Commercial Equipment that is Essential for Every Restaurant

 

Each restaurant has its unique style, theme, and menu, each different from the next. Still, commercial equipment is essential for every restaurant, regardless of design. The impression of your restaurant depends on having the appropriate equipment list. Yet, when there are so many brands, suppliers, and models to pick from, it can be difficult to determine which purchases are essential and which are rather frivolous. Hence, here you have this extensive list of commercial equipment for every restaurant.

Cooking Stove and Oven

Unless you’re serving raw sushi to your customers with no other options, a stove or oven are must-haves for cooking equipment. It isn’t a surprise that when you think of culinary equipment used in restaurants, ovens are generally the first appliance you consider. 

However, commercial ovens feature higher power outputs and larger capacities than the ovens you have installed in your houses, allowing for continuous cooking. Yet, an available oven will not always suffice. Depending on your menu, a specific investment is required. For example, suppose you have a pizza restaurant. In that case, a pizza oven can often only cook pizza: a very efficient to consider, as it allows you to use your space effectively rather than purchasing bulky appliances that will collect dust.

Storage Freezers

Every industrial kitchen needs a refrigeration system to keep fresh ingredients and prepared foods fresh. Said it would be significantly more cost-effective to buy 300 steaks in bulk and freeze them than buying ten steaks every day. 

Additionally, food safety laws need that you keep numerous food items at a specific temperature. Better to be safe by sticking with health codes to maintain the image of your restaurant and the integrity of your ingredients. 

While walk-in fridges and freezers offer more storage space and can be specially built to fit a much larger kitchen, smaller restaurants can still have a small freezer room.

Cutlery and Serving Pieces

Restaurant equipment goes beyond ovens and storage capacities but calls for the little spoon or bowl, which is the correct amount. According to a certain restaurant concept, these can include pots, pans, spoons, tongs, knives, and so on.

Appropriate serving pieces are not just for convenience but also for aesthetic value. Any experienced chef knows that the appropriate equipment and plates are necessary to plate and serve every type of dish. Each meal requires its unique presentation to give a customer the maximum utility.

Cleaning Sinks

Whether washing hands and dishes or preparing food, sinks are often your most met equipment in your restaurant. You will need a specific minimum number of sinks in addition to a commercial dishwashing machine to meet health and safety regulations. 

Compartment sinks, for example, come in various sizes and can increase your kitchen sink’s adaptability. If the staff chooses sinks with many compartments, they can utilize each for a specific task, such as hand washing or rinsing produce. 

Disposal sinks have a garbage disposal system installed. Unconsumed ingredients and customer leftovers are no rare occurrence and can efficiently be taken care of by such a system.

A Ventilation System

A steaming kitchen with pounds of meat in the freezer does not right without proper ventilation equipment installed. A ventilation system controls the temperature and circulation in your business restaurant kitchen, ensuring that your team works in a comfortable, hygienic atmosphere, especially since the case of the pandemic

You are making sure that the food that goes out to the table is its best version. Consider the kitchen dimensions and available space for a ventilation system. You may choose the location of your fan depending on the available space or the safety requirements of the fire code. 

Yet, a loud kitchen can become even noisier with the addition of fans, which can be rather loud. Installers must also distinguish ventilation depending on the cuisine that needs to be prepared. If you routinely grill or cook over an open flame, you will require more ventilation than if you only make soup.

Conclusion

Once you know the equipment you need for your restaurant kitchen, it is time to begin your search. When you contemplate the cost of buying new restaurant kitchen equipment, this task may seem daunting. Make use of the expertise of your present cooking equipment supplier immediately if you do business with them. Otherwise, think about buying equipment from a restaurant retailer with a physical showroom or selling their products online.

Woman Gets Dumped On Valentine’s Day After Treating The Waitress Poorly

From a very young age, my grandmother told me to pay close attention to how my significant other treats waitstaff when we’re out at a restaurant. For some, it’s a way to see someone else’s “true colors” to see how they treat those who are there to “serve them.” For others, it’s not a huge deal. In my mind—if you treat a server poorly, you’re a complete piece of sh*t and I’m not going to go out with you again. Apparently, I’m not alone in feeling this way.

