Let’s say you want to “freshen up” the feel of your bar or restaurant, but you’re on a limited budget.  One nice way to go about it is through tabletop lighting like votive candles with decorative lanterns.  Some benefits of tabletop lighting:

• Ambiance—tabletop lighting helps to create a quiet, intimate atmosphere for less than 2¢ an hour.
• Tabletop lighting is the most cost-effective way to change your restaurant décor and give it a fresh, new look.
• Interestingly, statistics show there’s less glass and china breakage when employees change over table settings.
• Check averages will increase.  Patrons will stay longer ordering dessert and after dinner drinks.

And if you caught one of my old blog posts, spiked dessert drinks are trendy these days.  As with most alcohol, they can be a great source of profit for your business.  So tabletop lighting has the potential to increase profits while decreasing losses in the form of broken glassware.  (Sounds like a pretty good deal to me.)

What are some other cost-effective ways to put a new face on your bar or restaurant?  Get the creative juices flowing and post any ideas you come up with.