The equipment you buy for your restaurant establishment sets the tone for your guests’ general dining experience. Glassware is no exception. What you serve your drinks in matters—it adds to the general look and feel of the restaurant, to the ambiance, to the mood you wish to impart to the diners who patronize your place…
Flatware Pieces Bouillon Spoon: Shaped with a short handle and a round, shallow bowl to hold more liquid, this spoon is another option for a soup spoon. Butter Knife: Sometimes called a butter spreader, this knife has a rounded point so as to not tear the bread when spreading the butter. Cocktail Fork: Traditionally used…
TYPES OF DINNERWARE Stoneware: This dinnerware is generally only once-fired in temperatures from 1100 °C to 1300 °C. This process results in a partially vitrified material, and is typically glazed to add to the impermeability and strength of the finished product. Porcelain: Porcelain is constructed by heating materials to extremely high temperatures, resulting in a…
Please join me in congratulating Lisa Randall, the fourth quarter 2013 Employee of the Quarter. For more than eleven years, Lisa has been an exceptional employee, dedicated to her work, to the other members of the Inside Sales team, and most importantly, to Houston’s customers. Lisa started with Houston’s in September 2002 working for the…
How about a coco-nutty summer party to help you conquer the heat? With Coco Lopez® Cream of Coconut (#03-0336), you can cool your guests down while you chillax and watch the fun unfold! Start the evening off right by serving up tropical smoothies, with the summer taste of fresh strawberry and banana, combined with the…
If you haven’t already met Scott Gilbert, now is a good time to say hello, welcome him to Portland (and to Houston’s!), and congratulate him on being selected the 2013 third quarter Employee of the Quarter. Scott started working with Houston’s in February 2013 and has quickly garnered appreciation for a job well done. He…
It all began in 1814, the first record of Wüsthof as a knife-making company in Solingen, Germany, the “City of Blades.” In the 1960s and 1970s, sixth-generation Wolfgang Wüsthof worked diligently to expand his family’s knife business to the United States, eventually founding Wüsthof-Trident of America. Now, nearly two centuries later, Wüsthof is still…
Please join me in congratulating Gary Pierce, the second Employee of the Quarter for 2013. On January 4, 1999, Gary was hired on with Houston’s to work in the warehouse, and he transferred to the IT department on August 15, 2005. Gary’s job as an Information Systems Technician is seldom boring. A self-proclaimed “Mr. Fix-It,”…