(Pictured — @MeeplesRepublic play testing a new game in the window seat. See! That Flying Banzini is your experience to create). Our menu boards need updating because in a couple of places they are not correct. First… the porchetta. It’s better. We now take…

(Photo from last Friday at lunch) Thanks to my management and staff. I have been away for two days and everything is fine. No problem at all. Well, none that they are telling me about anyway. I am sorting through a couple of non-work…

Two night’s ago a table of three – two young men and one woman – are seating themselves by the window. A moment later I see them on the banquette, closer to the back of the restaurant where the lights have been dimmed and…

(the view from inside when closing) Let me share one of the worst days I had before opening. Start with a very thorough business plan prepared in consultation with my consultants, The Fifteen Group. Then I went over budget by a substantial (but not…

We are still just a baby, after all. I am very, very happy with the progress that we are making at The Flying Banzini. We still have lots of little things to work out. Lots. It’s only been three weeks. But, overall, we are…

One of the first places that cooks get to exercise their creativity in a restaurant is in the creation of soup. This is because everything else on the menu is portioned and according to a recipe. But not soup. Soup is the original creation…

Maybe in winter guests will arrive by dog sled? I am guessing this guest arrived by dog-towed scooter. 1. Where did you get the idea? I made it up. Of course, there are lots of things that are taken from restaurants that I like…

Yesterday was International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The photo is Tony and me doing our best pirate faces. And, here is Syhare, Tony, and Rebecca pirating it up. I have stumbled onto a trend. Perhaps it’s reflective of some apart of human nature?…

The bus crash yesterday was, obviously, a terrible event. It is one of those things that happens and it seems that no matter what one says, it comes out sounding trite and rehearsed. I am grateful that CTV noon news bumped The Flying Banzini…

Next week some time we will be revising our menu boards. There are a couple of items that need to be tweaked as they are not quite right. A couple of pizzas, for instance, have mozzarella cheese but the board does not say that….