Post #201289 by Tipsy McStagger on Fri, Dec 2, 2005 3:11 PM

..didn't make a reservation as i'm coming out there after an x-mas party to see the band...figured why take up a table that could be generating you money when I'm only going to have a couple drinks...so you can imagine the holy hell i'll raise if i have to drive my tired drunk ass all the way out there, only to get turned away....

although humorous, the above senario does illustrate a point...how do you find a balance between the small size of the space and the various needs of your customers....no one wants to be turned away, but neither do they want to feel compelled to order a complete dinner for the sake of having to see a favorite performer...it seems the place was designed as more of a dinner-and-a-show type place, which is fine, but I think you may have shot yourself in the foot with having limited bar seating. It seems a larger bar, perhaps tucked back where the vip hut is would have been nice..that way, those ordering dinner could see the live show and those that just want to hang and enjoy the atmoshpere could watch the stage via the monitors in the bar hut.....just a thought....