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March 30th, 2013
Starting a Restaurant: Tips from the Pros
Starting a small business in America is a very difficult challenge, but is one that Sason Azani and Franke Eghtesadi have overcome.
Together, the two entrepreneurs own Sonny’s Place, a family-style Middle Eastern restaurant in Atlanta. To find success in the industry, they offer the following advice to anyone looking to start up a restaurant:
- Get two to three years of experience in the restaurant business before attempting to start one. Study the operations of the business and work in a variety of different positions to learn as much as possible.
- Take time to choose the proper location, and research the area to make sure a restaurant would go well there. Choose a location that sees a lot of traffic, has plenty of parking, and is close to other popular businesses.
- To open a restaurant, there are many permits that are required, such as construction, health, plumbing, fire, sanitation and waste, and beer and wine licenses. Make sure these are all included in the budget.
- When it comes to financing the start-up, small business owners will always need more than they think.
- Start with a small layout for the restaurant and grow out from there, making sure that all the restaurant chairs and tables can move around to accommodate different sized crowds.
Source: http://www.ehow.com/how_2323724_start-small-cafe.html