A little Jack White with your burger?
What’s playing over the speakers is as vital as the menu, so restaurants are turning to ‘music sommeliers’ to create playlists to eat by.
Chef on a Mission: What Sean Brock Listens to When he's in the kitchen
MMJ… Wilco… Radiohead… QOTSA. The Chef of Husk in Charleston has great taste in music.
Music is a major reason for why our staff is so tight. I’ve compiled a playlist of songs that are particularly special to us in the kitchen — our anthems, our dance-party starters, and the songs that make us laugh, cry and make tagliatelle at the speed of light! Our entire staff regularly ends up in the kitchen for dancing and singing.
Restaurant Playlist: Colicchio & Sons, NYC
From WSJ’s Day in the Life of Tom Colicchio:
(Also of note from the same article… Tom Colicchio practices guitar 2 hours a day.)
I think that the role of music in a restaurant is to create an aural experience that accompanies the sensory eating experience. You want to have music that invites people to come back.
Restaurant Playlist: Casa Chapala, Austin TX
Manually shazam’d at Casa Chapala, Austin. 3/15/11 at 6:50pm by @mxhamx
- Aretha Franklin - Respect
- Link Wray - Rumble
- Book T & the MG’s - Green Onions
- Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally
- Rolling Stones - Aint Too Proud to Beg
Have a restaurant playlist to share? Submit it here or email it to foodisthenewrock@gmail.com
Restaurants Are Paying Way More Attention to Their Music
“Those restaurants that follow the formula — quiet, tables far apart, no art on the walls, white tablecloths. As a customer, I’m bored by those. I’d much rather have a whole lot of stimuli — music, art, people [with] tattoos … To me, music goes along with that. A lot of us like loud music — it doesn’t make the food taste any worse, at least not to me.
Spotted Pig and Breslin owner Ken Friedman talking to the New York Post about music in restaurants.
Restaurant Playlist: Waterloo & City, L.A.
Shazam’d at Waterloo & City, Los Angeles. 2/9/11 at 7:04pm
- The Fratellis “My Friend John”
- Arctic Monkeys “Teddy Picker”
- The Kooks “Mr. Maker”
- Ramones “Yea Yea”
- The Black Keys “Hard Row”
- Harlem “Faces”
- Coconut Records “West Coast”
Have a restaurant playlist to share? Submit it here or email it to foodisthenewrock@gmail.com
Photo courtesy of Food GPS
