Saturday, August 08, 2009

'Doing Business'or 'Guessing how many lobsters to order'

Frustration!

Today we refused 20 or nice people that came for Lobster Sandwiches...

Eeek. Problem with Lobsters is that we can't afford to have any extras. All the unreserved lobsters were accounted for by people walking by this morning and wandering in at 12h. We've never had 20 people come to the restaurant in its entire history. Since we opened in 2006 we've had room for exactly 18 'walk-ins' (total over nearly 3 years!). Lobster sandwiches were supposed to be an experiment in no reservation coolness. I guess we still haven't gotten the equilibrium right.

Unfortunately neither the price of the raw materials or our location are well-suited to a no reservation thingy.

I'll figure it out someday. Thanks for your patience.

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