Ken Vix of An Affair To Remember
Ken has been a special person in my life as I worked with Ken for many years at Zim’s Restaurants, my family’s restaurant company. Ken, while attending UC Berkeley, was working part time as a bartender in a restaurant and bar we owned called Bayfair House of Pancakes in San Leandro. From here he went […]
Converting Problems Into Opportunities – Taking a Troubled Business and Turning it Into a Successful Business
In these challenging economic times we see a number of successful operators capitalizing on other operators problems and turning these problems into opportunities. There are a number of operators that are in trouble as they are losing money, have had their credit maxed out and are not capable of paying their bills. There are a […]
Olivier Azancot & Eric Klein – Kings of Belden Place
Olivier Azancot and Eric Klein are partners who know how to bring a taste of Europe to San Francisco. They are long time friends who met in France while they were in a hotel and restaurant program at Ecole Hotelieure. There they learned the refinements of both back of the house and the front of […]
Fine Tune Your Operations To Maintain Value in Today’s Economy
Today’s economy requires that operators maintain all the basics that have been discussed in the last Restaurant Rap issue which include a) serving quality food and beverages, b) providing good service, c) maintaining a clean environment and keeping all of the equipment well maintained and d) providing a strong price/value experience to the customer. In […]
Wendy Brucker & Roscoe Skipper of Rivoli & Corso
Wendy Brucker & Roscoe Skipper joined together in creating their first European-style restaurant, Rivoli in 1994. Brucker, a well-experienced chef in the culinary arts, and Skipper, a ranked Certified Sommelier, were matched for success in the restaurant industry. Food and wine connoisseurs of the Bay Area rapidly took a liking to this restaurant. With its […]
The Key Ingredients of a Successful Restaurant, Bar or Night Club from a Customer’s & Buyer’s Perspective
From my many years experience in owning, operating and selling many restaurants, bars and nightclubs the points that set a successful operation apart from its competitors are an operator’s commitment to consistently upholding the following standards: 1) serving quality food and beverages, 2) providing good service, 3) maintaining a clean environment and keeping all of […]
Arthur B. Zimmerman – Founder of Zim’s Restaurants
Art Zimmerman, my father and mentor and founder and chairman of Zim’s Restaurants passed away on January 22, 2008. Dad was born on February 12, 1920 in Poland and immigrated to the US at the age of 18 months as his parents moved to San Francisco as his father had a relative here. Dad helped […]
2008 Will Be a Strong Year for Buying & Selling Restaurants, Bars & Nightclubs
Based on the busy activity we have experienced on both the selling and buying sides of our business it appears that 2008 will be another very busy year for Restaurant Realty Company. Unlike many other businesses that have been negatively impacted by the slow down of the economy during these challenging economic times there seems […]