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, construction and opening consulting services; the professional standard that defines and separates your organization from all in the industry.
Tom Prescott
Project-Manager
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 many of our most successful projects being completed and occupied on time, which is no small feat in the DC environment.
Alan Sparber
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 management.
John Deem
President
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 us to benefit from your wealth of knowledge in pursuing our new business project. Your attention to details and follow up has been critical to our work projects being completed.
Kamal Ben Ali
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 blended with your unmatched knowledge make you a consultant that no operator in the area should attempt an opening without having you on their team.
Jeff Kadish
Partner
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 the best at taking a simple idea and turning it into a full blown operational concept.
John W. Powell, Jr.
Vice President
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.
Hakim Chambers
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 restaurant. I was very impressed how professional your group was when interacting with our General Contractor and employees with the District of Columbia.
Tom Baldridge
CFO
I worked with Joe Spinelli on Central-Michel Richard at 1001 Pennsylvania Ave, NW. In an era when many professionals over promise and under deliver, Joe is an example of the opposite. He set realistic expectations from the outset and then went the extra mile to deliver an outstanding result. I will recommend him to my colleagues and will clearly do business with him in the future.
Mark Sandground, Jr.
General Counsel
In all of the restaurants we’ve opened, you have been front and center with us and many times leading us. Especially for an independent restaurant group, having people like you on the team is extremely important, even critical. I am proud of my company, proud of what we’ve accomplished and established and proud to be associated with you personally and professionally with Restaurant Consultants, Inc.
Michael Kirby
Founder
Regarding the Occidental Restaurant & Café du Parc at the Willard Hotel; thank you for your responsiveness, professionalism and assistance in completing two relatively complicated restaurant renovations in DC.
Edward Lash
Sr. Vice President
I am writing to wholeheartedly recommend Joe Spinelli, President of Restaurant Consultants, Inc., for his exceptional role in the buildout of Chef Tony's Seafood at the Promenade building.
Chef Tony
Chef
It has been an honor to have worked with you and your team for going on 30 years across multiple brands I have been associated with, large and small. The expertise and follow-through has been the key to success of so many projects,
Todd Goldstein
Vice-President Construction and Facilities
It has been a pleasure dealing with you over the past 30 years. With your guidance and superior management we have developed fast food, pizza delivery, and fine dining.
John Courembis
Owner
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 beginning to the very end. Almost as it is ni life as we have been working together for almost 40 years - and still you're the first call I make.
Gregory Casten
President
I wanted to commend you and your team that worked on our restaurant projects located at The Wharf. You, Debra, Michelle, and everyone from RCI were outstanding to work with in all respects.
William S. Martens, III
Chief Development Officer
I am writing this letter as a hearty recommendation for the services provided by Restaurant Consultants International. For the past eighteen months, we have worked hand in hand with RCI to assist us with the development of the restaurant/bar in the custom-designed Hilton Garden Inn Hotel that we are developing in a historic downtown location in northern Virginia.
William Murray, CHA
President
I wanted to write this letter to express my appreciation for having the opportunity to work with you for over the past three decades. You have been a valuable resource for all of my restaurant clients over the years. I am constantly amazed at your depth of knowledge about every phase of the restaurant...
Stephen C. Combs
Principal
I am writing to enthusiastically recommend Restaurant Consultants Inc. I had the privilege of working closely with you, and was consistently impressed by his expertise, dedication, and impact on our restaurant business.
Mark Bucher
Co-Founder
I am writing to enthusiastically recommend Restaurant Consultants Inc. I had the privilege of working closely with you, and was consistently impressed by his expertise, dedication, and impact on our restaurant business.
Dr. Bill & Christina Schindler
Co-Owners
Iwould like to thank you and your entire team at Restaurant Consultants Inc. (RCI) for always providing your professional expertise, knowledge and consulting services for the project planning, design, review of drawings, permit expediting, construction inspections, contractor recommendations, and for securing the certificate of use and occupancy for many commercial and residential projects.
