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Testimonials
Restaurant Consultants Inc. has had the privilege of working with an amazing array of food service and restaurant clients with a variety of challenges. Many restaurant clients have utilized our services from restaurant concept development, restaurant design, restaurant construction management or a combination for multiple projects and that is by the number of locations below the client name. Additionally, please review a few of the letters of recommendation that have been submitted by our satisfied customers.
Agraria Restaurant
On behalf of my fellow owners, who include family-farmers from across the country; please allow me to convey our thanks. The project was completed on-schedule thanks largely to your pre-construction, constru...
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AIA Architect
I don’t know what is more impressive- the fact that you’ve helped my firm for over 20 years or the fact that together we’ve completed over 100 building projects in the DC metro area. You’re responsible for ...
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Armand's Pizzeria & Grille
During each of these projects you have provided me with excellent advice and consulting services regarding site selection, store design, food service equipment selection, permit expediting, and construction ...
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Ben's Chili Bowl
Over the last 50 years, Ben’s Chili Bowl has found that the relationships we’ve developed have been important to us running an efficient and profitable business. Joe, our relationship with you has allowed u...
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BLT Steak
As operators opening for the first time outside of New York your knowledge of the issues, your tenacity to beat deadlines and your attention to detail were invaluable to us. Your years of being an operator b...
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Boog's BBQ
Your tremendous knowledge and expertise, coupled with a great personality and outstanding work ethic, have made this a most comfortable and rewarding professional relationship. I can truly say that you’re th...
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Brailsford & Dunlavey
Restaurant Consultants, Inc. staff was a major factor in our company's success. As a result, we completed and opened our project on time and within their proposed budget.
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Cafe Deluxe
Thank you very much for all of the work you and your group did for Café Deluxe in expanding our restaurant on Wisconsin Avenue. Without your help along the way I think we would still be waiting to open the r...
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Gregory Casten - Fish & Fire - The Point - Little Ivy City Tavern
A note of thanks for al your hard work and dedication these past years. Raely is the time when I embark on a journey involving my hospitality efforts and do not consult and work with you from the very beginn...
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Cosi
I want to thank you for the great services you have provided out company, both with the opening of fifteen stores in the Washington, D.C. market prior to the 2004 transition, and several stores you have help...
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CulinAerie
I'd like to take this opportunity to offer my wholehearted recommendation to you of Joe Spinelli, who for the past year was the expediter and ran the third party review on our state-of-the-art culinary facil...
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Fogo De Chåo
Building a 14,500 SF first class restaurant in Washington, D.C. had the potential to be a complicated ordeal for an out-of-state company like us. Choosing Restaurant Consultants to be part of our team proved...
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Just Fresh Bakery Cafe & Market
I am pleased to acknowledge the work you have done for us over the past several years to bring the first two Just Fresh locations to the DC market.
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Moctec Mexican Products, Inc.
As the year comes to a close, I try to take some time to review where I started and where I am today, and I want to thank you for working with me over the last twenty-eight years and for your help with the t...
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Nando's
Now that the dust has settled, I just wanted to take a moment and let you know how pleased we were with your involvement in building Nando's first restaurant in the USA.
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Organic To go
We wanted to take a moment to show our appreciation for everything you've done to help with our expansion to the East Coast. Your knowledge and expertise have been invaluable to our success with the introduc...
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Starbucks Coffee
I would like to take a moment to thank you for the 15 years of service of consulting and development that has led to the successful openings of over 300 Starbucks units.
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TGI Friday's
Over the past three years you have been an asset beyond value. As a project manager based out of state, I would be lost without your knowledge and staff to assist whenever I have a new project in the DC market.
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Wasabi Modern Japanese Cuisine
I would like to thank you for your assistance during the construction of our new restaurant Wasabi in downtown DC. Your in-depth knowledge of the many DC supplemental codes proved invaluable during our chall...
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KFC - Yum! Brands, Inc.
I wanted to acknowledge and thank you for the support and service you have provided to me and my predecessor. I have dealt with numerous consultants in my career in fast food development and I am proud to sa...
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Argyle Market
At the end of the month, we sold the Argyle Market in Mt. Pleasant, Washington DC. It is hard to believe that we owned the store for 10 years, while it was over 7 years ago that you helped us with the design...
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Banana Blossom Bistro
We met Joe Spinelli in 2018 during our first restaurant startup project. Although we came from a family of restaurateurs, this 2018 project would be our first solo startup venture in the east coast separate ...
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Purple Cherry Architects, P.C.
I would like to thank you for the past five years of consulting service that you have performed for our firm on various restaurant projects. Your assistance with Yellowfin Steak & Fish House in Annapolis, Md...
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Del Frisco's Restaurant Group
Building our first restaurant in the District proved to be a challenging endeavor. Thanks to you and your team, we were able to successfully navigate the maze of permitting challenges and open our restaurant...
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Encore Construction
We have worked with Joe, Debra, Michelle and the Restaurant Consultants team on various projects over the last 20 years and have had a great experience. They have assisted us with licensing, permit expeditin...
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Founding Farmers
Over the past year, you have been an invaluable asset to both Founding Farmers and Agraria Restaurants. Building an 8,750 square foot two-story upscale restaurant in Washington, DC, and within the IMF buildi...
