Who can manufacture and sell hard cider in New York State?

Hard cider can be manufactured in New York State by licensed cider producers, farm wineries, and farm brewers. All retail licensees (bars, restaurants, grocery, liquor stores, etc) have the right, without the need for any additional permit or license, to sell hard...

Affordable New York Wines

At a New York Restaurant Association fundraiser, I discovered a tasting table for Bellangelo and FLX wines by Bellangelo. These are quality New York table wine products. I am a red wine lover and Finger Lakes wineries primarily excel at German white wine viniferas and...

Legally acceptable reasons not to hire a candidate

Employers are told reasons they cannot legally use to decline to employ a candidate (age, sex, disability and religion, for example).  Are you looking for legally acceptable reasons not to hire a candidate?  Here’s a list: Lack of technical skills Unprofessional...

How to price your menu items

The simplest rule for pricing menu items? Food costs x 3  =  retail price on menu Why the multiple of 3?  Food + Labor + Overhead The key is to have a good handle on your food costs.  Surprisingly, many owners, managers and chefs have no idea what their food costs...

Healthiest Cheese Options

I love cheese as much as I love red wine.  I also wanted to do some research and suggest some food options to my restaurant clients that would appeal to a health conscious demographic.  What I learned was that the popular and affordable cheese options are on the list...