NEW TEMPORARY LOCATION: Free/Open Source Software Stammtisch on Tues (12/16)

[Stephen Partington]

This to me sounds like a much more favorable situation. It will be
interesting to see how it works out.

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 5:43 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>
> Am 14. Dez, 2014 schwätzte Matt Graham so:
>
> moin moin,
>
>  On 2014-12-14 15:10, Eric Oyen wrote:
>>
>>> sounds like the new owner of the old stamtisch meeting place just
>>> shot themselves in the foot.
>>>
>>
>> Or the PLUG people weren't spending enough money to suit the new owner.
>> Some of us are kind of frugal :-)
>>
>
> They were doing fine off of us. We always get complements from the staff
> for being good customers and being easy to work with. We get complements
> from the staff at Iguana Macks as well, but the manager doesn't get it.
>
> It's true that some attendess are frugal ( or they ate elsewhere because
> there were no vegetarian options ), but overall they get a good dinner
> crowd booking. Only a few people drink, so they don't get a bar crowd
> booking. It's a win for a Tuesday evening when we often double the crowd
> for the night.
>
> The restaurant we're moving to wants to earn our business. It's owned by
> the same family that owns a location we used to go to. The old location
> had a couple of issues: no parking; very busy Tuesday nights; slow service
> on very busy Tuesday nights. The new location won't have the Tuesday
> trivia, so won't be busy on Tuesday nights and has lots of parking.
> Hopefully there will be consistent good service. It's a bar, it's not a
> fine dining experience, but the menu has variety and I like their food.
>
> A huge difference is that the owner wants us to come in. He's glad to have
> a good, regular customer base return. The manager of the location we're
> using in December contacted me to see what we need for a reservation even
> though he knows we only need one month. That's far more consideration than
> we've gotten from Iguana Macks.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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