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Olympia Masala Restaurant
We are very pleased to recommend you and your team Restaurant Consultants to other potential clients. Your experience and knowledge have provided us the right vision to run our restaurant more effectively ...
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The Heiserman Group
I just wanted to take the time to send you a short note to thank you for your ongoing help on our design projects. The process always seams to run smother and faster when we employee your consultation servi...
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Judge Realty: KFC-Taco Bell-Pizza Hut
I am very pleased to recommend you and your team Restaurant Consultants to other potential clients as you have been an invaluable part of my team in building KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silvers, and...
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Damian Salvatore - Persimmon American Bistro
I can't believe we have been working with you for 25 years! You were by our side when we opened our first restaurant, assisting with lease negotiations and build out. We were so young and with Damian's caree...
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STK DC
Joe Spinelli and Restaurant Consultants, Inc. were able to bring their extensive experience in restaurant start-ups in the Washington area to allow The One Group to launch STK DC on time and within budget.
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Quiznos Sub
I wanted to acknowledge and thank you for the 15 years of support and service you have provided to me and the company’s I have been associated with, including Starbucks Coffee, Chevy’s Mexican and now Quizno...
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The Wharf - DC2m
I am truly amazed at how easy Restaurant Consultant makes the permitting process. In my 20 years in Real Estate development, rarely do you find a firm that can guide you through the entire process seamlessl...
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Occidental Restaurant & Café du Parc @ The Willard Hotel
Thank you for your responsiveness, professionalism and assistance in completing two relatively complicated restaurant renovations in DC.
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Star Restaurant Group - Zola Wine & Kitchen
Working with Restaurant Consultants has made what is often a difficult process easy.
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Say Cheese
Thanks to you and Restaurant Consultants I was able to open Say Cheese on time and under budget. You made it a pleasure to tackle the challenge of taking a compact, unfinished space in Georgetown and turning...
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The Promenade Towers
The Promenade did a search for what it considered a prominent consultant to anticipate the problems and effectively resolve them. Our research indicated that Joe Spinelli would be an excellent choice. Our r...
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Don & Aaron Silverman: Pineapple & Pearls / Little Pearl
We have been very pleased with the support and results we have received from Restaurant Consultants, Inc. While they have a wide range of services, we have used them primarily for critical regulatory / agenc...
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Our Case Studies
Cuzino's Family Kitchen
A family owned business that has been serving traditional Italian cuisine for the past 25 years. It all started in 1992, with their first location in Elkton, Maryland. Clients had great brand loyalty, but each unit was a little different, and had sent a confusing message to the customers. Sales were dropping off, and the brand did not have much constancy. Project started in end of December 2017...
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Bolt Burgers
Bolt Burgers was the brainchild of a consortium of area eye doctors, led by Mike Davidson O.D, himself an experienced retail entrepreneur. We started work in November 2011. At this time, the burger market was very saturated and very competitive. Trying to define a better burger concept when most of the competitors all had a great burger. We had to start from scratch, select a new location, deve...
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Ida B's Table
Project started in 2015, The Real News Network (TRNN) purchased a 100 year old building from the City of Baltimore for the main purpose of developing a restaurant concept that can become an extension of their mission. A non-profit, viewer supported center for digital journalism, dedicated to telling the stories that matter to fighting back against capitalism, white supremacy and imperialism. Cl...
Read MoreOur Chef's Table
We are proud to have worked with some of the best Chefs in the country.
Chef Aaron Silverman
Little Pearl, Pineapple and Pearls
Chef Alex Levin
Alta Strada
Chef Ann Cashion & Johnny Fulchino
Johnny's Half Shell
Chef Ashok Bajaj
Bibiana
Chef Claudio Pirollo
Et Voila
Chef Damian Salvatore
Persimmon
Chef David Hong
The Best Sandwich Place
Chef David Stein
Tony & Joe's, Buzzard Point
Chef David Winer
The Bird, The Pig, Commissary
Chef Fabio Trabocchi
Fiola, Casa Luca
Chef Geoff Tracy
Chef Geoff
Chef Gordon Ramsay
Hell’s Kitchen, Street Pizza, Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips
Chef Greg Algie
Bar Ivy - Bethesda, MD
Chef Jeff Black
Del Campo, Blacks
Chef Jerry Trice
Yin Yankee
Chef John Wood
Open Had Pasta
Chef Johnny Spero
Bar Spero
Chef Jose Andres
Minibar, Beefsteak, China Chicano, Oyamel
Chef Klamal B. Ali
Ben's Chili Bowl
Chef Marcel The
Raku
Chef Mark Bucher
Medium Rare
Chef Michel Richard
Central
Chef Nick Diomede
Cuzino's
Chef Peter Smith
PS 7
Chef Ris Lacoste
RIS
Chef Robert Wiedmaier
Wildwood Kitchen, Mussel Bar, Brasserie Beck
Chef Roberto Donna
Galileo
Chef Todd Gray
Equinox
Chef Tomas Tellez
Anita's New Mexico Style Mexican Food
Chef Tony Cheng
Tony Cheng's Mongolian, Tony Cheng's Seafood
Chef Tony Marciante
Promenade
Chef Troy Clayton
Geranio
Chef Wolfgang Puck
The Source, Cut by Wolfgang Puck
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