Listen before building
Start with the teams using the tools. Their experience through prep and service helps us decide what to improve.
About opsi
Built in the kitchen. Still shaped by it.
Opsi connects recipe management, inventory, purchasing, and food costs, giving restaurant teams a shared view of the work behind service.
Where it started
A kitchen problem and a shared idea.
James Passafaro first helped plate dishes at age eleven. Years later, as executive sous chef at RN74 in San Francisco, he saw how much time his team spent rewriting prep lists and tracking down recipes.
He brought the idea to Matt Luckey, a friend since high school with a background in product and design. They founded opsi in 2019 to give kitchen teams one place for the information they need.
Spoon and Stable
Tested through prep and service.
While working as Chef de Cuisine at Spoon and Stable, James and the opsi team developed and tested early versions of opsi with Chef Gavin Kaysen and the kitchen team.
Menu changes, training, and daily prep gave them a chance to see what worked and what needed attention. In 2022, James left his role in the kitchen to work on opsi full time.
Results reported by Spoon and Stable
- reduction in prep time
- 40%
- faster employee onboarding
- 20%
Our approach
What guides the work.
Keep the details clear
Make recipes, quantities, and records easy to find, so teams can check the information behind a decision.
Respect the team’s time
Reduce repeated admin so operators have more time to teach, improve the food, and support their teams.
The next chapter
Part of GoTab.
GoTab acquired opsi in December 2024, bringing kitchen operations closer to sales and accounting.
Opsi continues as a standalone platform, with support for other point-of-sale systems. Restaurant teams can use opsi with the tools that fit their operation.
Read the announcement