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So You Want to Run a Restaurant?

So You Want to Run a Restaurant?

FoodEntrepreneurship37 episodes
<p>So You Want to Run a Restaurant (SYWTRAR) is a podcast exploring the trials, triumphs, and technical difficulties of running a successful restaurant in the always changing, ever-more-competitive North American food and beverage landscape. Powered by Back Of House, the leading independent platform for independent restaurant operators to find, filter, and save on the technology they need to succeed, SYWTRAR is dedicated to celebrating the work, wisdom, and innovation changing the way we’re eating and drinking— today, tomorrow, and beyond.&#160;</p>
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Cultivating Culture and Growing Thoughtfully with Molly Irani of Chai Pani

Cultivating Culture and Growing Thoughtfully with Molly Irani of Chai Pani

38 min 37 sec
<p>We spoke with Molly Irani, co-founder of Chai Pani Restaurant Group, about building a different kind of restaurant culture while also creating a thriving, decorated restaurant group with five concepts across three cities and a popular CPG line.</p>
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Growing a Restaurant Group With Rachel Cope of 84 Hospitality

Growing a Restaurant Group With Rachel Cope of 84 Hospitality

49 min 6 sec
<p>Rachel Cope’s Oklahoma City restaurant empire started with a single pizza place and has developed into a full-fledged restaurant group featuring five different concepts that continue to grow. We talk to her about how she built it and what she sees down the road.</p>
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Managing Multiple Concepts With Zach Mack of Alphabet City Beer Co. and Taco Vista

Managing Multiple Concepts With Zach Mack of Alphabet City Beer Co. and Taco Vista

49 min 29 sec
<p>Alphabet City Beer Co. owner Zach Mack usually hosts So You Want to Run a Restaurant, but not this week! Producer Matt Lynch joins host Claudia Saric to interview Zach about the lessons he’s learned in the hospitality industry and how he applied them when opening his second concept, Taco Vista.</p>
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Executing Hybrid Restaurant Concepts With Ping Ho

Executing Hybrid Restaurant Concepts With Ping Ho

43 min 19 sec
<p>We talk to Detroit restaurateur and entrepreneur Ping Ho about her journey from the music business to the restaurant business, and what she’s learned running several hybrid retail/restaurant concepts.</p>
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Creating Concepts That Stand Out With June Rodil

Creating Concepts That Stand Out With June Rodil

44 min 46 sec
<p>June Rodil of Goodnight Hospitality talks to us about the lessons she's learned launching a restaurant group just prior to the pandemic, starting her own private CPG label, and what has her excited for the future. </p>
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