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Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D.

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Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D.

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Operations

How do I boost slumping January bar sales?

Dry January is making this bar owner's slow season even slower than normal. Advice Guy offers some solutions.

Operations

How do I find on-trend items to add to my restaurant's menu?

Advice Guy: Restaurant expert Jonathan Deutsch provides some suggestions for a chef looking for on-trend items to keep their menu fresh.

What should I do for a customer who returns a bad entrée?

Advice Guy: Restaurant operations expert Jonathan Deutsch weighs in on a debate between a server and a manager over whether someone's bad salad deserves a free meal.

Is it possible to run a restaurant without a vent hood?

Advice Guy: Restaurant operations expert Jonathan Deutsch dishes on the options for kitchens to run without costly vent hoods.

Operations

Can I charge customers for substitutions to their breakfast order?

Advice Guy: Restaurant operations expert Jonathan Deutsch cautions against "nickel-and-diming" guests, despite their frequent substitutions to their breakfast order.

Leadership

What kind of restaurant industry books can I give out as holiday gifts?

Advice Guy: Restaurant expert Jonathan Deutsch recommends some ideas for a cocktail bar owner who wants to give his workers industry-related books as holiday gifts.

Operations

How do I keep hot mac and cheese from turning to mush?

Advice Guy: Restaurant expert Jonathan Deutsch dishes on the all-important question of how to hold hot mac and cheese so it doesn't turn to goop.

Operations

Can I let my bartenders take shots with customers?

Advice Guy: Restaurant expert Jonathan Deutsch questions whether owners can, or should, allow their bartenders to take the shots customers buy for them.

Should I fire a toxic employee?

Advice Guy: Restaurant operations expert Jonathan Deutsch discusses how to deal with a toxic kitchen employee.

Operations

Should I really stop calling non-alcoholic drinks 'mocktails?'

Advice Guy: Restaurant expert Jonathan Deutsch takes on the question of whether an operator should simply add non-alcoholic cocktails on its drinks menu while doing away with the term "mocktail."

Operations

How do you get staff to properly scale a cake recipe?

Advice Guy: Restaurant expert Jonathan Deutsch gives suggestions to help a bakery owner create a system to help staff properly convert recipes to different sizes.

How do I keep my secret recipes secret?

Advice Guy: Restaurant expert Jonathan Deutsch discusses the challenge of keeping recipes confidential when your cooks have to make the menu items.

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