RESUMES
Restaurant
Chief to Go
A two-city commuter
In the women’s room, a white porcelain
male torso is strategically placed atop a
liquid-soap dispenser. In the 160-seat
art-deco dining area, mirrors reflect the
pink, white and gray decor. All this Man
hattan trendiness is the brainchild of Todd
DeMann, 21, manager and coowner of Cafe
Pacifico, a pasta-and-seafood restaurant on
New York’s chichi Columbus Avenue. He’s
also a senior majoring in business at Boston
University, 250-plus miles away—a prob
lem he overcomes by com m uti ng.
In his baggy pin-striped pants and
starched white oxford shirt, DeMann looks
as stylish as his bistro. But his schedule is
not so attractive. Every Wednesday eve
ning DeMann jets in from Boston to work
four 10 a.m. to 3 a.m. days before flying
back to school Monday for three days of
classes. He combines tasks nicely. DeMann
developed a restaurant-consulting firm for
his entrepreneurship class (B-plus (trade)
and plans to start the business this sum
mer. And he keeps his cafe menus in a data
base, so he can log on to a computer in
Boston to check sales and inventory.
DeMann enlivens his cafe with a friendly
young staff and frequent theme nights. On
Marilyn Monroe night, for instance, the
waitresses—and the waiters—wore blonde
wigs and lipstick The theatrical touch
seems to pay off: both "Miami Vice" lord
Don Johnson and "Moonlighting" heart
throb Bruce Willis have been by. The food is
tasty, if not cheap; entrees cost $8 to $18
and diabolically rich desserts $5.
DeMann offers crisp advice toothers who
want to open restaurants: "Don’t!” Most
people, he warns, lack skills and capital
DeMann has toiled in the food field for
years and obtained his capital from bank
loans and from his chiropractor father.
Inside Information
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