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3 Tips for Maximizing the Space of a Small Venue

Designing a small restaurant or pub can require creative thinking to make the most of a limited space; knowing how to select the right furniture and layout is essential.

Small restaurants can have very big advantages for entrepreneurs, but can also present them with very difficult design challenges. A smaller venue brings with it lower costs and less overhead. The price of rent, as well as utilities such as heating and cooling, can be significantly lower. A much smaller wait staff and kitchen staff is also an advantage of a small restaurant or pub, and initial design costs will often be significantly lower in a smaller space.

Choosing the right layout and restaurant furniture for a small venue is essential to a customer’s impression of the establishment. A small venue done right can come across as cozy, intimate and comfortable, whereas a badly designed small venue will seem cluttered, crowded and unpleasant. The following are three tips on how to choose the right furniture and layout to make a restaurant or pub a big hit in a small package.

1) Utilize bar and counter seating

Bar and counter seating is a great way to get a lot of people seated at your establishment, while still offering wait staff and customers ample space to move around. A bar placed on one side of the room adjacent to the kitchen with high bar stools is great not only for spacing – it also can establish a venue as a place to congregate in the neighborhood. Customers who might normally just be ordering food and soft drinks are much more likely to order alcohol while eating at the bar, which will definitely boost profits.

Counter seating along the restaurant’s front windows is also a great way to save some space, and offer diners who value their privacy an appropriate seating option. Seating with a street view is pleasant for diners in your restaurant and can serve to pull foot traffic in from outside.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2) Install banquet seating

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Online Shopping Safety Tips

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Here are some tips for staying safe and enjoying the world of online shopping sites. Always make sure that your shopping session is secure. 

Here are some tips for staying safe and enjoying the world of online shopping sites.

1. Always make sure that your shopping session is secure. There is a very simple way to check this. Look at your navigation bar, the bar where the web address is listed, secure sites will say: https://. The “s” stands for “secure.” If the “s” is not present then you are not in a secure session and should consider different online shopping sites.

2. There should be a seal located near the bottom of the page. The most common seal is from a company called Verisign. This seal means that this company is guaranteed to offer a safe and secure browsing and purchasing experience. If you would like to know more about the security of the site, click on the seal. This will open another window that shows what online shopping sites are verified to be protected against.

3. The Better Business Bureau does, in fact, work with online retailers. Check down at the bottom of the page to see if they are a BBB business. If you’d like, you can click on the BBB seal to see how they are rated by other consumers! In addition, the BBB will accept comments on business from consumers. If you have an exceptionally good experience or a horrifyingly bad experience, be sure you head to their website and let other consumers know!
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Restaurant Furniture Styles

Use restaurant furniture to create a warm atmosphere while serving a function. Guests enjoy the style while staff appreciates easy maintenance pieces.

Restaurant furniture must be easy to care for, sturdy enough to handle a lot of use and maintain a good appearance. The type of restaurant setting in which it will be used will dictate the overall style as well as construction materials. Just as with home furnishings, there are many exciting options including banquettes, booths, chairs, table shapes and heights. Restaurant chairs may be constructed from fine wood, chrome, steel or a combination. Coverings include easy to clean vinyl and tightly woven cloth.

Restaurant furniture enhances overall style and can flow to adjoining areas such as lounges and outdoor patios. Floor coverings, curtains, tablecloths and wall colors should be taken into consideration when ordering fabric-covered pieces. Small, round, bistro tables with wrought iron chairs create an intimate setting, while family style restaurants often use a combination of dining booths and banquet or square tables to ensure adequate seating. Tall tables and backed bar stools are increasingly popular in restaurant/lounge settings.

Developing an overall seating plan and style prior to shopping for restaurant furniture will help business owners determine the best value for their money. Owners who plan to upgrade or replace a few tables or chairs at a time may benefit from sales or by choosing from lines that are considered open stock.
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How to Choose the Right Restaurant Furniture

Choosing the right restaurant furniture for your facility can pose a challenge. This post explains factors that influence your choice and helps you decide.

Whether you are upgrading your facility or opening a new restaurant, thoughtfully chosen restaurant furniture can lend a unique and elegant character to your establishment. Ambiance and comfort are as important as the quality of food that is served, so here are a few tips on how to choose the appropriate restaurant furniture.
1. Restaurant furniture reflects ambiance. For example, if you have a place that serves fast food and milk shakes, then you might want to opt for funky and modern styles.

2. Have something for every age. A restaurant welcomes all its clients, which means you need to own everything from a few baby high chairs, comfortable armchairs for the elderly and everything in between.

3. If your restaurant offers both indoors and outdoor dining, then you want to invest in both kinds. Outdoor patio furniture could be made from more informal materials like cane or wicker.

4. Colors matter when it comes to choosing your restaurant furniture. Light colors suit a vibrant, upbeat ambiance while more sedate colors are appropriate for an elegant dining experience.
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Creating the Best Dining Experience with Restaurant Furniture

Nothing is more essential to creating an enjoyable dining experience than the restaurant furniture that has been chosen by that establishment for accommodating their customers. As no two restaurants are ever alike, neither are the different styles and types of furnishings used to complete the décor in them. Factors such as the atmosphere, class, ethnicity and style are critical to the selection of the type of furniture chosen to furnish that establishment.

There is, however, one common factor involved in the selection of that restaurant furniture where each of them is concerned and that is providing their patrons with a comfortable environment so their meal is more enjoyable. Therefore, it is necessary for the restaurant owner to have a basic understanding of these furnishings so they make an informed purchasing decision to the benefit of the customer.

In addition to the factors listed above, the type of restaurant furniture that is purchased will depend on the type of establishment it is being selected for. The following are some examples of the items currently available in the industry today.

Restaurant Dining Booths – Most restaurants will have these for seating a family of up to four or five persons on bench style seats. There are two types of booth seating. One is single or double sided while the other is wall-mounted. There are also custom made booths that come in various shapes and sizes but those are more expensive and less common. (more…)

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Restaurant Remodeling Tips

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Restaurant remodeling can be very expensive but if you want the best there will be the need to pay for it. It can be done for less of a cost by choosing less expensive items but there are times when it will be best to buy long lasting items. This way there will be no need to have to go through kitchen remodeling for some time.

A remodeling can make such a difference to a restaurant and not least it can push up its revenue. However, in these hard economic times it’s not always a good idea to invest in a large, expensive remodeling.
Star off by deciding on a sum that you can realistically afford and see what is available for that amount. When remodeling, decide who it is being done for. If you don’t plan to expand your clientele base then you can invest in a minor change that will refresh the existing decor without having to spend too much and without having to worry that your customers will not like what you have done.

Decide how much needs to be done and then what order to do it in. If there needs to be a complete overhaul it will be best to start with the redevelopment before the new equipment is brought in. This could be a new floor or new furniture and in the worst case scenario may even need new pipes fitting.

Once the reconstruction has taken place it will be time to decide on the items you want and don’t want. With a restaurant remodeling there will be plenty of scope when it comes to choosing new items. There are certain things to keep in mind when remodeling a dining venue and one may seem very superficial but it will be best to see what kind of restaurant furniture your competitors are using. Another good idea is to ask your workers and your clients what furniture they would like to see in your venue and try to incorporate that into your new design. (more…)

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