Upsells/Add-ons
This dish can be offered to start for larger groups or groups that cannot decide between the fried calamari and spicy shrimp.
What is the Buca Trio Platter?
This entrée can be described as oven roasted salmon laid over a bed of pesto cream sauce and topped with sundried tomatoes and roasted garlic.
What is Salmon Pesto?
5 categories of menu items that can be paired with Entree orders.
What are beverages, side dishes, pastas, specialty breads and salads?
The opposite of salesmanship.
What is order taking?
"Sparkling, still or tap?" should be asked in response to this ordered item.
What is water?
This dish can be offered instead when a guest is ordering a small mixed green salad to start.
What is the Chopped Antipasti Salad?
This dish includes spinach, ricotta, mozzarella, provolone, pepperoni and sliced meatballs and is served with a side of marinara.
What is the Meatball Rollato?
This type of wine typically pairs best with our chicken entrees and cream based sauces.
What is white wine?
The point of service that we spiel appetizers.
What is the first approach (before leaving the table for the first time)?
This question(s) should be asked when a guest is ordering a simple beverage or a specialty cocktail with upsell modifiers to increase price of ingredients.
What are
"would you like 'liquor' or 'liquor'"
"what 'vodka/tequila/gin/whiskey' would you like in that?"
"would you like a single or a double"
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This side dish can be offered as a PPA driver when we have 86'd meatballs for the evening. It can be prepared mild or spicy.
What is the Italian Sausage?
This dessert can be directly translated to "pick-me-up"
What is Tiramisu?
This can be paired with any specialty bread for a $1.50-$3.00
Side of sauce (marinara, meat sauce, rosa, alfredo, pesto)
This is used in the Fantastic Goodbye approach as a prop to assist in suggestive salesmanship.
What is a dessert menu?
This is italian beverage often served with dessert and can be translated to "corrected".
What is a cafe correcto?
This dish is the upsold version of the Chicken Limone entrée.
What is the Chicken Saltimbocca?
What is the Quattro al Forno?
Because this pasta dish contains both marinara, alfredo sauce and sausage, it can be paired with red or white wine.
What is the Stuffed shells?
*will also accept quattro al forno
Definition of dead words.
Any word that turns a guest away from a specific course rather than opening up to salesmanship.
IE. "appetizer," "dessert," "something to drink," "beverages,"
4 examples of size upgrades for alcoholic beverages.
What are bottles of wine, punch bowls, pitchers of beer and sangria carafes.
12 things that can be added to any salad or pasta for an additional charge.
What are
-Proteins (pepperoni, salami, chicken, shrimp, prosciutto, sausage, calamari)
-Cheeses (mozzarella, gorgonzola, provolone, feta)
-Vegetables (pepperoncini, sundried tomatoes, broccoli, olives, artichokes)
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What is penne noodles tossed in a white wine cream sauce with chicken breast, artichoke hearts, sundried tomatoes and peas?
This dessert would go really well with a limoncello cordial
What is the Italian Crème Cake?
This is brought to any table that has ordered an appetizer without asking.
What is house ciabatta bread?
The only two specialty cocktails you can modify the liquor/recipe on as an upsell.
What are the Italian Primo Margarita and the Roman Tiki?