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lunch, dinner, and bar business. In addi tion to housing one of Indigo Road’smost popular concepts, Oak Steakhouse, the hotel also boasts a spin-off version, But ler’s, for weekday walk-in-only lunches like sandwiches, salads, and shared plates. Oak Steakhouse then handles dinner, late-night drinks, and weekend brunch. As for the early hours and in-between snacks, Skyline Lodge has a coffee bar that serves made-daily breakfast sand wiches, a variety of coffee drinks, water bottles, snacks, and merchandise.

"Tome, a hotel is an experience," Wyatt says. " ey want to be able to enjoy a good meal, a late-night snack, and breakfast in the morning." DIFFERENTIATE FROMWITHIN Time of day isn’t the only way of drawing borders between multiple restaurants within a single hotel. Differentiating through cuisine, atmosphere, and occa sion can also maximize business simply by turning a single dining experience

into a smorgasbord. The Epicurean Atlanta comprises three in-house dining concepts: Rever ence, a fine-dining restaurant featur ing local ingredients; Aerial Kitchen & Bar, an elevated Mexican cantina; and e Office Bar, which features craft beer, cocktails, wine, and an extensive collec tion of bourbon and whiskey. “We try and do something different to keep the guests on property and give the outside guests something [so] they want to come to us. ey can come to us for lunch and grab a burger at the bourbon bar. And if they have a birthday party or something, they can come dine in the fine-dining restaurant,” Wardhaugh says. e newly openedWToronto has sep arated its three restaurants not only in terms of menu offerings, but also phys ical location. Coffeehouse/bar Public House is on the ground floor, bringing in downtown passers-by, while tapas res taurant Living Room is on the sixth floor andMediterranean-inspired bar/restau rant Skylight is on the rooftop. Executive chef Keith Pears says the

OAK STEAKHOUSE HAS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ONE AT SKYLINE LODGE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

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