for the Holidays. Are You?

Holiday Promotions Over the years restaurants, especially chains, do gift card promotions for the month of December. Most of the time I see gift card sales which are very high. Most independents have...

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Building your Brand

Build Brand Identity and Build Sales Over the last several years restaurants have called upon me to (1) Build Brand Identity and (2) Build Sales. I’d like to cite several examples below that discuss...

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Dragonfish Asian Café – Seattle

Dragonfish Asian Café Seattle, WA Assisted in a new design, menu enhancement, management, marketing, and operations. Visit Website The post Dragonfish Asian Café – Seattle appeared first on Restaurant...

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Revolve Food & Wine – Bothell

Revolve Food & Wine Bothell, WA Inspired by exceptional food, great wine and wellness in an upscale environment with a menu that is grain-free using organic and local items. As an owner who has...

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QQ Taiwanese Bites – Seattle

QQ Taiwanese Bites (sister restaurant of Facing East) Denny Triangle Seattle, WA Inspired by the success of Facing East in Bellevue ownership desired to do a quick serve, grab ‘n go version of Facing...

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Lunchbox Laboratory – Green Lake

Lunchbox Laboratory Green Lake Seattle, WA Assisted in the repositioning of Greenlake Bar & Grill into a new full-service Lunchbox Laboratory with design & construction and overall concept....

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Are you having a hard time hiring? Here is what you can do!

Firstly, we all know turnover is expensive. Secondly, most of what we see with independent operators (non-large chains) is that the orientation, training and follow up are “not as diligent as each one...

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Set Objectives and Show Pathways

Stop doing what you have been doing because if you don’t stop then nothing will improve. Guaranteed! As a follow up to my newsletter last month, I have been doing some serious implementation of my...

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Jesters – Bellevue

Jesters Bellevue Square Bellevue, WA Real Estate search and lease negotiation Menu Development Design & Construction Management Marketing Plan Follow Up with Client post opening-TBD Visit Website...

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Promoting Gift Card Sales

Did you know that 30% of all gift cards purchases in restaurants go unredeemed? We make a big deal of promoting gift card sales each and every year and each and every year our gift card sales go up....

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