Reddit user lustfulspiritanimal shared a story on the subreddit “Tales From Your Server” about one couple’s Valentine’s Day date that went horribly, horribly wrong.

Last night I was taking care of a party of 16 and a few other tables of just couples. The party of 16 was needy, but they were aware of it and remained friendly…except “Angie”…

The first incident with “Angie” was not taking her order first. I went around the table, got to her, and she let out a “jfc, about time. People are thirsty.” I continued with drink orders, walking around the table to place coasters, started walking away and heard “excuse me miss, but where is my drink???” I tell her “I haven’t left the table yet. It will be here shorty.” Her boyfriend, “Luis,” apologizes for her and I carry on with my routine.

The second incident was when Angie ate Rebecca’s appetizer (which was dropped off by a food runner). Angie’s excuse (which she uses again later on…) “How am I supposed to know what I ordered?”

Luis: “Babe, you didnt even order an appetizer.”

Angie (looking right at me): “Well this dumb bitch shouldn’t have put it in front of me if it wasn’t mine.”

Once again, apologies from Luis on Angie’s behalf.

Things like this continue to happen throughout the night. But the group is fun and I ignore it. Everyone is in conversation when I bring the checks. Luis tells me to put them next to him and he will pass them out.

I’m having a conversation with a lovely couple on their first date when Angie walks over to the table and starts yelling. “You’re so fucking lazy that you can’t even hand our checks to us. You just throw them on the fucking table. How are we supposed to know what we ordered??? You need to get our ass back to our table and quit talking to your friends and do your fucking job!!!”

The guy from the table I was talking to just looked at her like “wtf? This crazy bitch.” I’m looking at him like “I know, right?”

I tell her that I’ll get a manager and she can speak with them. I tell my manager everything and she just gets this wonderfully evil smile on her face. She tells me not to return to the table and to give the interrupted couple the employee discount and a dessert.

As I’m doing this, I look over and see Angie and Luis talking to my manager. Angie is waving her arms around like a wacky inflatable man. My manager is still smiling like a creep. Luis is rolling his eyes. Everyone signs their checks and leaves. I pick them up and see that the tips on all of them have been scratched out. I walk outside and see Rebecca #2, ask her about it, and she gets visibly pissed, and has the entire part resign copies of their checks. Luis and his brother come up to me, apologize again, and hand me $40 cash.

Then the best thing ever happens.. Luis walks downstairs to Angie. I have no idea what he said. But the entire floor heard “YOU’RE GONNA DUMP ME FOR SOME STUPID WAITRESS??? FUCK HER! FUCK YOU! YOU’RE A DUMB BITCH TOO!”

It just goes to show you—being kind goes a long way. Being rude to servers is wrong to begin with, but, who knows—you could end up getting dumped on Valentine’s Day by your boyfriend for being an absolute nightmare of a human being.

h/t: Reddit.

Restaurant Offers To Pay For Your Wedding If You Propose There On Valentine’s Day

For many individuals in the world, they find someone they truly love and begin to plan a future with them. For some, this means the standard “engagement, marriage, kids, family, retirement,” mindset. While finding someone to spend your life with can be difficult as it is, having to pay for a ring and a wedding can be a lot of stress and pressure on an individual.

But, now, there’s a restaurant that is offering to pay for your entire wedding if you propose to your lover at their restaurant—on Valentine’s Day.

Primanti Bros. Restaurant and Bar is offering lucky and lovely couples all over the chance to not only have a delicious proposal—but, also, the ability to have a wedding that’s totally, 100% paid for. According to the details on their website, as long as you drop down on one knee at one of their restaurants in the U.S., they’ll pay for you and your wedding party to have a reception this summer:

This Valentine’s Day, Primanti Bros. Restaurant and Bar is giving you the chance to declare your love AND earn an all-expense-paid group wedding and reception to be held in summer 2019.

