re: LSU Alum/TD Poster Opening a Nola/Cajun Restaurant in Liverpool in June update 6 pg 16

He's getting good reviews so that seems nice

His prices are too low imo. I would expect everything to be at least a Euro or two more

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Disappointed at how few are ordering red beans, as it has the best margins.

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I just went through his menu. Those prices do seem good. I can't think in pounds though. I usually double for dollars. The reviews sounded good and best of all it sounds like service is on point out the gate. Whuch is the key for repeat business.

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I would expect everything to be at least a Euro or two more

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Fun Fact: Since Brexit, UK uses Pounds £.
A pound is roughly 1.3 dollars, so £10=$13.
Our food costs are below 20% for nearly everything.

Update IV:

Been open six weeks now.
Place has been really hit or miss...tough to get a feel for how busy we are going to be.
HOWEVER, every single person who comes in loves the flavor and the food.

Seafood is not selling well. At all. Like shrimp and oyster poboys simply aren't moving (not a big deal, as that stuff is frozen anyway, so not "wasted").

What is selling is our roast beef debris poboy, our fried chicken poboy (we toss in our "jazz sauce", which is hot wing sauce cut with butter mixed with garlic and parm-thanks Wing Zone-RIP).

Neal Skupski stopped in (LSU alum, 3x Wimbeldon champ).
Reviews are doing well. We are now #232 on TripAdvisor, putting us in the top 12% of Liverpool restaurants, of which there are 1,867).

We are redesigning our menu this week, as it is not put together well.

We do fried chicken on Sundays, and we ran a fried stuffed avocado this week topped with blackened crawfish-YUGE success. Also going on the menu.

Slap Ya Mama seasonings and sauces are FINALLLLLLYYYYY arriving at the end of this month-45 days late, but that will be a revenue generator for us. We are selling small LA hot sauce bottles for £10, which they cost us £4. SYM will cost us £2.

We are working on advertising to cruise ship terminals, as they usually have a decent amount of Americans. Repeat guests are rolling in.

We are on the printed map of a Liverpool tour at the end of this month, and they have between 200-800 people per day, which will state that if you spend £30, you get a free dessert.

Going to begin a jazz brunch in August sometime to see how it goes.

Football (soccer) season begins August 15, so we have no idea what to expect for that, although we have been told to prepare ourselves, summer is the slow time. And, looking at it, it still isn't "gumbo weather" over there just yet.

We had a New Orleans Saints fanclub come in the other day, and we are trying to see about streaming games.

Lastly, we ran across some old dudes who play Cajun/Zydeco. They are called the Liverpool Cottonmouths. One of the guys went to Lafayette in the 70's, fell in love with the ppl, and stayed for 3 years. He learned Cajun French, and is still playing that kind of music around Liverpool.
Facebook link to them

Lastly #2, met a Literature Professor over there who teaches at the University of Liverpool. Loves the history of LA, NOLA, etc. Wrote two books whose main characters are from Baton Rouge and NOLA set in the 1800's.....but he's NEVER BEEN to either city, which blew me away. I asked him if he'd read "Confederacy of Dunces", which he was excited to talk to me about. One of his favorite books.

Thanks for the continued support!

Cool as hell. Congrats and keep it up- once football season begins, I’m sure your traffic will increase.

Congrats and best of luck to you.

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I just saw the 7 pounds for 6 wings and thought that seemed cheap...

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Our wings, jointed, from our butcher, cost us £.11 each!!
We were/are blown away at how cheap food is over there compared to here.

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Place has been really hit or miss...tough to get a feel for how busy we are going to be.

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In my uneducated opinion, I would take this as good news. Personally, I don't really make all the Cajun specialities until the weather gets cold. After exercising, doing yard work, or even running errands in 90 degree heat, gumbo doesn't really call to me.

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In my uneducated opinion, I would take this as good news.

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I wouldn’t… at all. If you aren’t popular as a new novelty, how are you going to be in a year, or 3 years, or 10 years.

Hopefully the soccer season over there and increased foot traffic is good for them.

OP - if you are comfortable sharing, how are your revenues doing in regards to paying your servers? I remember you saying there is some sort of profit sharing type deal where the staff should be making more than the common wage for that work. How’s that working out with the business being hit or miss so far?

Does seafood not do well there? I know fresh shrimp and oysters are all over Ireland but unsure about the uk. Still bring frozen you won't have serious food waste there. Though frozen oysters are usually chewy. Depends on the packer.
I like the trinity meal and that's a good option to do those three on a plate. I did see some liked the beans but the jambalaya and wings seem to be the big hits. Those reviews are great though. Wish you much luck.