Le Perroquet Redux: Can Fine Dining Beat a Down Economy.?
If he is to succeed, Foley may have to employ some of the survival tactics his competitors use. Alan Tutzer, who operates both L’Escargot restaurants, says he has maintained market share by aggressively courting more than just what’s left of the high-end eating establishment. “We’re trying to hit the middle ground with a pretheater menu that’s $16.50,” explains Tutzer, “and if there’s a Cubs game we will open up early to accommodate them.”
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The academy’s approximate $125,000 annual operating budget is solely made up of corporate and individual donations, and undoubtedly the organization will last as long as the funding does. But if the money doesn’t give out first, the group may well expire after it has meted out awards to all the individuals its board of directors feel compelled to honor.
On June 30 a spokesman at the New York Shakespeare Festival press office, when asked whether On the Open Road had been placed on the schedule for the festival’s upcoming season, said, “We don’t know anything about it.” Asked if a contract had been signed to present the Tesich play, the spokesman added, “We would know if that was the case.”
