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Kluger: Transformative hospitality relies on small details unrelated to the food
“Ultimately, the dining is a means to an end. And they were really at the forefront of how do we make this special? And it was always just little things. And I think that's always been something that I've taken away. And I mean, I, again, I remember how little …”
Kluger: Rising operating costs force restaurants to use non-financial customer accommodations
“We're at a point where the industry is in a position of, you know, raising costs and all these different things that are affecting us that the accommodations still need to happen, but they need to happen on a sort of non-financial side, you know?”
Kluger: Critics unfairly judge an entire restaurant menu on five blind items
“It would be like going to take your SATs, and your score is only based on five questions that you don't know about. Like, you take a test with, I don't know, 200 questions in it, and only five of them mattered, but you don't know which five they are.”
Kluger: Modern chefs increasingly seek involvement across the entire dining experience
“I think as you know, when you go back to attrition, I think as you watch, there's less and less of those around. I think more and more people are saying, I do want to be part of the whole package, and I want to find up a partner, a front of the house, or a fro…”
Kluger: Dynamic dishes balance sweet, sour, spicy, salty, and crunchy elements
“We like to use a lot of sweet, sour, spicy, salty, crunchy, like all these things that create these peaks and valleys as you eat, you know, one bite is one thing, one bite's another.”
Kluger: Unannounced party size changes and late arrivals severely disrupt kitchens
“Were you supposed to be four people and you're six people? Were you supposed to be six people and you're four people? You know, you'd think that those things don't really matter, but they actually have a huge impact on what we're doing.”