All you’ve got to do is get down on one knee, declare your love and ask your sweetheart to marry you on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 2019, at any one of Primanti Bros. locations in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio or West Virginia.

Additionally, the fine print reads:

The wedding ceremony and reception will be held in summer 2019 at Primanti Bros. original location in Pittsburgh’s Strip District Neighborhood, with the exact date to be determined based upon availability. The ceremony and reception will be held for all participants simultaneously and the total number of allowed guests may be limited. Specific details about the wedding ceremony and reception will be shared with participants after they’ve gotten engaged at Primanti Bros. on February 14, 2019. No purchase is necessary to be eligible.

You don’t even have to buy anything at the restaurant in order to get your free wedding, y’all—just go there and propose! What a treat! What a deal!

Check out more in information on how you can get a free wedding, all expenses paid, here. Happy love-day, y’all!

Guy’s Plan To Fake Food Allergy On Date Backfires Spectacularly

People naturally want to impress their dates, but this dude’s plan ended up ruining his whole evening.

A guy posted in the subreddit “Today I F**ked Up” a detailed, hilarious story of how he pretended to have an onion allergy while on a date in order to force the restaurant to give him the freshest possible guacamole.

He got the super fresh guac, but let’s just say things did not turn out as he planned.

He told the waitress that he had an “extremely severe allergy to onions” so that they would make a fresh batch just for him and his date. Pretty cool, right?

Actually, no, faking an allergy when it’s a serious condition that affects some people that’s not meant to be taken lightly just because you want fresher food isn’t very cool.

How bad do you feel for the restaurant at this point?

Okay, all’s well that ends well. Except it wasn’t over.

Here he is, a healthy 25-year-old adult, who just faked a serious, severe food allergy in order to get fresh guacamole. I know, I know, guac is serious business, but…come on.

At least his friend wasn’t afraid to set him straight. Not cool, dude.

Having had to pay (literally) for his misdeed, we can be sure he won’t be pulling this stunt again.

Sexist Restaurant Owner Tells Woman To ‘Keep Her Legs Open’ After Firing Her

Evelyn Marie Reid had been employed by Terry’s Turf Club in Cincinnati, OH since January. But according to Reid, she was unceremoniously fired during the middle of a double shift by the restaurant’s owner, Terry. And that wasn’t the worst of it.
Continue reading Sexist Restaurant Owner Tells Woman To ‘Keep Her Legs Open’ After Firing Her

Waiters Are Sharing The Most Awkward Dates They’ve Ever Witnessed

All service industry employees and veterans have tales the rest of the world simply would not believe. The types of characters that reside in the kitchen and on the service floor are beyond description and sometimes even comprehension.

Though there are those patrons who are sweet, generous, and enjoyable to talk to, there seem to be far more freakazoids out there, intent on ruining somebody’s day.

Then there are couples. Couples who are clearly on their first date. Couples who take sadistic pleasure in torturing their server. Couples who are fighting, or cheating, or divorcing. These are their stories. Dun DUN (Law & Order sound effect).

Redditor u/StittDownAndListen recently asked the Reddit community, “Waiters and Waitresses of Reddit, what is the most awkward couple date you have ever witnessed at work?” The responses are bewildering, upsetting, and also somewhat hilarious.

1.

First date, I would estimate college age. They’re eating and the girl says “I’m having a really nice time, but my friend just texted me and asked me if I wanted to hang out, and I said yes, so I actually have to go.”

youngandstarving

2.

Had a couple come in one night and everything seemed to be going fine. We just hired a new sever who was training and I asked her if she had any questions. She was still nervous about greeting tables so I told her she could shadow me and watch what I do.

We go over to the couples table and all I hear from the new server is “YOU F**KING BITCH I KNEW YOU WERE CHEATING ON ME”

Turns out the guy was her bf on a date with his side chick and he didn’t know she just got a job there.

She didn’t get fired for what she said.

CigarJPug

3.

