Restaurant concept

So, you decided to open a restaurant. ⠀

Opening a restaurant is a very troublesome and responsible business. The main starting point in opening a restaurant, if you have already decided on the amount of investment, can be either the concept of the future restaurant, or the room for which the concept is subsequently developed. Either restaurant professionals who develop a restaurant chain or restaurateurs with certain preferences usually start with a concept. If you are a beginner in the restaurant business, and you have no preferences, then you can start with the premises and a very general idea. ⠀
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🏟 Room selection ⠀
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Real estate companies can help with the issue of finding a room, however, only a professional restaurateur can assess the prospects of a found room for organizing a restaurant in it. The specialist will also tell you how you can change the concept so that it is suitable for this particular place, how you can change the layout, etc. ⠀
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⚠ Often, realtors offer former restaurants that have closed for one reason or another. There is a certain risk here. For example, if there was a restaurant with a low quality of service at this place, you will have to make a lot of efforts to change the prejudice of potential visitors to the new restaurant. But this applies only to beginners and little-known catering enterprises. Such promoted brands, such as McDonald's, Rostik's, Sbarro, always have winning positions. As a rule, when choosing the location of the food court, preference is given to the central areas of large cities or places of large crowds (railway or airport terminals). But now there has been a tendency to organize food courts in shopping centers and complexes. The rental of premises in them varies from 700-800 to 2000 dollars per square meter per year - depending on the location of the building and the size of the catering enterprise itself. ⠀
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📊 Location analysis includes: ⠀
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▪ Patency analysis; ⠀
▪ Exploring the immediate environment (offices, shops, recreation areas, cultural and entertainment facilities, other restaurants); ⠀
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Continued in next post ... ⠀

Cadastral valuation of real estate

Cadastral valuation of real estate will now be more economically feasible, and any correction of errors will be done in favor of the owner ⠀
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Real estate owners often have questions and complaints about the cadastral valuation of real estate. Sometimes it’s just not clear where such figures come from, and why the cadastral value of a house is higher than the market value. ⠀
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🗣 How to dispute this? Or since they have already accrued, did the train leave? ⠀
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The train didn’t leave: the government approved the draft law “On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Improving the State Cadastral Assessment.” »
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🕵 The task of the document is to make the cadastral value understandable, transparent and economically sound. Situations where the cadastral value of one house is twice as high as that of another, exactly the same, standing next door in about the same plot, should be a thing of the past. ⠀
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The bill spells out what to do when identifying errors in the cadastral valuation made in previous years. ⠀
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⭐ If mistakes were made in estimating the cadastral value, they will be corrected in favor of the property owner. ⠀
If, after the correction of the error, the cadastral value of the housing becomes lower, then it will be recalculated from the date the erroneous value was applied; ⠀
If, after the error is corrected, the cadastral value becomes larger, then the bill prohibits applying it retrospectively, only from the new tax period. ⠀
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Dmitry Medvedev ⠀
Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation ⠀
🗣 Changing the cost results before their approval will be possible only after public review. This procedure will become more transparent. ⠀
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Another point that homeowners need to pay attention to: since 2022, a single cadastral valuation date is introduced - once every four years. In cities of federal significance - once every two years (the decision on the date of the assessment will be made by the municipal authorities). The authors of the bill believe that it will be convenient for citizens who own real estate in different regions. ⠀
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Heads of state organizations involved in cadastral valuation will now be personally responsible for its quality.

Designing a restaurant. Part 2

Restaurant idea and concept ⠀
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We very often hear such concepts as the idea of a restaurant, the concept of a restaurant, the theme of a restaurant. As practice shows, very few people imagine what this really means. Or, in any case, there are many interpretations. What is the main idea of a restaurant is more or less clear, however, the restaurant concept is the key in the series of the above concepts. And it is with this that most misunderstandings arise. ⠀
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🔮 Very often, the concept is understood as the idea of a restaurant. For example, a client comes and says that he wants to make a Latin American restaurant. This is an idea. Or, for example, what is called an “ordinary European restaurant”. This is also an idea. But not a concept. From the idea to building a competent concept is still far away. The concept reveals the restaurant idea, describes all the components of the restaurant’s activities, in fact it is the most detailed technical task for the development of technological chains, design solutions, brand, positioning strategies, menus, marketing and advertising programs to attract and retain customers and other components of the activity. ⠀
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📝 The concept of the restaurant must be formulated in writing. This is a fairly voluminous, multi-page document based on marketing research data. Marketing research as an independent objective source confirms or refutes the relevance of the existing idea of a restaurant in a particular place at a specific time, in a particular price segment. Determine the contingent (segments) of visitors who can be attracted to a restaurant as part of an existing idea; check the correspondence of the ideas of the authors of the idea and potential visitors. Thus, a detailed development of the restaurant concept should be preceded by marketing research. ⠀
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🤔 Many future restaurant owners do not want to pay for marketing research, but then you need to be prepared to rely on your taste. And at your own peril and risk. ⠀
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💼 Or trust the restaurant building professionals. ⠀

