By DerekH September 09, 2013
service was a little slow ...read more
By jeanstiles April 02, 2012
I love their steak. Their side dishes are really good, too. Especially the creamed spinach. ...read more
By Daphne17 at Citysearch July 21, 2011
I was an event planner for a recent 21 year old's 3 day event including the last night having dinner at P.F. Chang's in Walnut Creek. The guest of honor (Blake) and myself came into the restaurant a few weeks before the event and were greeted by Joseph Pishal, the manager. Joseph offered us so much more than we ever expected from a restaurant chain! He explained how the pre-fixe menu would benefit our large party, presented a food tasting and personalized drink creation for Blake with the bartender that we could serve the night of the event and allowed us to come into the restaurant before the event to set up. He reserved a private area for our party of 25 with no deposit or extra cost to us. This is unheard of at restaurants today and it was such a treat for Blake who was on a budget. We arrived at the restaurant the night of the dinner and Joseph and his staff greeted us with a drink "on the house" for Blake right away along with our server, Jamie Pizzagoni, explaining how she would be assisting us that evening. The food was wonderful and so was the special drink that they created for Blake! The staff even gave us a huge slice of cake and sang "happy birthday" to him! Yum! As it turned out, our party was not as large as we hoped and Jamie was so understanding. She helped me re-configure the dining area we had reserved and our concern was to create space so that the restaurant would be able to create more tables for their normal dinner service. At the end of the event, Jamie took the extra time to separate the checks for the party, and Joseph gave myself and Blake a special gift bag and personal thank you. I can't say enough about the professionalism and personal care this staff offered us. I have not seen it matched and recommend this venue to any large or small party. I will return with corporate and personal events in the future and offer my sincere thanks to you! Sincerely, C Cline ...read more
By now nearly everyone who owns a small business has been contacted by a sales rep to get almost instant money to you. This always sounds wonderful at first glance. After all, outside of winning, inheriting, or stealing, you can only get money in addition to your organic revenues by borrowing in some form. So what are the forms of borrowing? Friends and relatives. We leave this one to you. It usually ends up being a very effective way to have wealthy, incredulous friends take you off their holiday card list. Your "friendly" banker. Ha. If you've ever approached a banker for a business loan, you've been told that you must have "abundant capital" - that's banker-speak for "enough liquid assets that we can dissolve if we feel your loan is in danger of defaulting". Banks have the money - after all, we just bailed them out from their most recent folly. But they make their income from DEPOSITS. Most of them don't even want to make loans. Equipment, receivables or credit-card ("merchant cash advance") factoring. If you have valuable equipment or great receivables, or if you process typically more than $10,000 per month from credit-card payments, you can contact a "factor" who will advance (not lend) you money by securing your equipment or your receivables. The advantage here is that you can usually get your advance within a few days. There are two disadvantages: The amount you'll be paying back in excess of the amount you received is NOT tax-deductible like interest on a loan,The "factoring ratio" is usually 1.3 to 1.5 - or more. That means that if the factor advances you $10,000, you will pay back $13,000 to $15,000 over a typical 6-month term. You are actually paying back the equivalent of a loan with 30% to 50% interest within 6 months. That's equivalent to an annualized percentage rate (APR) of 60% to 100%. And that over-pay is not deductible. If you really need money fast, and IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN PAY IT BACK FULLY WITHOUT GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, this can be a good solution.Locate private lenders. There are several companies that we represent who can loan a business money for far less than any factor can charge. Yes, the interest rate is higher than the one quoted by your local bank - the one you do not have access to. The advantages are obvious: Your interest rate is far lower than a factor,This interest is deductible,The lender typically reports to the credit bureaus (this is good news, not bad). This will help you establish good business credit, which helps you remove your business liability from your personal liability.We represent groups of factors, several merchant banks, and several groups of private lenders, so we can give you a truly objective idea of how much money you can get, when you can get it, and how much you are going to pay for it.tomm@amp-up.com ...read more
By Alliance to Maximize Profits, LLC February 03, 2012
If you have a business that receives credit-card payments at your place of business - rather than on-line, you probably have never heard of the "Durbin Amendment". Recently this amendment was tacked onto the only existing statute attempting to protect merchants from secret fees usually charged by the many credit-card processors. The intent was to force processors to reduce several important charges, and would benefit those merchants whose majority of prices were under approximately $40.00. But it was written in such a way that only the few largest processors (there are now over 40 here in the US) have to comply. That means that if your merchant services are with one of the many (in addition to the processors, there are probably over a thousand sales organizations selling merchant services) processors who do not have to, or choose not to, comply with this "enforced" cost reduction, then you are still paying quite a bit more than you should to receive payments by Visa or Mastercard. A recent study found that of several hundred sales/service people who work for card processors or sales organizations, very few of them had heard of the Durbin Amendment. Google "Durbin Amendment" if you want all the details (you don't really). If your monthly credit card statement includes the words: "tier", "qualified", "mid-qualified", or "non qualified" you are probably one of the unfortunates who are being over-charged. There are NO laws that are set up to protect you in this wild world of credit-card processing. So If you believe that you are being taken advantage of - you probably are. Contact us by email. We can find out for you at no cost. If we find you are, then you decide whether to continue to pay too much, or to take things into your own hands. No cost to you to find out if you are processing more than $20,000 per month. tomm@amp-up.com ...read more
By Alliance to Maximize Profits, LLC February 02, 2012
Some people like to freeze-dry chicken because it can be stored up to a year and it also reduces the weight of the meat. The process involves removing all the moisture from the meat, which has less of an effect on the taste of the meat than normal dehydration. Freezing drying chicken can be easily don... ...read more
Cabbage is commonly used in coleslaw but it can also be steamed and used as a side dish. Red and green cabbage varieties make a tasty and nutritious juice that can be enjoyed alone or with your meal. You can easily transform an entire cabbage into a delicious, inexpensive juice with a countertop juicer. ...read more