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At Goliath Consulting Group we keep an eye out for unique brands that standout and add equity to our clients.  Bassetts is one of those brands.  Established in 1861 Bassetts is the oldest ice cream company in the US.  It’s a high-quality premium product that is in the best restaurants up and down the east coast.  For more information visit the Bassetts website.

Here is a fact sheet on Bassetts products:  Bassetts Flash Sheet

Direct contact:  Brian Bebee  |   Bassetts Ice Cream Company  |  1211 Chestnut Street Suite 410  |  Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-864-2771 office  |  215-864-2766 fax

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Business and financial plans are not something that a great number of independent restaurant operators spend time or money on prior to opening their restaurants.  We believe that financial plans must be completed before buying property or leasing a space for a new restaurant.  Why?  Because when you “run the numbers” some locations are not feasible financially.  Not enough seats, high development cost and not enough capital are just some of the reasons restaurants fail after opening.

Using a financial modeling tool and doing due diligence before moving forward with a location helps insure the future success of the restaurant.  Financial modeling is just one piece of the puzzle in developing a restaurant, but it’s a critical one you can’t do without.

Here is information directly from the INTERACT BUSINESS MODELS website on the INTERACT Restaurant Model tool:

The INTERACT Restaurant Model^© is a financial operating tool developed expressly for restaurants.

In addition to all the capabilities of theINTERACT Model^© it manages functions unique to Fine Dining, Casual Dining, Fast Casual and QSR units. It seamlessly integrates multiple units and a mix of restaurant concepts.

You can use your own chart of accounts or the uniform system of accounts for restaurants.

Its reports are designed for tracking sales, cost of sales and expenses in formats necessary for maximizing restaurant profitability.

 For more information on the Restaurant Model click on the link below.

 INTERACT Restaurant Model^©

 

For more information on how Goliath Consulting Group can guide you through the successful opening of your next restaurant.

Email us at:  getresults@goliathconsulting.com or call 404-585-2095 for an appointment.

Website:  www.goliathconsulting.com

Facebook:  goliathconsulting

Twitter:  @goliathgroup

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Here’s the press release for our client Artist Nabil Mousa on February 22, 2012:   Artist Nabil Mousa Hosts Judgment Day 9/11 Public Art Event

Arab-American visual artist Nabil Mousa is holding an open house for his visual-art-for-social-change campaign surrounding his latest body of work entitled “Judgment Day 911”. The mural, being constructed at the Studio #16 space inside of the Mattress Factory Lofts, 300 Martin Luther King Jr. SE Atlanta, GA 30312, serves as a social tablet of free expression. The mural will be composed of nine wooden panels, interlocking to create 10ft x 50ft length wall with a culmination of religious symbols, imagery of the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center, as well as a collage of excerpts from the Qur’an, Bible and Torah.

From 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Saturday, February 25, 2012, the public is invited to work creatively along-side of Mousa and post memorabilia,news articles,photographs and handwritten thoughts expressing emotions surrounding the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War.

For additional information visit:  www.judgmentday911.com or www.mousafineart.com

Artist Nabil Mousa on YouTube discussing the Judgment Day 9/11 project:  http://youtu.be/Szv_FjIsZv0

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Valentine’s Day is less than a week away!  It’s that time of the year where your sweetheart gets treated to a romantic meal, maybe some flowers and a gift.  Reservations are pouring across the city at not only restaurants but florists, spas and a host of other retailers and boutiques.  We’ve got some great ideas for you that we know and your sweet heart will love.  Our clients are located across the city and the locations are as varied as the cuisine.  Here are four restaurant with menus designed with Valentine’s Day in mind:

FuegoMundo at the Prado offers authentic South American Cuisine that’s Kosher as well.  Recently in the voting for one of the top 10 Kosher restaurants in the US (announcement is next month), the cuisine is outstanding.  Unless we told you, you wouldn’t recognize that it Kosher by the cuisine or the decor.  All meats, poultry and fish are cooked on a wood-fire grill that is on display.  The sides are made daily from recipes brought back from Columbia and other countries in South America.