Electricity will rise in price

FAS has prepared a draft order that will determine the levels of electricity tariffs for the next year / ⠀
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📑 FAS has prepared a document that will determine the levels of electricity tariffs for 2020. In the first half of the year, in most regions of Russia, electricity will not rise in price or the rise in price will be very insignificant. In the second, as reported by "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" with reference to the calculations of associate professor REU named after Plekhanov Kirill Parfenov, electricity will rise in price by 5% .⠀
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📋 FAS sets the minimum and maximum tariff levels, and the authorities in each region make specific decisions about how much kW / h will cost. The law provides that if in the region the permissible maximum cost of electricity is exceeded, then they will pay for electricity there at a minimum rate. Also, at a minimum level, electricity will be paid if the regional government does not set a tariff at all. ⠀
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📆 So, in the second half of 2019 in Moscow, the one-rate tariff for houses without electric stoves was ⠀
5.56 rub per kWh In 2020, he will be ⠀
5.46 - 5.47 rubles per kWh (in the first half of the year) and ⠀
5.73-5.74 (for the second). ⠀
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☝ But do not forget that several factors influence the cost of electricity: ⠀
- tariff ⠀
- electric or gas stove installed in the room ⠀
- daily tariff zones (“peak” and “night” tariffs rise in price at different speeds) ⠀
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⚡ Since 2023, the annual revision of electricity tariffs will be a thing of the past, they will be set immediately for five years. This amendment is caused by persistent complaints of Russian citizens about the incessant and incomprehensible than the caused rise in price of utilities.

Cuisine is the heart of the restaurant

Cuisine is the “heart” of any restaurant. The interior, menu, atmosphere of the restaurant only in that case can make a favorable impression on the visitor if the cooking is well established. The atmosphere and menu of the restaurant only in combination with a well-organized and functional cuisine can become the basis of its success.

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There are at least three main areas that dominate the restaurant business today:

• related to the Ritz-Escoffier style. It is based on traditions that have been preserved for centuries and is widespread in the hotel industry;

• high-tech (advanced technologies). Supported by those who know the US food service model;

• Mediterranean, occupying a middle position between the first two directions.

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As for the benefits, high-tech equipment constantly provides a standard of quality for cooking, and inexperienced employees can serve it. The time before the arrival of visitors can also be optimally used, as modern machines and furnaces can recover vacuum and frozen products, as well as pre-cooked dishes. In kitchens with high-tech equipment, the chef is not an artist, he is a gastronomic technologist.

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The suppliers are to blame for the low technical culture of the kitchen staff and their disrespect for the equipment used. It is necessary to organize seminars and trainings at which the restaurant chefs could learn all the possibilities of modern kitchen appliances, find out what and how to cook on it. The technology of food production is constantly being improved. There is a new, more economical, modern equipment that allows you to cook food faster, while maintaining a maximum of useful properties, allows you to store it longer in marketable form, creating the ability to cook "in advance". New modern equipment as a whole optimizes the work of customer service, allows you to serve faster, better. Therefore, this is one of your competitive advantages.