Husband and wife fight. Wife cried. Husband got up and threw a pizza slice at her face.

Agentx6021

4.

I guess you could call this a couple date. I was working at a wine bar when a married couple sat down on a pretty slow night. I went over the specials and they ordered. Once appetizers came out the man thought it would be a good idea to serve his wife divorce papers.

I did my best to avoid that side of the bar. I did bring out tissues for the wife who was breaking down. I ended up boxing up the dinner. The guy paid but I do not envy that ride home.

ThereandBack22

5.

When I was bartending this guy came into the bar on a week night, average looking guy, late twenties. He sat down and asked for a drink and told me he was nervous because it was his first date in 3 years and they had met on tinder. He arrived 20 minutes before her expected arrival to get rid of some of his nerves….two hours passed and he waited for her with no text or call explaining she would be late.

This woman walks in, walks up to the guy and I’m thinking “wow! She really came! “ . She looks at him and says “Are you Joe?”, the guy replies yes and gets up to properly greet her looking incredibly excited….she says “no thanks…” and just leaves.

What a foul creature.

Joe(not his real name) and I proceeded to get way too drunk for a Tuesday. Poor average Joe.

Corticulture

6.

There’s a habit of some older couples where the elderly gentleman will order on behalf of his wife. I guess it might have been cute and romantic once, but it doesn’t work with some younger couples.

I was serving a younger couple (early 20s), who seemed pretty early into the relationship. They were ordering drinks and he orders her drink for her.

Far from being dazzled by him knowing what she wanted, she didn’t want any of it “Well I’d actually like a latte, not a coke. But fine whatever, if I don’t get a say…”

He responded quite angrily with “oh sorry, have what you want then!” She got her latte and he glared at me. They ate and left.

Not been in since, I’m sure they’re doing well.

Durnovarian

7.

Couple came into the restaurant dressed very goth. I wasn’t their server but I was running the cash register just a few feet away. They proclaimed to everyone that they were energy vampires, but not to fear them because they won’t hurt us.

They said they didn’t need our food for sustenance, but enjoyed the tasted. After ordering the meal they then politely asked the waitress if she would stick around for a second so they could feed off of her aura so they could have enough energy for the night.

The waitress said ok and gave me a side glance over her shoulder that I knew meant “I better get a good tip for this”… The couple clasped each other’s hands, closed their eyes, and made sucking sounds for a solid minute before leaning back in the seats and sighing as if they had just had a turkey dinner.

The waitress was indeed tipped well for her delicious energy.

hexiron

8.

Served a deaf couple having a fight. They went from both of them signing furiously to her crying and signaling to me for a stack of napkins for, I assumed, her tears. She whips out a pen and starts writing paragraph after paragraph angrily.

It was awkward because i kept having to come back to the table since they ordered multiple courses and he was just eating and signing while she was hunched over the table writing away while crying.

When they finally left they tipped me pretty well though so I guess it wasn’t too bad?

MidgeT-rex

9.

When I was a waitress at Olive Garden, one of my tables was going over their divorce paperwork. When I greeted the table I asked how everyone was and the woman said, “Terrible! We are getting a divorce.”

Like wtf do I say to that?

kiwikoopa

10.

There was a couple at my work having drinks, girl went to the toilet, came back and admitted that she’d been sleeping with the guys brother. Apparently glasses were thrown across the room and they both got kicked out.

Foxjessie

11.

Not exactly a date- but I served a couple one time who had met up to discuss the terms of their divorce at the fancy-ish restaurant I worked at at the time.

They came before the dinner rush so they were pretty much my only table, and every-time I’d check in on them the wife was extremely angry/tearful and they were bickering about holiday schedules for their daughter/timeshares etc.

It wasn’t the end of the world but it was extremely awkward to butt in to change our their forks or refill drinks while they were so emotionally charged.

spoooky_spice

12.

A girl brought two tinder dates and played them off each other game show style. They seemed to be unaware this was what would happen. Splitting the bill was hilarious.

prosperpines

Exit mobile version