Rporting here from One Fat Frog, Orlando with some more food safety tips to keep your customers happy and healthy when enjoying your restaurant. Every restaurant owner has a lot to consider when opening a restaurant. With specific dietary restriction and lifestyles becoming more mainstream it is important to be informed on the diverse dietary choices… Read More
Seasonal menus – Creating a menu to fit your geographical needs
I don’t know about you, but when it’s cold, this frog likes to curl up and drink a nice hot tea or eat a bowl of chili or soup. I also know that this frog is a little too lazy to make chili or soup from scratch, so I’m always looking for some restaurant to fill… Read More
Front of the House: a Definition
There are two types of jobs in a restaurant: front of the house, and back of the house. Front of the house jobs are jobs that involve interacting with your customer or guest, from the time they walk through your door of your restaurant to the time they leave your restaurant, bar, or commercial kitchen.… Read More
Secret Menu: a Marketing Technique
Can I talk about something I love more than food trucks? (And I really love food trucks, so this says a lot.) How about COFFEE? Who doesn’t love a nice hot cup of coffee? Especially on a day like today where the weather is nippy and everyone is bundled together trying to get warm? Well,… Read More
Minimum Wage raises 12 cents in Florida
So starting tomorrow, it’s a lucky day for new employees! Minimum wage is being raised in FL a whole 12 cents from $7.93 to $8.05! So that means that any new hires and anyone making less than minimum wage now get a minimum of $8.05 an hour, whereas any of you old hires don’t get… Read More
Young Worker Safety in Restaurants, Again.
Do you remember when I talked about Young Worker Safety in Restaurants? Well, here’s a bit more advice from the wisdom of the Frog. I briefly mentioned machine guards , but what does that even mean? Machine guarding eliminates or controls hazards and provides essential and required protection for your employees. Machine parts have the potential… Read More
Young Worker Safety in Restaurants
Did you know there are a lot of rules and regulations put in place by OSHA to make sure that none of those youngin’s you have get hurt? Well, there are. There are actually a lot of labor laws that are in effect for young workers, or people under the age of 18, to ensure… Read More
Chef Jeff and ServeSafe
Today, we’ve had a hustle and bustle around the office that we haven’t had in about a month. Today is ServeSafe day with Chef Jeff Rotz! And man, we had a pretty decent turn out. Lots of businesses are getting on their way, and that’s something we love to see! I had the opportunity to… Read More
Startup: Music in Restaurants
When music’s played in restaurants, it won’t make or break your place. Unless you’re playing music that doesn’t fit the mood of the place you’re operating (like hip-hop music in a formal restaurant), music is just a part of the total equation to your restaurant’s atmosphere.
Grandma has a Facebook: Cyber-Savvy Grandparents may be the best kept secret.
Patty-Jean sits just inches away from her computer monitor for hours. Every new click is like a revelation to her. Her kids and grandchildren may be scattered throughout the country but thanks to “The Facebook” (as she calls it) this 82 year old’s nest is anything but empty.
Beyond the Likes and Retweets: Other Ideas to Promote Your Restaurant
In the currently-busting digital world where a smartphone is practically a commodity, using social media (Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, Foursquare) to promote your restaurant is an absolute must. When maintaining a fan base (or repeat customers, whatever you call it) becomes crucial to keep your business alive, sometimes creativity can go quite a bit to make… Read More
There’s a fly in my soup, and I hate your face
Odds are that any new business, especially a restaurant, is bound to have its share of trial and errors as it gets off the ground. This could potentially be a real sweet spot for tweaking the foundation of your business. The bad news is that this grace period is microscopic and you have to be… Read More
Pros & Cons of buying a restaurant franchise
For those restaurant entrepreneurs who want to be fully immersed in a restaurant and jump right into it, buying a franchise or a restaurant that’s already up and running is an option the Frog would suggest. Buying a franchise eliminates the planning and heavy management that goes along with opening up a brand new restaurant.… Read More
Restaurant Startup Tip: Keep customers coming back for more
One Fat Frog has been giving you restaurant entrepreneurs tips on how to gain new customers, and slipping in a tip or two about how to get customers to come back for more. We’re back again to give you yet another restaurant startup tip. The Frog keeps its customers coming back by having special promotions and… Read More
Worst restaurant experiences
We at One Fat Frog love restaurants, especially small restaurant startups. We also love to go out and eat, though the company nutritionist says that should be cut back a little. “Can you at least not order dessert every time you go?” he pleaded. No, we cannot. A good meal without dessert is like a… Read More
How to Spot a Fake ID
Regular readers of the One Fat Frog blog know that we don’t just want to talk to you about how you can get the best used equipment for your restaurant business; we also want to help you run your business better. As the self-proclaimed resident bar connoisseur at the Frog, I take the bar business… Read More
Five Popular Cocktails Every Bartender Should Know
Before I worked at One Fat Frog, I was in college. While I was in college, I went to many bars (after I turned 21, of course), and I always thought that working at a bar while in college would be a good way to make some cash. So I asked a bartender during a… Read More
Clean Your Restaurant…All of It!
So when you work for a company called One Fat Frog that happens to sell used restaurant equipment, you have to imagine that we know a thing or two about restaurants. Well, in fact, some of us used to work in restaurants, so when we say things about keeping the place clean and whatnot, we… Read More
Cheap Food For Bars
As I’ve discussed in the past on this blog that we at One Fat Frog love hitting the bar after a hard day of work. Hey, we all need to let loose a bit. Of course, it’s also nice to have a quick bite to eat while sitting around having yourself a pint or a… Read More
How Bartenders Bring In Business
You ever see those movies like “Coyote Ugly” or “Cocktail”? Well, we at One Fat Frog have (of course, the guys have only seen one of those movies, and chances are the girls have only seen one of those movies). The fact is your bartenders can bring in a variety of new business if you… Read More