#proff_project # kitchen # kitchen equipment # restaurant

The second vapor barrier error

The second mistake is that the vapor barrier was laid on both sides of the insulation and the wooden floor ⠀
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How to vaporize a wooden floor in a wooden and frame house? Immediately, we are talking about the overlap between two residential and constantly heated floors. ⠀
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🗣 On some sites they write that the first layer is laid between the finishing ceiling of the first floor and the draft floor of the second. On others, that on the rough floor and on it immediately insulation. It turns out the vapor barrier will be on both sides? ⠀
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You can’t do this! ⠀
💭 To answer these questions, we reason logically. ⠀
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In frame walls and ceilings, vapor barrier is installed where there is a temperature difference. Those. the room where plus is insulated from the street where it is cold. ⠀
🖇 In the interfloor overlap, between two heated floors, there is no sharp temperature difference. Therefore, water vapor entering the insulation does not condense. ⠀
Hence: mineral wool insulation laid in a wooden floor between the first and second heated floors is rather needed not for thermal insulation of the structure, but for soundproofing the floor. ⠀
That is, in fact, you can do without films, but the living room must be protected from possible particles of insulation in the air. ⠀
But, do not forget that in the house, beside the residents, there are constant sources of moisture and water vapor - a kitchen, a bathroom and a toilet. ⠀
💦 Water vapor, due to the pressure difference, will tend to get from a warm room to a cold zone - through walls to the street, or from bottom to top, to a cold attic through ceilings. Or in the under-roof space, when it comes to the insulated attic. ⠀
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🔸Clean and draft ground floor ceiling finish ⠀
🔸Vapor barrier ⠀
🔸 Heater ⠀
🔸 Vapor-permeable diffusion membrane ⠀
🔸 Black and fine finishing of the floor of the second floor ⠀
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In addition to the classic work in the “pie” of overlapping, the films will not let the insulation dust. ⠀
With this arrangement, water vapor will freely come out of the ceiling and the structure will “breathe.” ⠀
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⚠ Important! Do not lay vapor barrier on both sides of the insulated wooden flooring. ⠀

The rules for perfect water treatment

How to choose a filter for washing, depending on the quality of the water

We all have long known that drinking water from a tap or from a well is a risky undertaking. And do not even drink, just using such water for technical needs can be dangerous - it can disable a gas boiler, plumbing, shower.

In suburban life, high-quality water treatment is crucial, but there are no universal solutions: the filter must be selected depending on the composition and quality of the water

 Why water analysis is needed

Residents of the countryside, as a rule, take water for life from a well or well. And if the water from different surface sources is more or less similar, then the water from two different wells is likely to be radically different. Moreover: in the water from the well may contain substances that in principle are absent in surface sources. Therefore, the approach to cleaning it should be more serious, but first you need to find out what kind of water you have to deal with.

⚠ The first thing you need to pay attention to is the total salinity. It can be either very low or sky-high. The norm for drinking water is 250-400 mg / l, MPC - 1000 mg / l. In the well, this value can be exceeded at times. Three other parameters that need attention: hardness, iron and manganese content. When designing water treatment from a well, it is also necessary to measure the nitrate content; exceeding the MPC for nitrates is a common problem. There may also be problems with excess fluoride. In our work, we even encountered wells with arsenic, radon, nickel, and other non-specific contaminants.

⚠ It is impossible to evaluate the composition of water visually and using the method “draw water into a two-liter plastic bottle, shake and smell” - an analysis must be done before installing the filter.

In the next post the most interesting!

Сплит-система

Split system

The operation of the split system of any air conditioner is based on the fact that a liquid has the property of absorbing heat during evaporation, and emitting it during condensation. The air conditioner consists of several components, the main of which are the compressor, condenser, evaporator, thermostatic valve, fans. Each of these elements performs certain functions, which make up the work of the whole system as a whole. The circulation of refrigerant (freon) in the system allows you to cool and heat the air in the room. ⠀
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🌪 The air conditioner consists of an indoor unit located in the room and an outdoor unit that is displayed on the street. The function of the compressor is to compress Freon and maintain its movement along the refrigeration circuit. A condenser is a radiator that is located in an external unit: in it there is a conversion of freon from a gaseous state to a liquid one. In the evaporator, freon, on the contrary, passes from the liquid phase to the gaseous one. ⠀
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🌡 A thermostatic expansion valve exists to lower the pressure of the freon in front of the evaporator. The air flow generated by the fans blows the evaporator and condenser, and also makes the heat exchange with the surrounding air more intense. ⠀
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⚗ The principle of operation of the split system of the air conditioner is as follows. To cool the air in the room, freon enters from the heat exchanger of the outdoor unit through a copper tube into the heat exchanger of the indoor unit. There he is blown by a fan, and cold air comes out of the indoor unit. To heat the air in the room, the external condenser is converted into an evaporator using a heat pump, and the evaporator becomes a condenser. ⠀
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🛡 The external unit of the air conditioner, in which the noisiest processes take place, is mounted on the street. Indoor units come in several forms, depending on how they are installed: wall, floor, floor-to-ceiling, ceiling, window, cassette, duct. ⠀

