Last Friday I
started my new project after my project at Flour fell through. Doug Katz, owner of Fire food and drink and
Hawken graduate, is opening his second restaurant in the Cleveland area. The Katz Club Diner is meant to resemble a
1920’s diner and also has a “speakeasy” section complete with a direct phone to
the bartender to get in. I am helping
Doug and the manager of the diner, Jeannie, set up to open on Tuesday, May 21
(tomorrow). It is very exciting seeing
everything that goes into opening a new restaurant. The cooks must be trained, the food must be
tested and perfected, the servers must be tested on the menu and much
more. I really like being in this new
restaurant environment because they actually need me to help out with may
aspects of the planning and setting up.
On Friday the diner had a “soft opening” for friends and family. This really means that invited people can
come in and have a free meal so that the servers and cooks can have an
opportunity to practice for opening to the public. The importance of a “soft opening” like this
one is that the food is free so if there are any mistakes or service is slow,
the people there wont have actually paid for the meal.
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