Oct 3, 2008 5:10 pm US/Pacific
Bistro Owner Plans Big Bash To Bring In Customers
WOODLAND (CBS13) ―
It seems a Woodland business owner has discovered the recipe for success. She is expanding her bistro, despite the slow economy, and she's got a clever concept to attract more customers.
Despite the tough times, Tazzina Bistro in Downtown Woodland is expanding.
"We're going to have some lower table seating in this area," explains Rebecca Reichardt, owner.
Rebecca hopes to offer customers shelter from the economic storm – in the form of a big bash.
"We're having an ice bar for vodka tasting, can-can dancers and a DJ. (And) Ultra Limousine is providing free local rides home," Rebecca says enthusiastically.
And if the economy was in the same state as it was four years ago when the bistro opened, Reichardt says the re-launch would be done on a much smaller scale.
But, times have changed and she hopes freebies will be good for customers and business.
"It made me concentrate on a bigger party because people need it even more," Rebecca says.
Rebecca considers herself lucky – she hasn't had any major financial road blocks because the expansion began before the nation's economy took a dive. And even the collapse she's found a silver lining.
"I've gotten some incredibly high quality work and I haven't had to wait in line for it, so there are benefits to doing it when it's not busy, and not everyone's hay day," she explains.
As uncertainty looms, Rebecca is focusing on the positive.
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