Let’s face it, running a successful café is hard work. As one café opens it seems that two are closing, so for yours to survive you’ve got to have a plan. You’ve got to be great at the very things that make your business both profitable and valuable. With this in mind, here are 5 […]
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How many times has a customer in your café asked you if they could use one of your plug sockets to charge their phone. Well okay, so at least they’ve had the decency to ask, but it does create a bit of a dilemma. You can either say yes and then worry about the fact […]
I was killing time the other day as you do, surfing the internet, and just happened to come across a blog post describing different ways of using coffee. So as we often talk about coffee in the context of coffee shops, great furniture, ambience and all that sort of thing, we thought readers might be […]
Seems like an obvious question I know but it’s an important one especially when you’re looking to refurbish your existing café or starting from scratch. Cafe furniture is furniture that’s used specifically in bistros, restaurants, bars, and of course café’s It can also be used in the home. Domestic furniture on the other hand (or […]
Once the intended purpose of an Ottoman was simply for people to rest their feet upon it when sitting in an armchair or on the sofa, but today’s Ottomans are being used in a variety of fun ways. So let’s take a look at just how you might incorporate one or two of these simple […]
There’s no getting away from the fact that we live in a café culture world. So much so in fact that one major café chain have branded their café’s as ‘That third place‘ meaning a kind of area in between home life and work life where the two can comfortably mix. With this in mind, […]
If you’re considering purchasing new chairs for your establishment then you might want to take a look at the Tolix Chair. It’s a great classic which is popular the world over and a very popular choice for cafés A French steel worker named Xavier Pauchard discovered in 1907 that by dipping sheet metal in molten […]
For any café, having the perfect balance between style, design and ambience is key to having a busy establishment. Get it right and it’s likely to mean increased profits. Get it wrong and you could be just one of many cafés, restaurants, or bistros who fall by the way-side each and every year. Because of […]
As ladder-back chairs seem to be having somewhat of a renaissance of late, we thought that we’d take a slightly tongue-in-cheek look at 5 fun facts about this humble chair you might not know, or indeed probably ever use again. It’s as old as the hills! Well, not quite, but it does hold the world […]
If you’ve got a passion for designer ‘stuff’ and want to create the same look and feel for your café, restaurant or bistro, then it’s fair to say that you’d probably have to be selling a boat load of skinny lattes on a daily basis just to pay for it. That said, if you’re prepared […]