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Re:What happened when I opened a restaurant in Portland by kazinator on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @08:22PM (#15446349)
You have to be a very clever restaurateur to get away with $29+ entrees. This is not something you just plunge into on a whim.

They should just have made darned turkey sandwiches or something. Charge 25 cents less than similar ones in a two mile radius. If everyone is asking $7, make yours $6.75.

Have an espresso machine and great coffee.

Don't hire any outsiders until business outpaces your sandwich-fu.

Encourage take-out and phone-in orders (or online). Take-out people don't take up seats and you don't have to do dishes after them or clean the table.

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Re:What happened when I opened a restaurant in Portland by philippoi on Friday October 13, 2017 @03:07PM (#15468439)
Don't know what coffee roaster(s) they were getting their beans from, but pictures show a Synesso espresso machine. Given it's Portland, that's probably not as remarkable as it would be in other restaurant/bars around the country.
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