Saving up for a restaurant and making it a reality is a very common dream for people who want to start their own business. You can dream about it for years, come up with a mouthwatering menu and imagine trendy decor. Scout for the perfect location and talk to people who can’t wait for you to open that new hang out, your very own cafe or restaurant. This is the pleasant and easy part of starting a restaurant. The other half of restaurant planning concerns finance, taxes, documents and government regulations you have to deal with. Yes, you have to deal with those if you want to open a restaurant even if it gives you a migraine.

It would be nice to have an accountant or secretary to do all the dirty work, but what if you, like most people, don’t have that privilege? I guess the next best thing to do is to find out how to accomplish the nitty-gritty task of how to open a restaurant. If you are new in the restaurant business, it will be most likely for you to completely miss out on some key factors that could spell disaster for you later on. You don’t want to lose money with a start up restaurant before you make a profit. Unforeseen mistakes can be quite costly for you and affect how smoothly you can run your restaurant. How familiar you are with the restaurant business can also dictate how soon you can make money from it.