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Course Syllabi
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Assignments
HM 101
Dine In Brooklyn
The Assignment:
The first year hospitality management students were each assigned a participating restaurant to research using the internet, dining guides, and local newspapers. Many students conducted personal interviews with managers, chefs and/or owners to complete the project. In the second phase of the assignment they delivered tip tray cards to the individual restaurants after arranging a mutual drop-off time.
- 93 Restaurants
- 80 Student (some students did two restaurants for extra credit)
- Thursday April 15 thru Thursday April 22 2004
Challenges for them:
- To gather information on many local restaurants who do not have websites or articles written about the property.
- Finding and delivering tip tray cards (post cards) to restaurants in neighborhoods that many of them had never been to. (Many students did not live in Brooklyn)
Learning opportunities:
- Learned about Brooklyn Tourism and the impact on the local economy
- Entered the Brooklyn restaurant community and were welcomed with enthusiasm.
- For many this was the first time they were involved in a community event and have a greater understanding of the culture of the Hospitality Department and NYC College of Technology
- Understood the importance of their role in delivering the postcards in a timely manner to allow restaurateurs the opportunity to promote the Dine In Brooklyn event
- Many of them participated by dining out at their restaurant during that week
- Two of the students worked(volunteered) directly in the Borough President’s office to assist with follow-up calls and organize PR information
Student Feedback:
Deborah White (Loulou Restaurant)
“After living in Brooklyn all my life, I never thought I would see the day there would be a quaint French restaurant in Fort Greene. I have never visited France, but in seeing television shows and movies filmed there, I can say that Loulou has a feeling that you are sitting in a local, well-loved restaurant.”
