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.

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.

Step?by?step guidance ? from food to finances

Owning and operating a restaurant is hard work and risky business, but the rewards for success can be great ? you can be your own boss and make a great living! But where do you start? Don?t worry! Running a Restaurant For Dummies shows you how to open the restaurant of your dreams ? and make it a success for years to come.

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Icons and other navigational aids
• Tear?out cheat sheet
• Top ten lists
• A dash of humor and fun

Discover how to:

• Write a winning business plan
• Pick the perfect location
• Secure financing
• Develop a delicious menu
• Ensure food safety and cleanliness
• Find out what customers want

Heather Heath Dismore is a veteran of both the restaurant and publishing industries. She has published works including such titles as ?Indian Cooking For Dummies,? part of the compilation Cooking Around the World All?In?One For Dummies, The Parents? Success Guide to Organizing, The Parents? Success Guide to Managing a Household, and Low?Carb Dieting For Dummies, all published by John Wiley and Sons. This is her fifth published work.
A graduate of DePauw University, she succumbed to the restaurant business in Denver, Colorado while applying to law school. She rapidly rose to management at such regional and national chains as The Italian Fisherman, Don Pablo?s Mexican Kitchen, and Romano?s Macaroni Grill. She orchestrated the openings of 15 new restaurants and developed the training, procedural, and purchasing systems t hat were used as the gold standard in numerous concepts throughout her tenure. She currently lives in Missouri with her husband, co?author Andrew Dismore, and their daughters who are her first loves, inspiration, and never?ending source of new material.

Andrew Dismore, one of the catering industry?s premier chefs, joined the foodservice marketing agency Noble & Associates in 2003 after amassing critical success and national recognition as Corporate Executive Chef/General Manager of Chicago?s uber?posh Calihan Catering, Inc. In a career spanning some 15 years, Dismore has amassed an expertise in the catering field few can rival. His experiences are a study in dramatic contrast. He has prepared seated dinners for over 10,000 guests, designed highly profitable operations that have fed over 200,000 diners in three weeks, overseen the execution of over 2,500 events annually, and directed the culinary operations for such mega?volume events as the Indianapolis 500, The Brickyard 400, The NCAA Final Four, The RCA Tennis Championships, and Formula One.
He has participated in over 20 openings and has independently designed 12 new food service concepts. Yet he has catered intimate events for many of the world?s social, political, and culinary elite.