Mike's Minute: Is hospitality about how hard you're prepared to work?
Proving life is what you make it, I walked into a local restaurant over the holidays.
It's Italian and very good, and they have a new owner.
Who was this person, I inquired?
He came from hospitality, had worked in the city, but he and a mate had decided to, as he put it, take a punt. "It's better to be an owner than work for someone," he said.
I immediately admired him.
The restaurant had been put up for sale because it wasn’t making any money.
That's a familiar story in hospitality and yet I can tell you why this place hadn't made any money.
It was because it was only open five days a week…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.