Own a restaurant
🌍 Anywhere👤 18+
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Navigate the complex world of restaurant ownership from concept development through daily operations, managing everything from staff and suppliers to health codes and profit margins. Most restaurants fail within the first year, making this one of the most challenging business ventures. Success requires culinary skills, business acumen, and incredible dedication to long hours.
Difficulty
85/100Extreme
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Cost
$50,000 – $500,000
⏱
Time
longer
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People
1+
🏠
Setting
indoor
📅
Season
any
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Equipment
commercial kitchen equipment
People who tried this
“My husband and I are in our 60’s. One year ago we bought a restaurant. We knew nothing. After going through many BOH and FOH employees who were talented, toxic, substance users, or just separated for other reasons, we now find ourselves understaffed and trying to pick up the slack. We are not making any money yet, we are both having some burdensome health issues, we live in a very small town with few employee options, and a lot of the time we feel like WE work for our employees.”
“Aside from having a baby, opening a restaurant is the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” says Molly Wizenberg, the author of A Homemade Life and Delancey, as well as the person behind the James Beard Award-winning food blog Orangette.”
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