Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 647.95068 EAN: 9781558322875 ISBN: 1558322876 Label: Harvard Common Press Manufacturer: Harvard Common Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: January 15, 2006 Publisher: Harvard Common Press Sales Rank: 140926 Studio: Harvard Common Press
Product DescriptionMore than 100 new restaurants open *every day* and the truth is, most of them don't make it. This is a fully-updated edition of the classic guide to opening a small restaurant successfully, be it a bistro, diner, inn, cafe, or something fancier. Expert Daniel Miller offers a wealth of information to help would-be restaurateurs decide if the life of a small-business owner is right for them, and if so, how to proceed to get a restaurant up and running. From finding the location to creating a business and finance plan, to hiring and training staff, purchasing equipment, setting up computer programs, developing a menu, and a whole lot more, this is everything you need to know. If you are a burgeoning entrepreneur, or even if you just want to ''dream the dream'', this practical and engaging book will lead you on your way.
What Others Say
MUST HAVE!!!
If you're thinkg of starting a small restaurant or cafe, wait until you've read Starting a Small Restaurant, Revised Edition!
Restaurant book
Starting a Small Restaurant, Revised Edition looked like the most comprehensive book for a teenager that is interested in starting and running a restaurant.
restaurant running is important
If you are part of the restaurant biz already then this is a great way to be sure all bases are covered.
If you dont know a thing.. this will help you out alot. be ready for a lot of work with your biz plan!!
Starting a Small Restaurant, Revised Edition gets 5 stars (bought book after library rental)
Good, but not great
"Starting a Small Restaurant" gives any novice a good starting point for considerations in this fast-paced world. The Author, Daniel Miller, has had mixed career employment, not all of which are in the food service industry. Danial co-founded the Grey Fox Inn, a large undertaking. I gave the book 2 stars because on some subjects Miller is simply vague or incorrect in my experience. For instance, Miller states that "People steal food from restaurants." Not necessarily true, but only gives solutions of locking storage areas (ludicrous), or deal honestly with employees, whatever that means. Another subject I found unenlightening was the equipment discussion on a deep fat fryer. Dirty and dangerous was about as far as the text went.
An encouraging, informative, and practical guide to opening a successful small restaurant
Now in a new and substantially revised edition, Starting A Small Restaurant: How To Make Your Dream A Reality by Daniel Miller (co-founder of the Grey Fox Inn, a successful small restaurant in Cambria, California) is an encouraging, informative, and practical guide to opening a successful small restaurant. Informing the reader of many necessities, tactics and strategies involved in opening, maintaining, and publicizing a restaurant, Starting A Small Restaurant is an easy-to-use and comprehensive reference replete with every "must-know" detail of opening and operating a new restaurant business. Starting A Small Restaurant is very strongly recommended for anyone anticipating beginning their own restaurant business no matter their degree of previous ... Read More
