Hotel F&B Magazine – Clarion’s Bistro C

When Director of F&B for Choice Hotels Tom Prykanowski was tasked with creating an F&B identity for the Clarion Hotels brand, not only did he face the challenge of starting a culinary program from scratch, but he also had to find a suitable solution to the mid-scale hotel F&B dilemma.

Historically, mid-scale F&B had mostly meant only partially succeeding in meeting guest’s expectations while constantly losing money by stocking, staffing, and stretching beyond a property’s revenue resources.

In creating Clarion’s Bistro C concept, Prykanowski discovered a balanced and streamlined answer to satisfy customers’ needs and to produce good food efficiently, economically, and with minimal labor, initiating a program that is scalable and flexible enough to become a banquet and catering profit center for any franchise. Read the full article at Hotel F&B online.