Hotel F&B should be leased, is a mantra I hear. People claim hotels should include F&B because it can be profitable. I feel the profit motive should be secondary. The primary role of F&B is to enhance the potential Room Revenues of a hotel.
Actually, the DOJ normally mails you the ADA survey form. But it does come down to the same thing. By the time you get a DOJ survey, a lot of your flexibility is gone, but it is not too late to protect yourself if you seek experienced counsel immediately. We are already seeing an increase in public and private enforcement of the ADA. While many are being distracted by pool lifts and other new ADA requirements, private advocacy groups and the DOJ keep banging away on the basics.
If you try to put a finger on the lingering malaise in casual dining, you may wonder why the sector still employs so many so-called "leaders," yet winds up persistently lagging behind relevant metrics for the industry. No wonder that casual dining is drawing interest from private equity players who are finding financial value and opportunity in this space.