- More Work May Bring More Rewards - May 2, 2019
- A15- Headliner - April 29, 2019
This still needs a lot of work. You imply that operating any restaurant, let alone several, is a hard, competitive business, but the reader never gets beyond hints about why that it. This really needs comments from owners or managers. The one waitress quoted doesn’t address the questions you raise. You let the reader know that you’ve worked in restaurants, but don’t use that to discuss what you may have learned through that, or mention what you do now, which readers will likely be curious about. The general rule is stay out of a story, or get all the way in it, reporting on your direct experience.
Personally, we all know what we like to eat, we choose our diet according to our lifestyle and come to think of it, what we think about other cultures and their food comes out of own wallet. Americans spend over $3,000 dollars eating out according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here in Alaska, it is just as expensive to get food up, but taking that check at dinner isn’t so hard to do. Just as hard it is to get a business running, keeping a restaurant up to date and going is just as difficult. From getting the food to cooking to serving and money management things day after day may be rough.
Some people work 12-hours a day cooking food and some may just have to work a few hours at dinner. Making sure the food is cooked all the way and served with a smile is the goal.
Two new Asian restaurants have recently opened in the Fairbanks area. First Ajimi moved into the former Bakery Resturant’s location on College Road. Irashai opened its new restaurant on South Cushman Street. What is most interesting about these restaurants is what culture’s food they serve. Japanese Restaurants catering to sushi and less common foods like U-Don. The supply may outweigh the demand, but that is not what workers think keeping both their current businesses open. The waitress Sarah Lee at Irashai said, “I work at both locations, but this one on South Cushman mostly now. It is nice and soon we will serve alcohol. We also have a piano player that plays here Friday and Saturdays 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.”
She even asked me if I still work at my work. It is a small town with many options for where to eat out, maybe too many sometimes.
Operating multiple restaurants requires leadership, each puts more demand on the restaurant owners. Not to add the amount it cost to be able to serve alcohol at your own restaurant. Liquor licenses serving beer and wine can be around $300-$1,4000 then yearly there may be additional fees, you can read more about the how to’s.
Especially working in the restaurant scene, catering to customers takes skills some people may lack. Their day may be just as bad as anyone else’s, but we all hear the horror stories of restaurants. Personally working in a restaurant myself I’d say, “how you start your day is how your day will go almost. Hopefully if it starts off bum, get off your bum and change your mind about it and enjoy what you eat that day.”
So when it comes to choosing where is best, always keep in mind the work it takes to operate maintain a business. We, as customers, set the atmosphere and show our gratiuity with numbers. So sit down, enjoy your meal , and put the phones up.
Life goes by too fast to waste it sucked into a screen when you have table-time dining with friends and family.
Restaurants are where people go to enjoy a nice meal and supposedly in Fairbanks, ‘Asian’ restaurants are in. There are 13 ‘Asian’ restaurants in town, not counting ‘Thai’-labeled restaurants. Add those and the grand total of local Asian cuisine restaurants tops two dozen.