The power goes out in your restaurant. As a manager, what is the first action you should take?

If there is a power outage at your restaurant, you should first make note of the time so you know when the event occurred and can plan accordingly. If you have a generator, getting that operational would be an appropriate next step. Checking and recording the temperature of food is appropriate, but does not need to be done immediately after the outage occurs. TCS foods do not need to be thrown away until they have been in the temperature danger zone for more than 4 hours.