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| Running a Restaurant for Dummies | 
 enlarge | Authors: Michael Garvey, Heather Dismore, Andrew Dismore
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $21.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9993
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0764537172
Dewey Decimal Number: 647.95068
EAN: 9780764537172
ASIN: 0764537172
Publication Date: July 9, 2004
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Product Description
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 or running a business, you might still have a great idea for a restaurant ? and this handy guide will show you how to make your dream a reality. If you already own a restaurant, but want to see it do better, Running a Restaurant For Dummies offers unbeatable tips and advice of bringing in hungry customers. From start to finish, you?ll learn everything you need to know to succeed: - Put your ideas on paper with a realistic business plan
- Attract investors to help get the business off the ground
- Be totally prepared for your grand opening
- Make sure your business is legal and above board
- Hire and train a great staff
- Develop a delicious menu
If you?re looking for expert guidance from people in the know, then Running a Restaurant For Dummies is the only book you need. Written by Michael Garvey, co-owner of the famous Oyster Bar at Grand Central, with help from writer Heather Dismore and chef Andy Dismore, this book covers all the bases, from balancing the books to training staff and much more: - Designing and theme and a concept
- Taking over an existing restaurant or buying into a franchise
- Stocking and operating a bar
- Working with partners and other investors
- Choose a perfect location
- Hiring and training an excellent staff
- Pricing menu items
- Designing the interior of the restaurant
- Purchasing and managing supplies
- Marketing your restaurant to customers
If you?re looking for a new career as a restaurateur, or you need new ideas for your struggling restaurant, Running a Restaurant For Dummies offers expert advice in a fun, friendly format. Packed with practical advice and expert wisdom on every aspect of the food service business, this guide is all you need to get cooking.
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 Dummy should read. June 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wanna open a food service business? Read several books including this one, subscribe to the Restuarant owner email news letter and then search for any other material you can read about the subject. Lots of people try and many fail, or just give up. Be educated in your decisions. You will gain enough from the school of hard knocks, so you should have enough education to realize when a "lesson" comes your way.
Good for beginners May 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very good book. Full of details. Could go a little further into the kitchen matter. You will need another book on food cost calculation, once this one does not cover it all the way.
 Running a restaurant for dummies May 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has been used for our group discussion at work and I really love this book. I'm big on reading and talking about books that are easy to understand. This book is funny, realistic and very imformative.
Thinking of starting a restaurant? Buy this book. November 21, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
 What Are You Thinking!!! October 24, 2007
3 out of 22 found this review helpful
I realize this is a great book. But it is all lies!!! If you truly believe that owning or working in a restaurant is fun..... Wow please think of another profession. And if you ever worked for Mike Garvey.... God Help You!!!! The man is the anti-christ
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