Colorado restaurants will be forever changed due to the Corona Virus. When the stay at home order is lifted will your favorite bar or restaurant still be open? If it is still open, it is not going to be the same place you remember. Social distancing guide lines are going to let up, but they will not be gone forever. When restaurants open back up the seating capacity is going to cut in half. Imagine going into your favorite bar and seeing half the number of seats at the bar. Every other bar stool will be removed. This will cut down on the social interaction of guests at the bar. How can you strike up a conversation about the game on Tv with the guest next to you when there is a large gap and you have to shout to get their attention? Most people do not realize that for a bar to be successful there needs to be social interaction between guests. Statically the more a guest interacts with other guests the longer they will stay. The longer they stay, the more money they spend. Social interaction gives the guest a positive experience of the bar, this increases the chance they will return. The Owners of Mountain Top Hospitality will tell you good restaurants don’t sell food and drinks; they sell an experience. That’s what the guests remembers and that’s what will keep the guest coming back again and again. Mountain Top Hospitality is a premier Restaurant Management and consulting company in Colorado specializing in restaurant administration, payroll, marketing, and accounting.
Restaurants sanitation standards will be changed due to Corona. Restaurants already have a high standard of sanitation. All food business get two health inspections a year. New standards will be added to these inspections to prevent the spread of corona and future illnesses. When restaurants open back up, they will have half the seating capacity they used to. This will make it difficult for owners to make their business profitable in an industry that already has small margins. Here are some major social distancing changes that will be made. Silverware and glasses will no longer be set on the table before the guest arrives. The same menus used by guest’s night after night will be changed to disposable menus. All of these new standards will create more expenses for owners. Mountain Top Hospitality specializes in helping restaurants their control costs a make a profit.
Mountain Top Hospitality helps owners put systems and controls in place to make sure they are controlling the liquor, food costs, and most importantly labor cost. Controlling costs is what most restaurant owners struggle with. Mountain Top Hospitality shows owners where they are losing money and what can be done to fix it. Restaurant owners were struggling before the shutdown to achieve profitability and control their cash flow. With new restrictions and limited seating, the National Restaurant Association is estimating by the end of 2020 there will be 30% less restaurants in the United States. Contact Mountain Top Hospitality for a free consultation about brining in new guests and making your restaurant profitable.
Kevin Sher
President and Founder
Mountain Top Hospitality