Ошибка при гидроизоляции

Waterproofing Error

The main mistakes in the installation of vapor and waterproofing films and membranes ⠀
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First mistake - wooden beams wrapped with vapor barrier ⠀
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If you study the topic of vapor barrier films and diffusion membranes, a paradoxical situation arises. The more a developer reads, the more he gets confused. Cause? A huge amount of conflicting information from different manufacturers and builders. The situation is aggravated because There are dozens of materials with different technical specifications on the market. ⠀
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🗣 People write that if you close the beams on top with a vapor barrier, then, in the place of contact with the film, the tree will not “breathe”. This will lead to moisture accumulation. Is it so? Or is it better to lay drywall on completely exposed beams, then vapor barrier and only then lay mineral wool? ⠀
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Tell me, wooden beams can be wrapped with vapor barrier, provided that part remains visible in the interior. In my opinion, the film prevents the exit of water vapor from the wooden floor. Or, am I misunderstanding something? ⠀
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🔸 Open wooden beams visible in the interior ⠀
🔸Wooden flooring ⠀
🔸Vapor barrier, with gluing overlays and wall abutments стен
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🔸Top insulation - dust and windproof material that releases water vapor. Moreover, there is no need to chase expensive branded films. It is enough to use inexpensive domestic non-woven materials ⠀
🔸 Wooden scaffolds on the frame for free movement in the attic and routine inspection of the roof space ⠀
🔸In the attic, according to the insulation, it is not recommended to lay a continuous flooring ⠀
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💭 "Wrap" wooden beams can only be vapor barrier with variable vapor permeability, the so-called a film with adaptive properties, which, with increasing humidity, passes water vapor. ⠀
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This vapor barrier can only be used over rooms with normal humidity, and not over bathrooms, toilets and kitchens. ⠀
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⚠ Important! If the vapor barrier is normal, then it is impossible to go around the beams with this film, because it will “block” the steam, which will lead to moisture accumulation and rotting of the wood.

Уход за кондиционером⠀

Air conditioning care ⠀

". . . it’s better to prevent a breakdown problem than to solve it later ”⠀
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💫 When purchasing an air conditioner, you must understand that this technique is very delicate and requires a careful attitude. High-quality air conditioning on average is designed for a service life of seven to twelve years, but this is taking into account the fact that owners will observe simple rules for its operation. Unfortunately, not everyone undertakes to read the instructions, and they are frankly surprised when the air conditioner fails after two years of operation. ⠀
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⚙ There are several reasons why an air conditioner may not work. First of all, it is the pollution of the filters of the indoor unit. These filters are located under the front panel through which air passes. Filters are a fine mesh and are designed to protect the radiator of the indoor unit and the inhabitants of the room from dust in the air. When the filters become very dirty, the radiator airflow decreases, and the air in the room begins to cool worse. Freezing of copper pipelines may begin, which is why when the air conditioner is turned off, the ice melts and turns into water. ⠀
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💧 Another reason for the breakdown of the air conditioner may be the leak of freon. This process is the norm and averages 6-8% per year, regardless of the quality of installation. When the freon leak reaches a level below the permissible level, then overheating and jamming of the compressor is possible. In order to detect the fact of a leak, it is enough to pay attention to the places where the copper pipes are connected - frost or ice forms there. Lack of cooling of the air in the room can also indicate a leak of freon. ⠀
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⛓ Basic care rules. ⠀
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First of all, it is necessary to clean the filters from dust every two weeks, washing them in warm water. About once a year, you need to call specialists to carry out prophylaxis and refuel the air conditioner with freon, as well as to clean the indoor and outdoor units. And finally, do not turn on the air conditioner at temperatures below zero, if it is not equipped to work in the winter. All this will help extend the life of your air conditioner. ⠀
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