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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Restaurant, 2nd Edition (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
by Howard Cannon
from Alpha
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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An Intelligent Guide for Restaurateurs and Their Customers 
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Restaurant, 2nd Edition (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
Starting with the back cover -- and where else would a book buyer start? -- I find The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Restaurant, Second Edition, both entertaining and useful. "You know it's a restaurateur-eat-restaurateur world out there." The author, Howard Cannon, is the president of an international restaurant consulting firm specializing in startups and turnarounds. I am convinced that he knows his... more info
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Too Idiotic 
This book was a little too basic for really offering much help in the restaurant business. I was hoping to read about a few examples or case studies but the book seems geared more for devising cutesy by-lines and adages for select basic points. Instead of comparison figures for food costs or start-up costs, the book describes clean-up hints that seem common sense. The author also devoted a large section to franchises and opening up second restaurants that seemed geared for McDonalds franchisees versus... more info
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A cornucopia of information
This is an incredibly detailed and comprehensive book. The first part delves into the broad knowledge base you'll need to acquire in order to do a good job in your chosen profession. Running a restaurant involves everything from accounting to cooking, dishwashing to equipment repair, and while you'll rely heavily on the advice and aid of professionals, you also need to know as much as possible on your own.
No matter how early in the process you are, you'll find something for you here. Cannon describes... more info
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