Running a Restaurant For Dummies

Running a Restaurant For Dummies

Running a Restaurant For Dummies

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Millions of Americans dream of owning and running their own restaurant because they want to be their own boss, because their cooking always draws raves, or just because they love food. Running a Restaurant For Dummies covers every aspect of getting started for wannabe restaurateurs. From setting up a business plan and finding financing, to designing a menu and dining room, you’ll find all the advice you need to start and run a successful restaurant. Even if you don’t know anything about cooking

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  1. 46 of 46 people found the following review helpful
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    I’m On MY Way To Owning My Own Restaurant!, August 21, 2005
    By 
    Linda L. Vanderhoek (Peoria, Arizona) –
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    This review is from: Running a Restaurant For Dummies (Paperback)
    My Mom ordered this book for me, as I was thinking of owning my own place. I have been in the restaurant business for several years, as a worker, and as a cook, and as a store manager. I thought I knew pretty much all I needed to know, but after reading this book, I am amazed at just how much MORE I needed to learn! This book has given me much more insight to more ways of obtainning the funds for starting out, and all the differrent things needed to know for employee hiring, inventory, money managment, and even how to find the best location! The book is also very true and realistic as to the difficulties occurred along the way to owning, and running a sucessful business. Thanks a lot “Books for Dummies” people for getting this book on the market. I know it will help a lot of folks who are thinking about opening their own restaurant. I am ready and anxious to get going on the road to owning my own pizza restaurant! Look for my place, SOON!

    L. Vanderhoek & Eric Vanderhoek

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  2. 24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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    Thinking of starting a restaurant? Buy this book., November 21, 2007
    By 
    Leon Braun
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    This review is from: Running a Restaurant For Dummies (Paperback)
    When my wife and I decided three months ago to open our own restaurant, this book was our very first purchase. If you’re thinking of opening one, it should be yours, too.

    “Running A Restaurant For Dummies” is packed with useful tips on starting and running a restaurant: things like choosing your “concept”, creating a menu, selecting the right staff and building a loyal clientelle. It’s an easy read, with everything broken down into easily digested chunks and plenty of funny anecdotes along the way. The authors do a good job of getting across the glamour and the drudgery of the restaurant business, and most important, they get across the message that the restaurant business is just that, a business. Cashflow, inventory, marketing, hiring and firing — take it from me, you’ll spend at least as much time worrying about this stuff as you will about the food.

    I must have bought a dozen books on the restaurant business before we opened. This was the only one I read cover to cover. Five weeks after opening, we’re doing great business and getting great reviews. We regularly have to turn people away on Friday and Saturday nights. At least part of that success we owe to this book. Thinking of starting a restaurant? Buy this book. It’s the best fifteen bucks you’ll ever invest.

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  3. 24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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    Ha! This Book Exists!, February 18, 2006
    By 
    Dai-keag-ity (In the attic.) –

    This review is from: Running a Restaurant For Dummies (Paperback)
    This is a good book!

    I’ve always wanted to open a restaurant and within the last year my life has changed to the point where I could make that dream a reality. I refer to restaurant ownership as a “mid-term” goal, meaning it’s probably at least 1-3 years in the future, but in the meantime I have been doing all the research I can, and almost as a joke I mentioned to a friend of mine that, “Wouldn’t it be funny if a book was out there like ‘Restaurants for Dummies’?” We looked on Amazon, and voila! There really IS one!

    After reading this, I admit, I picked up more than a few helpful hints and insider suggestions I did not know. This book cannot turn you into an experienced restaurateur overnight, but, as I’ve been impressed to learn again and again when referring to the `Dummies’ series, it’s more than just lightweight fluff sandwiched between two covers. I’d recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about the inner workings of the restaurant business, and especially for those (crazy types like me) thinking of getting into this (high-risk, often low-yield, hard-work required) profession.

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