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Extra Fun In Your Yard With An Outdoor Fireplace

More and more families are reacquainting themselves with the fun staying and home and entertaining has to offer. Whether this is by personal choice or it's deemed best for finances, the reality of the matter is staying at home and having a little backyard fun can make for some great memories. One of the things that can be added to the landscape to really kick up the entertainment appeal of a home are outdoor fireplaces.

Professionally designed and even homemade outdoor fireplaces can offer a lot of perks for a regular backyard landscape. They can be made to serve a number of different purposes, too. Here are some of the top reasons families consider these fireplace creations:

* Beauty. Outdoor fireplaces can be nothing more than beautiful things to look at. Those who enjoy sitting in their backyards over the indoors often add these to the landscape to create a conversation peace for friends, family, and guests.

* Affordability. It is often simply a lot cheaper to add a backyard fireplace to a home than one that's included on the inside. Since they won't require structural changes to the house, these are great choices for those on a budget that still want to enjoy the beauty of a fireplace.

* Heat. Many geographical locations are just a little too nippy to enjoy the outdoors for too long. Outdoor fireplaces can extend the ability for a family to enjoy dinner on the back porch for a few more weeks going into the winter and even longer. For this alone, many families find backyard fireplaces great choices to add. They are also wonderful options for use at "bonfires" as they tend to be a bit safer.

* Cooking. Outdoor fireplaces that are built correctly can double as cooking devices, too. This means real wood can be used to cook everything from marshmallows to hot dogs, steaks and more. Depending on the size and design, an outdoor fireplace might even work as a brick oven for making outstanding, outdoors pizzas and more, too.

* Entertaining. There's just something comforting about lining up chairs and a table in front of an outdoor fireplace for outdoor entertaining. This is another big reason why many families add these to their backyard landscapes. When included in full backyard kitchen designs, these can be amazing to have around.

Outdoor fireplaces come in two basic types - those that people make themselves and professional installations. Both are more than acceptable to use, but it's important to make sure these fireplaces have proper screens and grates, are designed to contain the fire correctly and offer proper ventilation. It's also a good idea to ensure they are located in a place where any flying embers won't cause a fire hazard and do keep small children away from them when they're in use.

Providing a way to make a backyard truly spectacular, outdoor fireplaces have a lot of practical purposes. Beyond their looks, these devices can be great for cooking, heating and more. Generally more affordable than their indoor counterparts, these designs can be as elaborate or as simplistic as a homeowner might desire.

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Restaurant Equipment to Improve the Bottom Line

Starting a new restaurant requires a lot of planning. You need to work out a number of things such as space and restaurant equipment before you can start working on opening a restaurant. You have to think about the target market, location, type of ownership and the most important your budget.

You will need a wide range of commercial restaurant equipment installed before you can start operations. The commercial restaurant equipment would depend largely on what kind of food you are planning to serve in your restaurant. The best of chefs cant work with bad commercial restaurant equipment or wrong equipment.

Commercial restaurant equipment is expected to deal with large quantities of food; also it needs to be dependable and cost effective.

Plan every commercial restaurant equipment that you may need, work out your budgets and choose carefully, before you take the plunge.

Bakery Equipment
This is important commercial restaurant equipment that you will need. Always choose a product that will complement your restaurant. Also ensure a 24 hour after sales service so that you are never stranded with faulty equipment.

Coffee Machines
Research the various types of coffee machines available in the market. Choose the one you want for your restaurant. Be it a bean to cup automatic coffee maker or the traditional manual espresso machine. The choice of this restaurant equipment is entirely up to your budget. Do keep in mind that the equipment you choose is easily serviceable causing no hiccups in your work.

Commercial Dishwasher
This piece of commercial restaurant equipment eliminates the drudgery of manual cleaning of vessels. Decide depending upon budget, space and also the load capacity of the machine

Commercial Freezers
This is an essential piece of restaurant equipment without which you cannot hope to run a restaurant. There are two types of freezers available one the chest freezer and another upright freezer. The chest freezer is more efficient and cost effective, but occupies precious floor space.

Commercial Fryers
Deep fryers are an essential piece of restaurant equipment to cook food like chicken, potatoes, fish etc. Also useful for quick cooking of frozen foods. It is an useful restaurant equipment as it can cook large quantities of food continuously.

