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Wine Director Cassandra Carruth Wants You to Find Your Niche

Guest Services at The Citizen Wine Bar

In this video Mass Foodies filmed for Facebook Live, Wine Director Cassandra Carruth takes Sarah on a tour of Niche Hospitality Group’s downtown Worcester restaurant—The Citizen Wine Bar. With so many restaurant concepts in close proximity (Mezcal, Bocado, Still & Stir, etc.), it is important for Niche to track guest information, including everything from their seating preferences to their favorite glassware. Carruth praises the Reserve system as a means for Niche’s continued sense of familiarity with its visitors as well as its handle on outstanding hospitality, factors which remain undeterred by the restaurant group’s constant expansion. Carruth uses Reserve to note food allergies, recommend bottles of wine based on previous visits, and make her customers feel valued at every turn.

Guest Services at The Citizen Wine Bar

Sarah is live with Cassandra Carruth at The Citizen Wine Bar to find out how Reserve helps the Niche Hospitality Group prepare for big events

Posted by Mass Foodies on Monday, February 19, 2018

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Live on Stage at Worcester’s Best Chef

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The 11th annual Worcester’s Best Chef competition took place at Mechanics Hall on Sunday evening, drawing enormous crowds to sample dishes from 20 local restaurants and three local high schools. Deadhorse hill’s Chef de Cuisine Robin Clark was awarded 1st place for Judge’s Choice, earning top honors for her almond cake with yogurt pannacotta, blackberry gel, caramelized oat tuile, and sherry gelees. The last time a woman received a Judge’s Choice award was in 2008. Other honorees included Brian Treitman (2nd) of BT’s Smokehouse and Ken O’Keefe (3rd) from the Publick House. The three chefs competed on stage in an Iron Chef finale that lasted from 7:15-7:45 p.m. O’Keefe was named the winner of the closing event.