The Operator's Notebook
Issue No. 02 · May 2026
Notes from inside an independent restaurant. Once a month, from one operator currently running one, for other operators trying to figure out what changed.
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May 18, 2026
The event coordinator I never hired
A fully automated event booking system that tells you when to be ready for the event, after the money is already in your account. Yes, that exists.
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