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mike odell
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Registered: 12-17-2002
Location: La Ribera BCS
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First thing, Welcome back Jesse! I enjoyed your post, and agree with you
100%. I have a small restaurant/bar here in La Ribera at my R.V. park, we
have managed to stay open for the last few years in spite of only being open
on weekends. My client base is Expats and local homeowners from the East Cape.
I am not a Chef as is Jesse, so I rely on my Ladies in the kitchen, I provide
the best and freshest products I can. This means weekly trips to San Jose and
Cabo usually a full and long day to buy, load coolers,ice down,transport, unload,
and stock the refers and shelves prior to opening. As we are mostly a steak
and seafood operation,I have source out, Local providers as a general rule,
don't have the products that I put on our menu, I do buy some produce and
seafood from local providers when it's good, trying to keep money spent locally,
if you will. I get a lot of clients that take the remainder of their dinner to take
home,as we tend to over plate! I tell everyone that I would never want anyone
to leave my place feeling underfed. We have many, many folks say that our
salad and soup bar is by far the best on the East Cape, yes I am proud of that.
We also include dessert with the meal included in the price. Are we expensive?
By La Ribera prices, at our few other eateries, yes,but here a night out for
dinner, and drinks, and sometimes dancing to live music is a full evening.
Do I make money? Yep, a bit on the food,drink a lot, and I do a hella lot
better! This is a tough gig, as anyone in it will tell ya,food in a restaurant is
a small paying hobby, money gets made behind the bar.
Jesse is spot on about costs here in Baja, I can attest to that fact.
If I did not enjoy this I could prolly do better plucking chickens!
Just my dos pesos,
Mike
latrinidadrvranchrestaurant.com
Everybody knows Murphy\'s Law.
Martinez Law; Murphy was a damn optimist!
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vandenberg
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Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mike odell
First thing, Welcome back Jesse! I enjoyed your post, and agree with you
100%. I have a small restaurant/bar here in La Ribera at my R.V. park, we
have managed to stay open for the last few years in spite of only being open
on weekends. My client base is Expats and local homeowners from the East Cape.
I am not a Chef as is Jesse, so I rely on my Ladies in the kitchen, I provide
the best and freshest products I can. This means weekly trips to San Jose and
Cabo usually a full and long day to buy, load coolers,ice down,transport, unload,
and stock the refers and shelves prior to opening. As we are mostly a steak
and seafood operation,I have source out, Local providers as a general rule,
don't have the products that I put on our menu, I do buy some produce and
seafood from local providers when it's good, trying to keep money spent locally,
if you will. I get a lot of clients that take the remainder of their dinner to take
home,as we tend to over plate! I tell everyone that I would never want anyone
to leave my place feeling underfed. We have many, many folks say that our
salad and soup bar is by far the best on the East Cape, yes I am proud of that.
We also include dessert with the meal included in the price. Are we expensive?
By La Ribera prices, at our few other eateries, yes,but here a night out for
dinner, and drinks, and sometimes dancing to live music is a full evening.
Do I make money? Yep, a bit on the food,drink a lot, and I do a hella lot
better! This is a tough gig, as anyone in it will tell ya,food in a restaurant is
a small paying hobby, money gets made behind the bar.
Jesse is spot on about costs here in Baja, I can attest to that fact.
If I did not enjoy this I could prolly do better plucking chickens!
Just my dos pesos,
Mike |
MIKE,
As a retired bar/disco/restaurant man, you got it right on the button.
The money is in the booze, all other stuff is for your own satisfaction, and maybe a little to satisfy your ego ??
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Skipjack Joe
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Registered: 7-12-2004
Location: Bahia Asuncion
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I enjoy and value critiques on restaurants that are honest and objective. I don't like it when they are done out of a sense of loyalty.
There is also a personal side to these evaluations. For example, I, for one, never understood what was so special about Rice and Beans in Mulege.
We've eaten there several times now and none of it was memorable. Yet it's much admired by nomads so I just keep my opinions to myself.
Last winter the best thing we had came from someone who showed up with a cart in the 7 sisters area the day before Christmas and made fish tacos. This
despite eating at numerous restaurant up and down the highway and Asuncion. And so it goes ...
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woody with a view
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Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Last winter the best thing we had came from someone who showed up with a cart in the 7 sisters area the day before Christmas and made fish tacos.
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 mmmmm.....
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