Paul Staub
Asset Management
Over the years we have worked together on various Silver Diner projects I have always appreciated your teams assistance in navigating the various approvals needed to open a $6M project. You, Debra and Michelle are always available and helpful in handling challenges, particularly on this last project when supply chain issues and County permit processes kept changing.
Mark Russell
Vice President of Real Estate and Development
When Tatte Bakery & Café was entering the Washington DC market with our first restaurant in 2019, I was in need of a great permitting consultant to help guide us through the regulatory maze. I feel so fortunate and grateful to have been connected with RCI’s wonderful permitting team.
Brendan Boyle
VP of Development & Construction
Restaurant Consultants and you have been an important part of Tech 24’s success over the last 17 years. Your team ranks in the top for problem solving. You are full of wealth and knowledge and its always refreshing to have you on our team in this ever changing, difficult environment.
Victor Bonomi
President & CEO
It has been my pleasure and honor to deal with Joe Spinelli of Restaurant Consultants for the past 40 plus years. With your guidance we have developed so many restaurants, Ican't even remember them all. I know we met at my first restaurant in Mount Vernon Va, where me and my wife (Julie) worked in the kitchen together, it was sometime in the early 1980's.
Tony Cheng
Owner
When we set out to build a restaurant next door, we began by looking for the perfect partner to not only assist in building the restaurant but also someone who could realize the vision that became Ida B’s Table. From the start of the process through the Grand Opening and to this day, you have proven that we had indeed found that partner.
Paul Jay
CEO & Senior Editor
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 helped us with since then.
John Jankowski
Project Manager
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 facility in downtown Washington, DC.
Susan Holt
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 to be the smartest decision we made.
Fernando Barreto
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.
Sean Clancy
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 three moves we made as we expanded.
Victor Vazquez
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.
Fran McDonald
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 introduction of Organic To Go to Washington, DC.
Michael Johnson
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.
Ed Flaherty
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.
Linda Sherman
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 challenging build out in a 100 year old building.
Bo Davis
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 say that you are one of the best.
Bharat Parikh
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 and remodel of this historic market by adding a kitchen and delicatessen.
Wayne Gleason
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 from the family business on the west coast. And as one could imagine, it was no small feat! Having Joe on our team made all the difference.
Annie & Phil Esguerra
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, Big Fish Grille in Crofton, Md, and Red Sky Steak & Fish House in Laurel, Md, was invaluable to our firm and to the overall success of each of these restaurants.
Catherine Purple Cherry, AIA
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 within our committed time frame.
William S. Martens
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 expediting, inspections and have found them to always be helpful and knowledgeable regarding all aspects of the services they provide.
Joe McCafferty
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 building, had the potential to be very complicated ordeal for an out-of-state company like us.
Lara Hardcastle
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 and efficiently. Thanks for your continued service and support. We wish you much success as you continued to build great restaurants and relationships.
Harry & Ashu Kumar
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 services. From processing permits to providing third party inspections our clients benefit from your involvement.
Herbert Heiserman
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 A&W Root Beer restaurants in my tenure with YUM! Brands Inc. over the past 10 years.
Joe Celento
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 career just taking off, we could never have navigated the process without you. 10 years later, you helped us succeed in opening a 2nd restaurant, 5 years after that a 3rd!
Damian & Stephanie Salvatore
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.
Fred Contini
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 Quiznos Sub. Whenever I have joined a new company to assist with their development, you are always one of the first vendors I reach out to ensure that their process is properly structured to succeed.
Todd Goldstein
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 seamlessly with better-than-expected results every time.
Richard Chung
Thank you for your responsiveness, professionalism and assistance in completing two relatively complicated restaurant renovations in DC.
Edward Lash
Working with Restaurant Consultants has made what is often a difficult process easy.
Dan Mesches
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 it into an attractive and functioning eatery.
Nabeel Audeh
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 research proved to be completely accurate. Joe helped us in every phase of the process. His input was always well focused and helpful. We could not have proceeded without his expertise. Our assessment of his work in a word is “outstanding.” It was Joe Spinelli who brought Chef Tony's into The Promenade and created a successful and thriving restaurant.
James Nickelsporn
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 / agency relations advice and permitting and licensing services in connection with our 3 restaurants.
Don Silverman