How much does it cost to open and run a Greek cafe/restaurant?
Firstly, if you have no experience in the restaurant business, I’d advise that you work in restaurants for the next six months or so doing everything from busing tables and washing dishes to waiting tables and cooking if they’ll allow you back there and if you have the skills. This will give you some of the work experience that you’ll need to understand and run a Greek cafe/restaurant profitably. If this is your first business venture, I would strongly recommend that you talk to a business counselor before you do anything especially spend money. I’d call the local office of SCORE (go to http://www.score.org and input your zip code to find the chapter nearest you), the advice is FREE. Ask for someone who has a background in restaurants and they’ll try their best to match you with the right counselor. The counselor at SCORE will most likely advise you to write a business plan which is very good advice because it will force you to dig out