FuegoMundo is offering a four course meal including wine and a rose for $89 per couple (plus taxes & gratuity).  The menu is designed just for Valentines with an extensive number of choices to customize your meal.  The deluxe package includes:  Valentines Day 4-Course Dinner for 2 at FuegoMundo, bouquet of Red or Pink Roses, and a divine couples massage at Nava Sen Spa in East Cobb for $249.00/couple (plus taxes & gratuity).

Heading south to Buckhead, Imperial Fez Moroccan Restaurant has two five course meals available for you to choose from on the menu.  Chef Rafih Benjelloun will prepare a Moroccan feast for two in one of Atlanta’s Most Romantic settings.  Imperial Fez has been recognized locally as a top destination in Atlanta for a romantic dining experience.  Now open in Colorado, Imperial Fez has a location in Louisville.

In Decatur, Sprig Restaurant has a four course meal planned for $55 with an optional wine pairing for an additional $25. The menu includes locally sourced ingredients with Chef Britt Cloud’s southern flare. Sprig recently released their winter menu with many entrees now available in half portions to encourage grazing.

No matter where you are or what cuisine you’re interested in having for Valentine’s Day, we’re sure that one of these four restaurants will be a hit!

 

Goliath Consulting Group is excited to announce our newest alliance:

Anne Fitten Glenn is going to be conducting beer education classes and beer tastings in the Atlanta area.  Glenn will also be assisting Goliath with consulting to restaurants on building craft beer lists that compliment the restaurant’s menu.

Anne Fitten Glenn (aka Brewgasm) is the beer columnist for Asheville’s newsweekly and a regular contributor to CraftBeer.com. She’s also a certified Cicerone beer server and home brewer, who has developed and teaches beer education classes for both servers and the general beer-loving public. Glenn has a biweekly radio spot discussing beer. She also frequently presents at beer dinners, tastings, festivals, and conferences. Find her on-line at Brewgasm.com and on Facebook and Twitter under the same handle.

Here’s a description of her Beer 101 class for servers:

Knowing beer to sell beer: educating your staff so they can best sell beer, increasing both sales and tips

Most restaurant and bar owners understand that offering a diverse beer list, including a variety of locally made craft beers, can increase their profits (Asheville’s Moe’s BBQ increased beer sales by 300 percent in less than six months after diversifying their beer selection).

But the most well-intentioned beer list can fail if servers don’t know how to sell it. Servers need to understand beer styles and characteristics to discuss the drink with increasingly beer-savvy customers. They also need to know which beers are brewed locally to satisfy beer tourists showing up for a taste.

This Beer 101 course covers beer styles, beer serving etiquette, classic beer and food pairing ideas and more. Glenn has taught the class to groups as small as five and as large as 30. When she teaches in small groups in specific restaurants, she talks to owners and managers beforehand to figure out what they most need their servers to learn and understand about beer.

After taking the class, servers can go on-line and take Glenn’s short Beer 101 exam. If they pass with 70 percent or higher, they can call themselves Certified Beer Servers.

Cost is typically $10 per person per hour, with a $100 minimum. Depending on the size of the group, the class runs 2 to 3 hours (typically 2 hours for individual restaurant consults).

Contact Glenn for more information at annefittenglenn@gmail.com.

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It’s hard to believe the year is almost over!  This weekend is a great opportunity to Eat, Enjoy and Ring-in the New Year.  Here are some dining options and places to pick up some great football watching snacks.

FuegoMundo in Sandy Springs has a five course New Year’s Eve bash including live music!  The New Year’s Eve menu features Seafood Paella, special champagne drinks and Chocolate Pastelitos plus a number of your Latin favorites.  There is 7 pm and 9 pm seating and the price per couple is $129 excluding tax and tip.  The best option in Atlanta for Latin Cuisine and Kosher dining on NYE.  On New Year’s Day don’t miss their fabulous Holiday Brunch  served from 11 am to 3 pm.  Enjoy Bistec a Caballo and other Latin favorites along with a special beverage menu.  Looking for Latin Tapas for your football watching?  Check out their menu of delicious Latin finger foods.  The entire menu  is available for pick-up orders.

