Archive for November, 2011

Security Cameras for Restaurants, Bars and Cafe Places

November 1st, 2011

In this article I want to help owners of cafes, restaurants and bars stay control of their business! If you cannot always be at the workplace, but want to watch what is happening from your house, monitor personnel and customers! It’s all possible with security cameras and video surveillance system, which transmits video images over the Internet!

Restaurant – place where you can eat, drink and relax with family!

In Toronto security cameras for the restaurant allows you to monitor the building inside the premises and the area around it.

Installation of video surveillance system is carried out with a number of reasons

1. Identifying thugs inside and outside its territory;
2. Oversee cooking process in the kitchen;
3. Auctions taken by waiters when dealing with customers;
4. Accounting for incoming customers with a complete inspection of action;
5. Monitoring the client’s car in the parking lot of restaurant;
6. Monitoring the mode of operation of all staff, waiters, bartenders, bouncers;
7. Identifying offenders on occasion of fights, fraud. » Read more: Security Cameras for Restaurants, Bars and Cafe Places

Tips on Music for Venues and Cafes

November 1st, 2011

Live music in a café or restaurant makes a huge impact on the success the business; fact. This does not mean to say that ANY live music being performed at your café will result in a successful business, but music that is appropriate for your establishment and your customers.

So why consider having live music at your café Why not just have an ipod playing in the corner When a customer walks into your café and a musician is performing, there is an added buzz to the place; it makes the customer feel special; it makes the venue feel special. It also makes the café appear more exclusive and that in itself means you can charge more.

Customers dining in your café make several decisions when choosing your venue. The quality and type of food is one; the quality of the service; the venue itself and the ambience of the venue are other considerations. Having live music adds to the atmosphere of the café and provided it doesn’t disturb the guests, it could be one of the main considerations when choosing where to eat.

At one of the cafés we provide live music for, the manager decided to cancel the live music, for cost saving measures. Immediately, the covers went down from an average of 95 to 35 each Saturday evening. Within six weeks we were back providing music and the covers increased again. Feedback from clients was that they were prepared to pay more for good foodservice and atmosphere, but if the music was missing, they’d rather pay less by going to a high street establishment. The manager learnt very quickly that the expectation of customers was the music as part of the whole dining experience. » Read more: Tips on Music for Venues and Cafes