FOOD • BEVERAGE • HOSPITALITY • CONSTRUCTION • TECHNOLOGY
Build It Right. Operate It Better.
279 Consulting takes charge of the entire project—from planning, financial strategy, and construction through technology, compliance, opening, and ongoing operations.
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
Where’s the Beef?
Drought, labor shortages, processing bottlenecks, higher costs, regulatory pressure, and export demand are squeezing the beef supply—and recovery will take years.
By Chester Gomez
Hospitality Expert | Project Manager
Avid Eater of Beef
Lazy or Liars?
Why agents, brokers, and sellers need to stop calling Texas bars and restaurants “turnkey”—and what buyers must investigate before signing.
By Chester Gomez
Hospitality Expert | Project Manager
Destroyer of Lazy Agents | Protector of the Buyer
SMALL BUSINESS WEBSITE SPECIAL
$300 Website Launch Package
Design, foundational SEO, and one year of hosting included. Future content updates are $50 per hour.
RESTAURANT & BAR OPERATIONS SPECIAL
Secret Shopper Plan
Get a practical outside look at service, cleanliness, food and beverage execution, sales habits, and the full guest experience.
START WITH THE DECISION IN FRONT OF YOU
Get Experienced Help Before the Cost of Waiting Gets Bigger
Before You Buy
Review the numbers, concept, facility, equipment, staffing model, and red flags before purchasing a restaurant, franchise, or turnkey operation.
Before You Build
Connect concept planning, construction elements, kitchens, utilities, permits, vendors, technology, and operating requirements before work begins.
When Operations Need Help
Get experienced help with active operating problems, staffing, service, kitchen flow, vendors, opening issues, and technology.
FULL-PROJECT SUPPORT
One Team in Charge From Planning Through Operations
279 Consulting can lead the complete project or step into a focused assignment. We take ownership of the plan, financial structure, construction process, technology, vendors, compliance, opening, and operating systems so the pieces move as one project.
Planning & Financial Strategy
Feasibility, business plans, budgets, forecasts, capital needs, operating models, timelines, and the financial controls required to open and operate.
Restaurant Operations
Food and labor cost, purchasing, inventory, workflows, management systems, training, and guest experience.
Construction & Build-Out Support
Scope coordination, contractor and vendor communication, kitchen and utility planning, schedules, punch lists, and operational readiness.
Permits, Taxes & Compliance
Applications, documentation, inspection preparation, registrations, tracking, and coordination with licensed professionals.
Kitchen Technology & POS
Requirements, platform comparisons, vendor selection, hardware, integrations, implementation, testing, and training.
Marketing & Web Design
Websites, social setup, menus, print materials, campaigns, content, and practical tools an operating team can maintain.
Acquisitions & Deal Evaluations
Independent operational review before buying, selling, franchising, investing, or committing to a facility.
Project Management
A single point of coordination for openings, remodels, installations, vendor transitions, and multi-part initiatives.
Hands-On Operational Support
Experienced help with staffing, service, kitchen flow, vendors, technology, and daily restaurant problems.
HANDS-ON RESTAURANT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
We Work Beside Owners and Teach the Team by Doing
From planning and construction through opening and daily operations, our project managers build practical front-of-house and back-of-house systems alongside the people who will use them.
We use a teach-by-doing approach: dishwashers teach dishwashers, cooks teach cooks, and bartenders teach bartenders. Training happens in the real flow of work so the owner and staff can keep the systems running after we leave.
15+ Years
High-volume operations and consulting experience
200+ Concepts
Businesses and organizations supported
Texas Based
Houston-area perspective and statewide reach
Worldwide
Remote consulting and project support
INDUSTRIES WE UNDERSTAND
Built Around Hospitality and the Businesses That Support It
Restaurants
Independent, multi-unit, quick-service, full-service, cafés, ghost kitchens, and food startups.
Bars & Entertainment
Bars, nightlife, gaming and poker communities, venues, and food-and-entertainment concepts.
Catering & Hospitality
Catering, mobile operations, special events, workplace food, hotels, clubs, and service providers.
A PRACTICAL PROCESS
Start With the Smallest Useful Next Step
1. Tell Us the Situation
Explain what you are building, buying, fixing, or trying to improve—and what happens if the issue is not resolved.
2. Get a Focused Recommendation
We identify the immediate decision, missing information, risks, and the most useful first scope.
3. Choose the Right Engagement
Move forward with hourly help, a defined project, ongoing support, an on-site visit, or a specialist referral.
START THE CONVERSATION
What Are You Working On?
Name, email, phone and a short message are plenty. We will follow up from there.
Call or text 281-744-8628 · Email chester@279consulting.com