Browsing Tag Constantine Kolitsas
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18 January 2024 at 06 : 11 AM
A Specialty Food Legend’s 50-Year Odyssey
COVER STORY Grecian Delight / Kronos is just getting started. By Constantine N. Kolitsas It’s not often that a company that’s been around for five decades has the same energy, drive, and ambition as start-up, but that’s exactly what you find when you sit-down with Peter Parthenis, Jr., the CEO and president of Grecian ...
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18 January 2024 at 06 : 52 AM
Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach Don’t stress it; I can’t pronounce it, either. It’s Latin. The phrase translates to “I will find away or make one.” It was uttered by the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal in response to his generals when told it would be impossible to cross the Alps on war elephants in ...
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22 December 2023 at 11 : 38 AM
Disagree and Commit
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By Constantine N. Kolitsas Business Coach One of the greatest frustrations of a restaurant owner is in finding good people for management positions. Today’s restaurant manager needs to have a broad skillset that encompasses diplomacy, public relations, extended software knowledge, and marketing, in addition to an ability ...
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22 December 2023 at 11 : 58 AM
From Traditional to Trendy
Tsipouro Comes Of Age By Constantine N. Kolitsas For many Greeks with families living on farms in the village, “smuggling” Tsipouro home in plastic containers that originally held things like Coca-Cola was a rite of passage. For rural communities throughout the country—but especially in the regions of Macedonia, Thessaly, and Crete ...
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11 November 2023 at 15 : 11 PM
Greek to the Bone
COVER STORY By Constantine N. Kolitsas Xenia’s CEO, Demetri Tsolakis Xenia Greek Hospitality Group finds its truth. Something very interesting is happening in Boston. Full disclosure (and it’s no secret to regular Estiator readers):I own and manage an upscale Greek concept with locations in Connecticut and New ...
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11 November 2023 at 15 : 48 PM
Tell Your Story
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach If there’s one thing that the public loves, it’s a good story. “You know that hole-in-the wall tavern on King Street that’s got a line out the door? It was opened during Prohibition as a speakeasy. They made the gin in bathtubs. The same family owns it ...
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10 October 2023 at 06 : 42 AM
From Outsider To Industry Leader
COVER STORY By Constantine N. Kolitsas Ari Thanos charts a course for continued growth. As Greek American restauranteurs, all of us are familiar with the common path to restaurant ownership for first-generation Greek Americans. Most of us have lived it, haven’t we? As sons and daughters of Greek immigrants, many of us have grown up in ...
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10 October 2023 at 06 : 38 AM
Pronouns and Getting Woke
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach The world is constantly changing. Whether or not it’s evolving is up for debate, but it’s definitely changing. And at a breakneck pace. Say it’s the woke agenda, say it’s Covid-related, say it’s anything you want to call it, but along with the social changes taking place ...
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10 September 2023 at 06 : 26 AM
Straight Talk
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach Do you remember “Scared Straight”? It was a program for middle- and high-school students that put them into contact with prisoners in an attempt to give them a dose of reality and where their life could take them if they took the wrong path. It was mostly for at-risk youth, and ...
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10 August 2023 at 04 : 38 AM
Science and Art
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach I’ve spent the past few weeks looking closely at how my managers function in the front of the house (FOH), and in so doing, the differences in styles have really surfaced. While I suppose it’s true of all areas of management, I’ve found it of particular interest how some managers ...
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