The Introduction of Flights & How to Prepare
The Introduction of the Flights & How to Prepare
There’s a new trend taking place in restaurants – flights. This includes wine, beer and even whiskey flights. Little wooden paddles with circles carved in them hold the glasses and typically serve them. Some of the wine flights are fancier, with metal carriers for the glasses with stems.
When you know more about this trend, you can figure out how to incorporate it into your menu and prepare for the traffic within your dining room.
Flights are a great way for people to expand their horizons and try new things. Many people don’t want to get a full glass of one beer or wine. Maybe it’s because if they don’t like it, they are stuck with the whole thing. With the flights, it is an economical way to try several different things – and can be a great way to get more people in the door.
Whether you have a tapas theme to your restaurant or not, flights can work. Many people enjoy getting flights and letting everyone at the table share. If this is going to be something you decide to offer, you will want to make sure you prepare.
Flights can take up a large part of the table. This means that you won’t want to offer tiny tables within the restaurant. While this may have worked for you in the past, people want the room to spread out. They don’t want a beer or wine flight to take up the whole table because they won’t be able to order any food. Obviously, you want them to be able to order all the food they want.
The room you give people when you are serving flights is also going to determine whether they choose to come back or not. You want repeat customers, and therefore, you want to make sure you provide them with a comfortable dining experience. Do some research around town and find out who has this. Then go and see what kind of space they give you to enjoy the flights. The more successful establishments give you room to spread out.
There are many ways for you to prepare prior to offering flights. Expand the tables in your dining room to larger ones. Reclaimed wood is necessary to make sturdy wooden. Even the paddles that you buy to hold the smaller glasses for the flights can be made from this kind of wood, showing your commitment to being eco-friendly.
Once you introduce the flights, it can be a great way for people. They can extend out of their comfort zone and try new things. When people learn that they like a new drink, they will remember you for being the one to introduce it to them – and that can help you to get a lot of repeat business.
