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[zoomer]

Haha.. no, that's why the server brings the iPad to the table and leaves with it!  You know, like use it as a visual he/she holds when talking about the specials.  Or let's go high tech and have futuristic glass tables which double as an interactive video screen.. at least part of the table. 

Edited by zoomer, 08 June 2016 - 10:42 AM.

[VicHockeyFan]

Haha.. no, that's why the server brings the iPad to the table and leaves with it!  You know, like use it as a visual he/she holds when talking about the specials.  Or let's go high tech and have futuristic glass tables which double as an interactive video screen.. at least part of the table. 

 

I like this concept!  The TV screens should descend from the ceiling though.  3-sided display.  After you place your order, the wait-person signals it to go back up.  The rigging hardware has been proven reliable and has been readily available since the late 60's.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsNR9FnxOdY

[jonny]

Finally isn't it about time that restaurants move to a new menu format?  Whether that's a menu with with foodie/Instagram style photos, a discreet tv screen displaying menu items in loving detail, or the server can bring by an iPad with pictures or short 5 second video clips of the daily specials, and put this up on their social media sites? 

 

Haha.. no, that's why the server brings the iPad to the table and leaves with it!  You know, like use it as a visual he/she holds when talking about the specials.  Or let's go high tech and have futuristic glass tables which double as an interactive video screen.. at least part of the table. 

 

Yeah, I really wonder why small businesses don't have multi-million dollar media, IT and creative departments.

[Nparker]

Hopefully these interactive devices will be well sanitized between parties at each table. I don't particularly want to have to touch a food-encrusted and toddler-handled touch screen.

[VicHockeyFan]

Hopefully these interactive devices will be well sanitized between parties at each table. I don't particularly want to have to touch a food-encrusted and toddler-handled touch screen.

 

You think your old-skool menu gets washed down between patrons?

[Nparker]

You think your old-skool menu gets washed down between patrons?

Most menus don't sit on the tables throughout the meal and I have in fact seen the plastic-covered variety wiped-down.

[zoomer]

Wow, tough crowd!   

 

There is no touching the server's iPad (ahem!) As for the interactive table, simple wipe down after each guest as restaurants currently do. 

 

The budget required could be minimal if they just learned some basic photography skills and spent a little more on the menus. They can have a nice flush tv in the entrance area where the menu is displayed, that at most might be $400 for a decent tv.  If other people can take and post great pictures of their food how hard can it be.. tap into the social media marketing as many currently are.  Nowadays unless you've proven yourself putting out a sh*tty menu like Frankie's is pathetic. 

[VicHockeyFan]

Most menus don't sit on the tables throughout the meal and I have in fact seen the plastic-covered variety wiped-down.

 

My menu retracts up towards the ceiling, remember?

 

You are thinking more like the portable cone of silence.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcKHBgZ_QKU

[zoomer]

Chau Veggie Express menu:

 

Stick with a traditional menu, fine, but sell the food!  Make it appealing, make the customer salivate over every dish.

 

 

Actually another fun idea, but more for the high end restaurant.. who wants to launch this business?  Restaurant cards.. could be a small pack like hockey cards with a 25% off coupon inside, or an elite collection of playing cards, each picturing a meal, dessert of thirst quenching beverage, heck even the chef.  I'd easily pay $20 for a pack for a pack from The Bengal Lounge (...), or Little Jumbo, etc, etc.  Foodie will eat that sh*t up.  Ok, not a big money maker, but a good marketing tool for restaurants. 

Edited by zoomer, 08 June 2016 - 12:03 PM.

[Nparker]

...You are thinking more like the portable cone of silence.

Those should be mandatory for all restaurant patrons under the age of 12.

[VicHockeyFan]

. who wants to launch this business?  Restaurant cards.. could be a small pack like hockey cards with a 25% off coupon inside, or an elite collection of playing cards, each picturing a meal, dessert of thirst quenching beverage, heck even the chef.  I'd easily pay $20 for a pack for a pack from The Bengal Lounge (...), or Little Jumbo, etc, etc.  Foodie will eat that sh*t up.  Ok, not a big money maker, but a good marketing tool for restaurants. 

 

I'm looking for investors for my business...

 

The problem is the dead times.

That's why I have a restaurant concept called "On the Clock" where prices are adjusted every hour. It's a complex algorithm that decides the menu price for each item, changing up or down each hour depending on demand for that item, and general sales volume history for that hour. A big computer screen shows the current prices, but better get your order in before the top of the hour. The price is changing! "You're on the clock!"

 

[thundergun]

Chau Veggie Express menu:

 

Oh man this place looks amazing. Why can't we have some amazing vegetarian restaurant like that over here?! All of our Vietnamese restaurants are dodgy downtown meaty pho places.

[zoomer]

I see they have a location on Granville Island, I'll check it out later this month when I'm over there.  See - the power of a visual menu, with great dish names.  Who doesn't want to order a Midnight Swim Bowl?  Kind of reminds me of Pag's menu.. The Dish with No Name, etc.

[victoriassecret]

How long will it last?

[VicHockeyFan]

How long will it last?

 

Well, his first Victoria restaurant lasted 16 years until the building was demolished, and his second one has been going 11 years now.

[Mike K.]

I popped in for a bite.

 

Solid. I'll be back.

[AllseeingEye]

Anyone else give FMD a try? Now that I'm working at this office/location I will drop in one day soon for lunch. Any suggestions off their menu that anyone has actually tried and would recommend?

[Szeven]

I've had breakfast there probably a dozen times now. It's not big portions but it's good quality, tastes good, and inexpensive. I actually have never tried any lunch food.

[VicHockeyFan]

Been many times for breakfast and tried all on menu.  The only thing that I was not keen on was the wraps.  All else good value.  

[Mike K.]

Yup, the place is pretty solid.