About
Hi, I'm Al Kanbar.
25+ years in restaurant operations, from the line to the brand level. I started Silver Spoon Mia in 2018 because independent operators deserve the same systems the big brands run on.
From a 350-seat, 24-hour restaurant to Starbucks, Yum and RBI.
I opened my first restaurant, 350 seats and open 24 hours, before most consultants ever ran a shift. Then came years running operations for Starbucks, Yum Brands, Restaurant Brands International and Johnny Rockets. Multi-unit. Multi-brand. Real P&Ls.
Here's what that taught me. Restaurants don't fail because the food is bad. They fail because the systems behind the food are broken and nobody can see where the money is leaking. The fix isn't a bigger idea. It's operating discipline: knowing your numbers every week, and building the habits that keep them where they belong.
That's what we do at Silver Spoon Mia. We diagnose, design, implement and coach, and we stay on the floor until the new way is the only way.
Credentials
- Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses alumnus
- Guest lecturer, Babson College and FIU
- ServSafe certified trainer
- Speaker, National, New York, California and Florida Restaurant Shows
- Author, The 90-Day Restaurant Rescue
- Founder, Mugs Coffee House concept
The team
Al leads every engagement. The team makes sure nothing slips.
Finance & bookkeeping
Flor and The Nestares Group run Clean Books and sit in on Full Package numbers meetings.
Real estate
Dinorah Lazla leads site selection, restaurant brokerage and lease review.
Analysis & menu engineering
Camilla runs recipe costing and the menu matrix.
Data & numbers
Sebas builds the weekly scorecards and tracks every client's targets.
Design & marketing
Daniela handles brand, menus and marketing for clients and for us.
Advisory board
Al stress-tests ideas with fellow coaches Monte Silva, Christopher McFadden and Kenneth Scharlatt.
The first step
Grab an Espresso Chat. Bring your numbers.
45 minutes on Zoom, free. We look at your P&L together, find the three fixes worth the most money, and tell you straight whether we're the right fit. No pitch deck.