Thursday, February 12, 2009

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective French Restaurants

Want to open a truly authentic French restaurant in the United States? Here are seven things you should do that the American crowd will find impossible to believe:

1. Keep the lights on as bright as you can.

2. Don't serve the bread until the appetizer arrives.

3. Serve wine in the smaller glass and water in the larger glass.

4. Always undercook the meat.

5. Insist on taking the dessert order at the same time as the appetizer and main course.

6. Refuse to serve coffee until after the dessert has been finished.

7. Be closed on at least one weekend day, if not both, and for four weeks in either August or January.

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