JOURNAL
Stories, thoughts, and dispatches from the collective.
What One Outlet Teaches
It is easier to correct the mistakes of staffs than to correct their attitude towards the vision.
We live with what we accept
On cockroaches in egg deliveries, inheriting a twelve-year-old kitchen, and the cost of looking the other way
THE ANSWER THEY WAITED FOR
You win the guest over by knowing what you are offering to the guest.
The Nine Attempts
How Pasta al Limone Found Its Place on Our Menu
Before the First Guest
This portrays what happens behind the scenes before we say "doors"
The Pasta That Taught Us To Say No
The story of an Alfredo pasta which is behind the formalisation of no-customizations/modifications policy. Also why saying yes to everything in hospitality isn't everything - it can become avoidance.
How We Brought the Christmas Formal to Life
This was our first formal event and the way we pulled it off.
Little Candies, Big Love
A mission to wrap every guest in a sense of belonging and inclusive, edible love of Caramelle pasta
The Rhythm of the Rush
Valentine's Day 2025 was our highest sale day ever — and it still felt like a failure. Here's what we're building so it never happens again.
When the gas runs out
Across Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and India, restaurants face a devastating LPG shortage caused by the US-Israel-Iran conflict disrupting the Strait of Hormuz. Here is how we are adapting.
Welcome to the Naveh Collective Journal
Our first dispatch — why we started this journal and what to expect.