Restaurant Reality: A Manager's Guide

by Michael M. Lefever

"Every meaningful phase of restaurant management is discussed in Restaurant Reality." -Thad Eure, Jr. Former president National Restaurant Association This inspirational and entertaining guide for managers, staff, educators, and students provides uniquely candid and practical insight into the restaurant industry. Filled with informative and often amusing anecdotes from the author's own experience, Restaurant Reality offers current and prospective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0442259387
• ISBN13: 9780442259389
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Funny stuff

I was in a class Lefever taught, so I was skeptical of the reasons he assigned this book. However, it turned out to be one of the best reads I ever had in college. I read the book in a week. The title says something about reality, so prepare yourself. This book shows the good, the bad, and the ugly of the restaurant business. Oh, and the funny too.

An excellent and funny look at managing restaurants

Restaurant Reality is one man's (later one husband and wife's) journey through all levels of restaurant management. Drawing upon a lifetime of experience in restaurant management, Lefever's anecdotes give the reader a great sense of the ups and downs, sometimes too many downs, of buying, owning, and managing a successful restaurant. If you are interested in an eye-opening expose on what the textbooks don't tell you about owning your own restaurant, take a look at "Reality." If anything, it is good f