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Ripple your restaurant, or bar, or cafe, if it’s so obviously unique.

If not, dig deeper and ripple that which makes you different. Different vs. other restaurants. Different where you are. Different today vs. yesterday vs. tomorrow (in other words, what’s new? what are you launching? products? services? promos?). Different in ways that matter to us:

Like, as a restaurant:

  • Your menu.
  • Your signature dish , dish du jour, or any dish in your menu.
  • A recipe we’ll remember you for, even if it’s not on your menu.
  • Your beautiful location.
  • Or convenient location.
  • Or good old location, where you’ve been an institution for the past __ years.
  • Or your new location. Launches always make good ripples.
  • Your name - what it means, how you got it, why…
  • Your history.
  • The inspiration for your cuisine - a region, or person, story, movie, song…
  • A cause, or non-profit, you support
  • Your waiters - maybe they’re all blondes, or it’s their uniform, or just good old fashioned service.
  • Your chef. Celebrity chef, guest chef, gorgeous chef, chef who comes out and meets the guests.
  • An ad you ran.
  • Your website.
  • Your guest list. Maybe Britney Spears is a regular?
  • Happy hour. Or Happy Day.
  • Your bar menu.
  • Or tasting menu.
  • Your wine list.
  • Or specialty cocktails.
  • Or BYOB.
  • How you prepare your food.
  • Where you source your ingredients.
  • How you train your staff.
  • Your prices.
  • The ambience that’s uniquely yours.
  • The furniture, flat screens, or pool table.
  • The architecture.
  • The decor.
  • The day of the week when you’d most like us to visit.
  • A special promo.
  • An event you’re hosting.
  • Your appetizers.
  • Your deserts.
  • The nutritional value of your food.
  • Your members-only, or rewards, or kids eat free offerings.
  • Your child-friendly environment.
  • Your couple-friendly environment.
  • Your business-friendly environment.
  • Your just plain friendly environment.
  • Your hours of operation.
  • Your entertainment value.
  • A song that goes exceptionally well with your food
  • The autumn leaves, or snow, that falls more magically from your windows.
  • A hero you’re enthralled with, that many others are also enthralled with.
  • (Or conversely, a villain you and many others detest).

Click on comments if you want to add to this list, or see what others added.

Remember: if it’s different, or if it matters, it’s worth a ripple.

  1. September 1st, 2009 at 05:24 | #1

    Here’s another 2 ways to ripple, thanks to Nash at Marketing Restaurant Online http://www.marketingrestaurantonline.com/

    1. Ripple your blog (duh, how could I miss this?)
    2. Ripple the time you went out of your way to surprise a customer (see PF Chang’s case study)

  2. September 1st, 2009 at 14:01 | #2

    Definitely missed this one:

    Ripple the news on Y-O-U!

    How to get Y-O-U in the news? And at least 3 good reasons why Y-O-U should try? Read on at http://bit.ly/oAhV0, thanks to Celestine Chua, who tells us how and why she got herself featured in the news 6 times in a matter of months just after she left her cushy job at age 24 to pursue her dream. (read: she was pretty much a nobody, but managed to get it done. So you can too!)

  3. September 1st, 2009 at 16:32 | #3

    Upper third of original list - Ripple your guest, maybe Britney Spears is a regular. How about Bernie Madoff? Check out this Dining Index c/o NY Eater - list of all the restaurants where Bernie and family (he has 13 extension cards) spent their stash. http://bit.ly/ifaqB

  1. August 31st, 2009 at 18:05 | #1
  2. September 8th, 2009 at 13:29 | #2