Streetwise Restaurant Management

A Comprehensive Guide to Successfully Owning and Running a Restaurant

John James, Dan Baldwin

• Publisher: Adams Media
• Year: 2003
• Print ISBN:
  9781580627818
• eBook ISBN:
  9781440519222
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Owning and operating a restaurant is one of the most challenging endeavors an entrepreneur can take on--the hours are long and grueling, staff turnover averages 130 percent, and many fail within their first year. Streetwise Restaurant Management walks you step by step through each aspect of opening and managing a restaurant. This guide covers the practical issues you'll face on a daily basis and offers tips from an experienced restauranteur about the risks and rewards of restaurant management. Is owning or managing a restaurant right for you? It can be if you have Streetwise Restaurant Management as your ready reference for creating front-of-house ambience and back-of-house efficiencies.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Author’s Note
• Introduction
• Part One: Deciding Whether—and How—You Want to Run a Restaurant
• Part Two: Financing, Timing, and Designing Your New Restaurant
• Part Three: The Nuts and Bolts: Menus, Supplies, and Permits
• Part Four: Staffing Your Restaurant
• Part Five: Marketing and Promoting Your Restaurant
• Part Six: Running Your Restaurant Day-to-Day
• Appendix A: Resources
• Appendix B: Useful Forms
• Appendix C: FAQs
• Bibliography