Sacred Pepper

Delivered November 7th, 2019. Contributors: Hillary O. and

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Sacred Pepper - Part 1

FarmTable Cucina, Bern's Steak House, Ulele Restaurant, Rooster & the Till, and On Swann are known competitors to Sacred Pepper that serve modern American cuisine, made with locally-sourced ingredients. The requested information on these competitors can be found in this spreadsheet. 
FarmTable CucinaFarmTable Cucina is a stand-alone Italian-inspired restaurant that serves fresh cuisine with ingredients that are regionally sourced and meticulously curated. 
It has a rustic, casual ambiance, and offers decadent food. 
Its address is 179 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.  
Bern's Steak House Founded in 1956, Bern's Steak House is a family owned restaurant that locally grows its vegetables on its farm. It is widely known for its quality food and impeccable service. 
It is a contemporary American restaurant that serves a few Italian meals.
The restaurant has a dress code - business casual to semi-formal. It does not allow casual clothing, including t-shirts, tennis shoes, and shorts.
Its address is 1208 S Howard Ave, Tampa, FL 33606. 
Ulele RestaurantUlele Restaurant is a Native-American inspired restaurant with intricately flavored and appealing meals. 
It uses vegetables, seafood, fresh fruits, and ingredients from Florida alone. The restaurant's lagers and ales are made with locally sourced ingredients as well. 
Ulele's address is 1810 N Highland Ave, Tampa, FL 33602. 
On SwannOn Swann is a contemporary American restaurant with "seasonal menus that incorporate locally sourced and locally grown ingredients." 
It has a casual ambiance with a combination of vintage and industrial decor. It supports local and small artisan businesses through its menu.
On Swann's address is 1501 W Swann Ave, Tampa, FL 33606. 
Rooster & the Till   Established in 2013, Rooster & the Till serves modern American dishes with cultural inspirations from several parts of the world.
 It has a progressive menu and forms connections with local farmers in order to get the best locally sourced ingredients. 
Its address is 6500 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33604. 
RESEARCH STRATEGYIn order to identify five close competitors to Sacred Pepper, we first examined Sacred Pepper's website to know the type of meals it serves. Next, we searched food-related publications such as Culture Tip and Timeout for any comparison of Sacred Pepper to another restaurant, or any mention of its competitors. This led to a dead end as we only found reviews of the restaurant. 

Our next strategy involved looking for the best restaurants in Tampa as per Trip Advisor, Yelp, and similar business directory databases. Through this, we found several restaurants in the area. We then narrowed our list down to restaurants that use locally-sourced ingredients. This brought the list down to 12. 

We further narrowed this list to contemporary American restaurants with some sort of Italian cultural fusion. This only led to three results. We decided to allow some leeway in terms of cultural fusion. We focused on contemporary American restaurants with any cultural fusion. This brought the list down to six. Next, we excluded restaurants that are part of a regional or national restaurant chain - an example being Ava Restaurant. After doing this, the list was only three. As a result, we included independent restaurants that use locally-sourced ingredients, can be considered contemporary American, and serve at least one meal that isn't fully American. 

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Rooster & the Till and Bern's Steakhouse are high-end restaurants with prices up to $200. Ulele and On Swann, on the other hand, have menus with meals as low as $5. The requested information on these restaurants has been entered into rows 3 to 7 of the attached spreadsheet. 
FarmTable Cucina
Farm Table Cucina's menu options include its Pizza Menu, Lunch Menu, Lunch Menu-Allergens, Happy Hour Menu, Happy Hour Menu-Allergens, Dinner Menu, Dinner Menu-Allergens, Dessert Menu, Brunch Menu, Brunch Menu-Allergens, Brunch Beverage Menu, Wine Menu, Beverage Menu, and Kids Menu. 
Its Happy Hour Menu includes drinks that range from $2 to $6. 
The restaurant's Italian-inspired meals are authentic and perfectly made, as per food critics.
Bern's Steak House
The restaurant's menu options include Appetizers, Soups & Salads, Sides & Vegetables, Steaks, Entrees, Dessert Wines, Dessert Specialties, Dessert Spirits, and Cheese. They range from $15 to $200.  
Bern's Steak House is widely known for its "perfectly aged steaks." The restaurant also grows its own vegetables on its farm. 
It has a wine list that encompasses the largest wine collections worldwide.
Ulele Restaurant
Ulele is known for celebrating old Florida ingredients. It is also known for its alligator hush puppies and its microbrewery. 
The restaurant fuses authentic Florida meals - including seafood - and Native American meals.  
Ulele's menu options include Lunch Menu, Dinner Menu, Children's Menu, and Wine List. 
On Swann
On Swann is known as a stylish eatery with a wide range of well-curated craft cocktails and wine. 
It also has an open kitchen with meals curated for sharing.
On Swann's menu options include Dinner, Lunch, and Brunch. 
Rooster & the Till  Rooster & the Till was ranked the number one restaurant in the Tampa Bay area in 2019 and 2018. 
Its menu changes by season as well, to keep customers on their toes. 
Rooster & the Till's menu options include Dinner, Drinks, and Dessert.  

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Sacred Pepper - Part 3

Sacred Pepper has six main employees and 17 employees in total. Its key employees include the owner, general manager, director of operations, and executive chef. 
Sacred Pepper: Employees & Base SalaryCurrently, Sacred Pepper has six key employees, including its owner, executive chef, interior designer, general manager, and director of operations. 
On LinkedIn, it has about 17 employees in total, most of whom are waiters/servers. 
The average base salary of a server at Sacred Pepper is $22,400, while that of a cook is $25,600. The average base salary of a hostess at the restaurant is $21,400. 
Sacred Pepper: Key PersonnelCandy DeBartolo is the owner of Sacred Pepper. She created Sacred Pepper to offer "deliciously bold twists on old favorites in an atmosphere that is as sophisticated as it is comfortable." 
James Maita is an Executive Chef at Sacred Pepper. He is trained with more than two decades of restaurant experience and enjoys reinventing traditional dishes. 
Chad Bash is Sacred Pepper's General Manager. He handles everything at the restaurant, from kitchen production to managing finances. He has won awards for Managing Partner of the year. His LinkedIn can be found here. 
Joe Petrella is the restaurant's Director of Operations. He created and shared meals for more than 30 years, before working at Sacred Pepper. 
The contact information of these individuals could not be found. 
RESEARCH STRATEGYIn order to find the phone number and/or email address of Sacred Pepper's leaders, we first examined the restaurant's website. This was a dead end as no contact information for these leaders was provided. The website only described their work history. 

Next, we explored LinkedIn. There are a lot of professionals on this platform, and some even provide their contact details there. However, only one of Sacred Pepper's leaders has a LinkedIn profile, and his contact information was not offered. The others are not on LinkedIn. 

As an attempt to find the contact information of these professionals, we scoured their social media pages. Most of them had private social media accounts. The few professionals with public social media accounts kept it work related and did not offer any contact details. We proceeded to leverage email finders like Rocket Reach, Hunter, and Zoom Info. None of them showed up on any of these email finders. Since Sacred Pepper is a small privately-owned restaurant, email finders like Rocket Reach, did not have a format for the restaurant that we could use for guesstimates. 