The Restaurant Start-Up Guide

by David H. Bangs and Peter Rainsford

"The Restaurant Start-Up Guide" offers a practical what-to-do and when-to-do-it plan for getting started successfully in the restaurant business. Beginning at 12 months out, the authors take a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574100718
• ISBN13: 9781574100716
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

First Anniversary Retrospective

Yesterday my staff and I celebrated the one year anniversary of my restaurant. The Restaurant Start-Up Guide was an integral part of my planning process, and I have recommended it to three other friends this year who are starting their own businesses. The month-by-month approach was not only motivating; it lent structure to a sometimes overwhelmingly complicated process. My previous experience was in hands-on restaurant management. The Start-Up Guide taught me the business basics and directed me to other sources of information I needed to get started. I will continue to recommend it to others in the future.

Provides all the information necessary to plan the venture

This new edition of Restaurant Start-Up Guide provides a 12-month plan for starting a restaurant, and is packed with financial and start-up information which will prove essential to any who plan on such a venture. Tips and techniques from two restaurant and business start-up pros provide all the information necessary to plan the venture, from creating revenue to determining the restaurant's focus and clientele.

Good resource that is honest about the industry.

I'm now reading this book for the second time. The step by step guide is in a prudent timeline and very comprehensive. The authors add in enough anecdotes and survey results from succesful restauranteurs to keep the text interesting. The authors pay alot of attention to making sure readers really want to get into this business.