For an exotic dining experience on New Year’s Eve, make your reservations now at Imperial Fez Moroccan Restaurant.  Slip away to Morocco and enjoy a five course meal with a champagne toast while belly dancers make their way around the authentic dining room like no other.  Chef Rafih Benjelloun will take you on a culinary journey that will excite your taste buds and delight you.  There is a 6:30 pm and 9:00 pm seating.  The cost is $55 per person with a children’s menu at $30 per person.

For Southern Cuisine using the best ingredients available locally, go to Sprig Restaurant in Decatur for New Year’s Eve.  Chef Britt Cloud has prepared a special three course menu just for NYE.  The restaurant has two seatings at 7 pm and 9 pm.   The cost per person is $45 and includes a champagne toast.  Eat Fresh, Eat Local!

Wings!  Mrs. Winner’s in Stockbridge has some of the best wings on the Southside of Atlanta.  Choose from Buffalo, Lemon Pepper or Barbecue.  Get them in quantities from 5 to 50 and take them to your football watching party.  Great for tailgating too!

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Do you plan to eat out Christmas Day or picking up a few items to complete your special Christmas dinner?  Here are a few options around town that offer some traditional, exotic and authentic dining fair.  You don’t have to go Waffle House this year if you don’t want too!

FuegoMundo is offering a Latin inspired Brunch from 11 am to 3 pm that you won’t find anywhere else.  Here are few of the specialties offered on this special menu:

~Grilled Steak, Rice & Eggs (Bistec a Caballo) Two Eggs over easy, Uruguayan Ribeye, Spanish Rice & Sweet Plantains

~Jalapeño Potato Pancakes FuegoMundo’s signature Latkes w/ non-dairy sour cream & side of homemade salsa. Not too spicy!

~Sweet Apricot Pastelito

Mrs. Winner’s Chicken and Biscuits in Stockbridge is offering Cajun Fried Turkeys and all the traditional sides for pickup on Christmas Day.

For something a bit more exotic, make reservations for dinner at Imperial Fez Moroccan Restaurant.  Take a trip to Morocco for the evening complete with belly dancing, world-class Moroccan cuisine and in an authentic dining room.

Happy Holidays!

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FuegoMundo has set itself apart in being a Kosher Latin American restaurant, the only one in the US.  Travelers from around the country have visited the restaurant and declare that it is the best Kosher restaurant they have been to – hands down!  In addition, diners eat in an elegant, well-designed dining room with an exhibition kitchen and wood-fire grill.

The recipes and cuisine are straight from South America with a focus on healthy, flavorful food.  Many dishes are gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan.  All dishes are dairy-free and Kosher.

Here is what’s going on at FuegoMundo in December:

In the FuegoMundo Newsletter get updates on Entertainment, Weekly Specials and Hanukah Latkes.

FuegoMundo is open every Holiday in December  including Hanukah, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

New Year’s Eve Celebration:  Enjoy FuegoMundo’s Special 5-course dinner & live music & entertainment in a Smoke-Free world class environment, 9 PM – 1 AM.  Only $129/couple.

Fuego Mundo is located just north of Atlanta, Georgia in Sandy Springs, The Prado shopping center.

5590 Roswell Road
Suite # A120
Sandy Springs, GA 30342
Ph: 404-256-4330

www.fuegomundo.com      www.facebook.com/fuegomundofanaticos     www.twitter.com/fuegomundo

Owners Udi Hershkovitz and Masha Hleap-Hershkovitz

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From Press Release Sent Earlier This Week:

Celebrating the restaurant’s first year in the Oak Grove area of Decatur, Georgia, owners Anthony and Jennifer Tiberia have made some exciting changes at Sprig Restaurant.

Britt Cloud has been promoted to Chef de Cuisine and Nick Ladikos has been hired as General Manager at Sprig Restaurant in Decatur Georgia.  The new Fall Menu includes seasonal favorites and now features half-portions to allow guests the flexibility to sample more of the menu.  Additional changes include an expanded outside patio and new décor highlights in the dining room.  These changes reflect the casual, neighborhood feel the Anthony and Jennifer want the restaurant to convey.

