Article: Night Shifts.

By Christine LaFave Grace, Associate Editor

Cut operating hours to save cash? No way, say wee-hours operators, who find the key to success is giving late-night the special treatment it deserves.

Upscale-casual Rivera restaurant in Los Angeles opened in January, long enough after the recession had started to give Chef-partner John Sedlar time to rethink his plans to stay open until 1 a.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Shaving a couple of hours off the restaurant's closing time could mean lower labor and energy costs--no small consideration in a time of sliding foot traffic and declining sales for the foodservice industry.

Sedlar would have ...

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