{"id":231901,"date":"2023-02-23T19:06:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T19:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/?p=231901"},"modified":"2023-02-28T16:55:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T16:55:13","slug":"top-five-reasons-nothing-can-touch-an-irl-business-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/top-five-reasons-nothing-can-touch-an-irl-business-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five reasons nothing can touch an IRL business lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you would have asked us four years ago what major changes were on the horizon for the restaurant business, we would never have guessed remote work would be the biggest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suddenly, Zoom meetings and work-from-home has become the norm, flinging workers to the suburbs. Across the continent, office buildings and the downtowns that house them are sitting empty, and many seem to have forgotten the power of the business lunch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, to help you remember what a good business lunch can do for you, we\u2019re going to take a page out of David Letterman\u2019s book and list the top five reasons why nothing can touch an IRL business lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top 5 reasons we won\u2019t give up on business lunches<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t shake hands virtually<\/strong> \u2013 The days of shaking on a deal are long gone, but that doesn\u2019t mean that the value of meeting in person, looking the other person in the eye and ending the meeting with a handshake <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zoom<\/strong> \u2013 Nothing quite sums up the magic and annoyance of technology quite like Zoom. When it works, it\u2019s miraculous, when it doesn\u2019t, you end up like the cat lawyer<\/a>, blundering through important meetings while trying to assure the person on the other end that you are indeed a human (and not a cat).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s something about sharing food<\/strong> \u2013 We may be biased on this one, but we believe there is no better way to communicate or bond than over food (and drinks). From the dinner table as a child, to your first date or that big deal, sharing a meal with conversation builds relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s hard to trust someone if you don\u2019t even know if they have pants on<\/strong> \u2013 This one pretty much speaks for itself. If you don\u2019t know they’re wearing pants, what else are you in the dark about? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unmatchable energy of a restaurant<\/strong> \u2013 When you\u2019re working, there\u2019s nothing better than silence. But, when you\u2019re meeting someone new, or creating excitement for a big deal, the energy and ambiance of a good restaurant is the perfect setting for making moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giving back with the business lunch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most important part of any business lunch is the connection it builds. So, we’re partnering with YouthOne to create even more connections with every business lunch at the Water Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A portion of the proceeds from each of their\u00a0lunches\u00a0will go towards purchasing\u00a0lunch\u00a0for kids at Youth One. Plus, we’ll even include a free dessert to go along with your lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make your reservation today to ensure you create connections with your clients, and help YouthOne connect youth with mentors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you would have asked us four years ago what major changes were on the horizon for the restaurant business, we would never have guessed remote work would be the biggest. Suddenly, Zoom meetings and work-from-home has become the norm, flinging workers to the suburbs. Across the continent, office buildings and the downtowns that house […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231901"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231908,"href":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231901\/revisions\/231908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buttehospitality.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}