Chef Cloud has worked in restaurants in Washington D.C. and Atlanta including Table 1280, Dick and Harry’s and Commune. At Sprig, Chef Cloud is creating comfort food that is rustic and approachable, but also refined and contemporary using fresh, local ingredients.    General Manager Nick Ladikos brings a focus on service that he learned working for a family restaurant in Florida.  Working with owners Anthony and Jennifer who also live in the area, the new team is confident they will deliver the same service and food quality that Sprig is known for in the area.

“Before making improvements to the restaurant, the new menu and the changes to our staff, we reached out to our friends and neighbors who visited Sprig over the last year.  We asked for their input on how we could make their dining experience with us an even better.”  Jennifer Tiberia, Co-Owner, Sprig Restaurant.

Opening in November 2011 with strong reviews, Sprig Restaurant has thrived in the Oak Grove area.  Food is sourced from local farms and vendors as much as possible to provide a “farm to table” experience focusing on fresh, seasonal ingredients.  The menu at Sprig Restaurant changes with the seasons and offer diners a variety of menu choices throughout the year.  The Sprig team has dabbled this year with a farmers market and will continue to build on this concept in 2012.  Plans are in place to expand the number of raised beds and grow more vegetables and herbs at the restaurant in the spring.

Location:  Vista Grove Shopping Center/Oak Grove

2860 Lavista Road,

Decatur, GA 30033-1307

Phone:  (404) 248-9700

Website:  www.sprigrestaurant.com            Twitter          Facebook

Contact:   Anthony Tiberia

Email:   anthony@sprigrestaurant.com

Phone:   404-248-9700

‘Tis the season of Eat, Drink and be Merry!

Visit these restaurants to make the most of the season:

FuegoMundo at The Prado in Sandy Springs offers your favorite Latin specialties cooked over a wood-fire grill.  FuegoMundo’s menu includes many gluten-free, dairy-free and healthy dining options in addition to being Kosher.  Every Saturday night you can enjoy dinner with live music with a Latin flair.  Visit their calendar to see who is playing this Saturday.

The restaurant will be open for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.  Don’t miss their New Year’s celebration, right now they are taking reservations for $129 per couple for a four-course meal, drinks and champagne.  Call 404-256-4330 for reservations.

Gift idea:  FuegoMundo has gift cards on sale this holiday season that make great gifts!  Call on FuegoMundo for all your catering needs from office lunches to weddings!

Sprig Restaurant located in the Oak Grove neighborhood of Decatur is celebrating their first anniversary as one of the must visit farm to table restaurants in Atlanta.  Owners Anthony and Jennifer Tiberia have been busy this fall expanding the patio and making refinements to the interior of the restaurant.

Chef Britton Cloud has designed a fall menu that makes the most of the season and local ingredients.  The menu includes half portions of many entrees to make sharing easier.  The ownership team has created a relaxed dining atmosphere making the restaurant a neighborhood favorite.  The cocktail menu also follows the fall theme with pomegranate infused sake and a few other gems.

Don’t miss their upcoming wine dinner on December 8th that features wine from the Northwest paired with a five course meal created especially for this event by Chef Britton.

At Imperial Fez Moroccan Restaurant, Chef Rafih Benjelloun is back from opening a new Imperial Fez in Louisville, Colorado and is gearing the restaurant up for the holidays.  Look for a new covered patio and new ala carte menu that features simple but flavorful dishes from Morocco and the Mediterranean.Imperial Fez celebrates being Atlanta’s favorite special occasion restaurant for over 20 years!

So while the new patio will offer some lighter fare, Imperial Fez will continue  to offer a traditional Moroccan dining experience with the best belly dancers in Atlanta.   Celebrate with Chef Rafih and Chef Rita on Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve with Moroccan influenced Holiday meals.

Mrs. Winner’s Chicken & Biscuits is alive and doing very well in Stockbridge.  This location is owned and operated by Vickey and Gary Shelton and has been in Stockbridge for over ten years!An Atlanta tradition for over 25 years, Mrs. Winner’s offers your Southern favorites for breakfast, lunch and dinner including their famous fried chicken, biscuits, sweet tea and down-home sides.

Stop by when you’re in and get your favorite Southern comfort foods with a heaping helping of hospitality.

From all of us at Goliath Consulting Group we wish you a safe and joyous holiday season!