Restaurant Operations Consulting · New York
Full-spectrum consulting for operators who need real answers — from permitting and kitchen design to P&L, tech stack, and everything in between.
What We Do
We work across the full operator lifecycle — from concept and build-out through financial performance, digital infrastructure, and beyond.
About
Chris Ribando has spent his career inside the operation — not advising from the outside. From line cook to General Manager to Director of Operational Strategy, he’s built teams, opened locations, turned around underperformers, and overseen $8M in annual sales across some of New York’s most demanding restaurant environments.
His work spans nine years at Shake Shack — where he opened the Penn Station location, led a team of 90, and cut labor costs by 18% — a GM role at Union Square Hospitality Group’s Daily Provisions, where the Cobble Hill location turned profitable in its second month, currently leading operations and expansion for Frita Batidos (Chef Eve Aronoff), and serving as Fractional Director of Operations for Cholapink — a new-to-market brand entering the U.S. from the UK and Peru.
Clear Signal Ops exists because most operators don’t need another consultant with a framework. They need someone who has run the shift, read the P&L, hired the team, survived the DOH inspection, and knows exactly where the money goes. That’s what Chris brings.
Clear Signal Ops is the restaurant consulting arm of Hi-Confidence Group, LLC.
Why Clear Signal
We've worked inside real kitchens, real budgets, and real pressure. Advice that comes from experience, not textbooks.
From permit to POS, from org chart to P&L — one relationship that covers everything instead of five consultants who don't talk to each other.
Most clients reach out after a problem compounds. We're built to get in front of it — and to move fast when we can't.
We understand modern restaurant tech — POS, delivery integrations, inventory platforms — and how to make your stack work together instead of against you.
Contact
Whether you're opening your first location, scaling a group, or trying to stop the bleeding on a struggling unit — we want to hear about it.