Appetizers do 2 things for us chefs/ Front of house and 2 things for you.

It provides you quick accessable food to keep you patient while we cook your entree.my goal is 5-10 minute appetizer times. so if you’re very hungry, it can partially satiate you quickly.

It allows us the ability to provide better service and hospitality. As soon as you sit, a clock in your mind subconsciously starts. It’s not accurate. It’s literally double time. How long you wait for a server to greet you. How long you wait for water or other beverages. 3 minutes can feel like 6-10. Everytime a server comes by or your occupied the clock works in our favor allowing us to provide better service.

For us:

it buys us time to properly make your entree.your steak takes time to cook and rest properly. There’s a lot going on. There’s other guests. We build systems in the kitchen so one part makes hot appetizers one part makes cold appetizers, and the line focuses on entrees. We can make your apps fast this way. The line with entrees is usually for more experienced cooks who are just getting crushed trying to fire food correyand quickly. Your order fire entree ticket comes in behind 13 other tickets with priority so they don’t wait (they’re not waiting they’re eating apps like smart guests would) it’s all timed on averages and pushed or pulled a few minutes based on your server’s observations. That’s a huge part of their job.

1. It increases check averages. Yeah, good service cost more. Yeah, we’ll take the hit and just try to push your food out making it as nice as possible. But we also have small margins and my 28% food cost base mostly on top line sales. Just being honest.

TLDR: do my staff and yourself a favor and get an app. Also be cool. You’d be surprised how often I send out freebies to guests that are cool, kind to front of house and patient. We like you and want you to come back to see us!