If you are the manager of a franchise restaurant, you have the benefit of going through their training program. However, if you are an independent restaurant owner you have no such advantage. Instead, your training will consist of OJT (On the Job training) This is why an independent restaurant owner needs to read as much information as possible in order to get a leg up on your competition. How to Open a Re$taurant and Keep it Open will be all the advantage that you need. There is much more to the restaurant business that cooking great BBQ in your back yard. You have got to learn how to keep customers happy and coming back. You have got to know how to train a crew of employees to function in a professional manner. You have to know how to price your items in order to create the proper amount of profit in order to remain in business. Dealing with sales people should be a high priority of yours and, of course, how to promote your business will be critical for you. Then you must train yourself how to accomplish all of these things with very little sleep. Nobody said it would be simple but, welcome to the restaurant business.