Commercial Ice Makers
One cannot imagine a restaurant without an ice making machine. Choose your ice maker depending upon the space you have, the quantity of ice required to run operations smoothly, the type of ice you need cube, flakes, nuggets or contour ice and ofcourse your budget.

Commercial Juicers and Mixers
There are three main types of juicers available in the market. They are citrus juicers for citrus fruits like oranges, wheatgrass juicers for leafy vegetables, soft fruits and wheat grass too and multi purpose juicers.

The two main types of mixers available are the hand mixer and the stand alone mixers. They are both useful and cover a wide range of activities.

Commercial Ovens
A restaurant needs this equipment to run its basic functioning. Many types of commercial ovens are available to choose from. You can choose from the conventional oven, convection oven, conveyor oven, brick oven, pizza ovens and even micro wave ovens.

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The South Park Restaurant in Review

For my restaurant review, I chose a restaurant called South Park located on 9th and Salmon. I know a Sous chef by the name of Dan Johnson. He has been in the restaurant industry for over 15 years. He started out as a dishwasher for some small restaurant in the early 90's and worked his way up to becoming a chef. Since then he has bounced from restaurant to restaurant. Some famous restaurants he worked at are Portland Steak and Chop House, the Brasserie, and Harbor Side.

During the interview I asked him the 19 questions and since he is back of the house, some of them he was clueless about. One piece of information that he explained to me is that with the WCI graduates, they flood the restaurant market in Portland. There is a lot of competition but he is always successful at finding a job with his experience. At some jobs he has applied for, there are "chef tests" where he has to make a certain item in order to get a job. He claims that he doesn't get nervous while taking these tests with the executive chef over his shoulder. But who knows.

This restaurant he works at should be white table cloth. But due to their concept it isn't. Instead, it's wood tables. At every table is a bottle of wine for decoration. The server will remove the bottle after he or she greets the customer. The bar is awesome. It's round and has a metal top. A curtain or drapery separates the restaurant from the bar. I notice some bottles of wine sitting around, but most of them must be in the back.

The food they serve is almost all seafood. Many different kinds of fish and shrimp are served. The fish includes salmon, halibut, snapper, and tuna. Every restaurant has an exception when it comes to their food concept. So they also serve pastas, New York steaks and sandwiches. There are also many desserts and salads to chose from. The price range per plate is $15-$30.

South Park has been around since May of 1998. There was already an existing restaurant in its place. They have and open kitchen which is unique. They also have a brick oven which is displayed to the customers. There is always a flame burning in the oven, but I have never seen anything baked in there.

One interesting question I asked him is "Who is your clientele?" He replied that "We get everybody"

I had to ask him to be more specific because "everybody" could mean transients off the streets. Then he said that there are many business people dining during the week. They hold special events or known as banquets. He also said for race that there are many Asian customers who come in with there families. I also had asked him if there any "regulars." He said there are people who are there weekly, and then there are customers there nightly who drink at the bar for social activity.

I asked him about marketing and if South Park does any advertising. He was unsure but he did know that customers comment about the fish coming out of the corner of t he outside of the restaurant. He thought that might attract some customers interested in eating seafood. I asked him what were his three greatest problems and challenges. He said that it is easy to lose your temper in the back of the house. But since they are an open kitchen, he can't use profanity or yell really loud. He has to keep a professional profile at all times while on the line. He also complained that he never gets a weekend off because he has a set schedule of Thursday through Monday.

Conclusion:

I would say that South Park probably does not want to expand. It is a wonderful establishment that will be there for years to come. I am not sure why the previous restaurant went out of business or if it was bought out then changed by the owner of South Park. I enjoyed conducting the interview and learned new information about the place. For example, I thought the restaurant had been there for about 30 years. But it is newer than I had originally thought. I know in Portland there is plenty of competition among the seafood restaurants.

Without being nosy, I wanted to know the rate of pay for somebody like Dan who had been in the industry for more than 15 years. He only makes $11.15 an hour and won't be getting another raise for about 6 months. He doesn't receive any tips because he is in the back of the house. Talk about a dead-end job.

 

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