G.O.A.T. Bruce Russo: Restaurant Design That Actually Makes Money

"In this ""Laguna beach angle,"" Diane sits down with legendary restaurant developer Bruce Russo, who’s built nearly 600 restaurants across the U.S. and operated multiple concepts of his own. The two first met in Laguna Beach in 2015 when Bruce was brought in to turn a historic downtown building into what would become a full-service, popular restaurant, Taverna (now Piatti) Here's the fastest masterclass in operational design, buildout efficiency, menu segmentation, square-foot profitability and why most restaurants are accidentally engineered to fail before they even open.