Owned my own place for close to 12 years now.
This is N. America. All you need to own a retaurant is money. No licenses or special courses to take, no birthright, just money. Period.
Now to own a profitable restaurant, you need lots of experience.
Cooking is the easy part, you need the experience in:
-Finding the money--either with investors or with a lending institution
-Finding the right place/location
-Finding/attracting custoners, and keeping them.
The last one is by far the most important. The source of all money comes from --no not the the bank or investors--from the customer. There are no strings attachted to customer's money--other than goods/seervices provided.
Some Chefs do this by selling excellent meals and providing good ambiance, others think that a song and dance and a bit of showbiz will get butts into seats. Whatever works, works. |