Opening the house
Hospitality consulting for independent restaurants and bars
OTOD helps independent restaurants and bars rediscover what makes them special, shape it into a clear concept, and build the operation to deliver it every night. Scroll to walk through the house.
The host standfrom$750
You get: a one-page site in your voice · about 2 weeks
The barfrom$1,200
You get: 6-drink menu, spec sheets, costing · 2–3 weeks
The dining roomfrom$650
You get: written service standards, atmosphere notes · about 2 weeks
The kitchen passfrom$750
You get: cost per plate, food-cost report, quick wins · 1–2 weeks
The back officefrom$950
You get: 7 SOPs, roles chart, expectations in writing · 3–4 weeks
Last callfrom$350/mo
You get: monthly hours, on-site visits and reviews · month to month after 3
Family meal · Why we do this
In a kitchen, “one team, one dream” is what you say when the tickets are stacked and nobody’s going home early. It means we’re in this together.
It’s the phrase I’ve said every day for fifteen years, on the line and behind the bar. OTOD is named for it. It stands for the hours and effort everyone puts in to make a place work, from the dish pit to the owner’s office.
My dream is to see independent restaurants and bars succeed, and to see the people who keep them running succeed with them.
We build on what makes your place yours. No trend-chasing, no copy-paste concepts.
Menus, prices and service designed for the people who actually walk in.
Structure that lets your team do their best work instead of firefighting.
Costs and margins explained plainly, so you can decide with confidence.
Follow-up is part of the plan, not an upsell.
Pre-shift · How we work
Thirty minutes by phone or over a coffee: your goals, your challenges, and whether we’re a fit. No obligation.
We visit on a real night and watch the room, the bar, the pass and the back office. $250, credited to your project.
A written scope, timeline and price before anything starts. No hourly meter running.
We build with your staff, not around them, so the changes hold after we leave.
Every package ends with your team trained and the documents in their hands.
A follow-up check-in after every project, and ongoing support if you want it.
From day one we agree on what we’ll track together: food and pour cost, labour, ticket times, average cheque and staff turnover. No promised numbers, just honest ones.
Services and pricing · CAD
It starts with a free conversation about your business, with no obligation. If there’s a fit, a $250 on-site walkthrough sets the final scope, credited to your project, and you get a fixed quote before any work begins. Prices below are starting points.
Bar, service and operations. Final scope set after a $250 walkthrough, credited to your project.
Check-in$350 /mo
3 hours a month · 1 on-site visit
Partner$750 /mo
8 hours a month · 2 on-site visits
In the building$1,250 /mo
15 hours a month · weekly on-site visits
Plan hours can go toward any of these services as your needs change. Extra hours are $95. Three-month minimum, then month to month with 30 days’ notice. Additional locations add 35%.
Cost per plate, pricing and menu design that pays its way.
Designed around your room, built to be found.
Hosting, security and a monthly update allowance for your site.
Prices in Canadian dollars, before applicable taxes.
Who’s behind OTOD
I’m Alex, and I’ve spent more than fifteen years in hospitality. I started in kitchens: chef de partie at Langdon Hall, executive sous chef at Spirit Ridge, and chef roles at Burrowing Owl, Seasons Oakville and remote BC lodges, including running hospitality and the kitchen at Skeena Lodge.
Then I moved behind the bar to meet the guests I’d been cooking for. At Paradigm Spirits I helped scale recipes for production and retail bottling, including a 500-litre milk punch. I went on to manage the bars at Grace London and 132 Bar Vintage, running budgets, costs, staffing, training and liquor compliance.
In 2021 I started Shaken-Stirred, which grew into events, cocktail services and a resource hub for people in the industry. OTOD is the next step: putting both sides of the pass to work for owners who want to build something they’re proud of.
Langdon Hall · Spirit Ridge · Burrowing Owl · Grace London · Paradigm Spirits · 132 Bar Vintage
One team, one dream. — Alex
Contact
Tell me about your place. The first conversation is free, with no obligation. I’ll come by, look at what you have now, and tell you plainly what it needs, whether that’s a new bar program, a menu review, better systems or nothing at all.
info@otodhospitality.com
226-640-4660
