September 16, 2011 · 3:45 pm
Finally Friday, and that means something food-related. This week, you might have passed over the article on NYC’s Monkey Bar in the NY Times. You can read it if you click through here. In any event, it provided a pretty good business lesson for today’s screed.
This joint has been around for 75 years. Luminaries such as Tennessee Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Helen Hayes and others helped to build its reputation. It was taken over in 2009 by an ownership group that was focused on glitz and exclusivity and were quite successful taking that route. For a time. Now, not so much. Continue reading →
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July 1, 2011 · 11:08 am
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The start of a long weekend and time for a little food-related thinking. After all, what better way to celebrate our nation’s independence than firing up the grill and eating to excess?
Grilling is one of those food preparation methods that seems ridiculously simple but can be very challenging to perfect. In fact, I was thinking this morning about how a lot of the great food we eat seems so simple but can require hours of complicated prep to produce great results. The funny thing is that the response we often hear is “That’s pretty good,” not “I really like the way they moved the seared meat over indirect heat to generate a smoke ring while keeping it moist.” The diners usually appreciate how it tastes without any thought as to how it’s made. This, of course triggered a business thought I’d like to share. Continue reading →
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June 18, 2009 · 9:26 am
They’ve begun play in the Championship round of The U.S. Open. Like The World Cup, the U.S. Open we see on TV is really the final round (or four rounds) of a tournament that began over a month ago (in soccer’s case we’re in the tournament now that concludes next summer). The part I like best about this is neither that the courses make the best golfers in the world look like..uh..me nor the history. What I like the best is that I can play. Continue reading →
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