The Restaurant Dream? - Softcover

Simon, Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0910627835 ISBN 13: 9780910627832

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc., 2006

Synopsis

Each and every year, countless numbers of individuals act on their life-long dreams and decide to open a restaurant. Many of these aspiring restaurateurs are engaging in this activity for the first time, and unfortunately they are at a greater risk for making mistakes that could unnecessarily doom their fledgling business from the start. Many of these mistakes, however, are avoidable. The shelves are full of books about restaurants. Some offer advice on operations and menu planning. Some contain inspiring photographs of interior and exterior spaces. Others share the details behind one concept or individual’s success story. But comprehensive information available on the restaurant development process is limited. The establishment of a new restaurant concept is full of emotion, surprise, frustration, risk, and satisfaction that simply cannot be conveyed in a textbook format. The Restaurant Dream? is based on a true account of one team’s efforts to develop a restaurant concept from the ground up. All aspects of the development process, from initial ideation through design, construction, opening, and the first months of operations, are covered. It is written in the form of a story, which interweaves educational material with real-life events and the unexpected twists and turns that seemed to exist around almost every corner. From elation to deception and camaraderie to lawsuits, this book shows that the surreal components of opening a restaurant are not uncommon—they are just not frequently shared. The Restaurant Dream? shares strategies, logic, successes, and failures so that the aspiring restaurateur may learn from this effort and improve their own likelihood for success.

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About the Author

Lee Simon is an award winning designer, specializing in commercial foodservice and hospitality projects. A graduate of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, he has taught Hospitality Facilities Planning and Design at the University of Central Florida’s Rosen School of Hospitality Management. He is also the author of a column on hospitality design which has been featured in dozens of publications throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, India, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Nigeria, and the United Arab Emirates. As a practicing designer, Lee uses his operational experience on a daily basis to assist his clients with the planning of new and renovated foodservice facilities. His past projects, located in the United States and abroad, include all types of foodservice operations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0910627835
• ISBN 13: 9780910627832
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328