The Flying Banzini

The Flying Banzini is built for speed. My vision has always been great food, served fast. To do this, we spend our time in preparation. The ingredients are made in house. This takes a lot of time. But, once the sandwich line and pizza line are loaded and ready to go, the final preparation is […]

I have set aside time this coming month to learn about franchising, concoct a rough plan, and – most importantly – decide if this is something that I want to pursue. I never planned to franchise. It has never been part of my future plans. Recently, though, I have at least considered it. There are […]

I do not know how anyone can navigate through the morass of paper work and forms that are required of small business without making errors or missing things along the way. And… I have now missed something along the way. It looks like this error will cost me about $500 and will delay extending the […]

Seeing more and more shorts. Yay! Eventually this long, cold spell will leave and the ball of fire will again burn in the sky to make us all warm. I try to make The Flying Banzini all about customer service. If there is something that you want, ask, and we will do everything we can […]

New placemats have arrived. One side still features my life’s credo: “Learn, laugh, smile, love, cry, and dream. Care deeply. Don’t hate. Mostly, though, laugh. Share the passion of life’s grand adventure.” The other side features more vignettes in the remarkable history of Famiglia Banzini. This time researched by some of my customers. Thanks to […]

It’s easy to get focused on all the hard parts of being a restaurant owner. It’s a lot of work. And, a fair amount of stress. I still have to count pennies to reassure myself that there is enough money in the bank every week to meet our obligations (there always is, by the way, […]

Like a child, I went into this whole adventure blithely unaware of all the things that come with owning a business. Now that I am in it, I see a lot of things that I did not see before — in every business that I am in. First, there is a constant grind of expenses. […]

In my 20 year radio career, in preparing my show I often asked myself, what are we going to do on tomorrow’s show that will compel our listeners to tell their friends about the show? What are we going to do on tomorrow’s show that will cause people to get to work and say, “Did […]