TRADER VIC's Warehouse Sale - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Mar 3, 2008 1:37 PM On 2008-03-03 12:57, Swanky wrote: I spoke with Sven Koch about opening costs and in particular, decorating costs. Indeed, they consider the cost of decor a very tiny thing. When the head chef is making $100k a year plus, well, let's just say that opening Trader Vic's is not a cheap thing and thes carvings, etc are a tiny part of the budget. $25k. So, they don't have much value to them. I'm sure they would much rather empty a warehouse and get it off the books. In other words: It's all GOOD, we ALL win! :) Well, or we think we do, the real winners seem to be the head chefs!

On 2008-03-03 12:57, Swanky wrote:
I spoke with Sven Koch about opening costs and in particular, decorating costs. Indeed, they consider the cost of decor a very tiny thing. When the head chef is making $100k a year plus, well, let's just say that opening Trader Vic's is not a cheap thing and thes carvings, etc are a tiny part of the budget. $25k. So, they don't have much value to them. I'm sure they would much rather empty a warehouse and get it off the books.

In other words: It's all GOOD, we ALL win! :) Well, or we think we do, the real winners seem to be the head chefs!

Post #364633 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Mar 3, 2008 1:37 PM