Three Things You Must Know Before Starting A Small Restaurant

Kendall "The Barbecue Apostle" Matthews — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:22:56 +0000

“Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.” ~~ Karl Marx

For months, I’ve been wrestling with a problem.

The problem is, what do I say on this blog.

Do I write about food?
Do I write about promotions?
Do I write about the specials that we are having?

I just couldn’t figure it out… until now.

Honestly, I can’t write about food, because I rarely cook. I don’t feel like writing about promotions all the time, because I’m not a big rah-rah type-of-guy. Writing about specials, all the time is no fun either, there just so many ways to make dropping the price on gift cards exciting.

Therefore, to keep writing about exciting to stuff, I want to take you own a little journey.

You might not be excited about it, but oh well. I’m going to start writing articles about how to own and operate a small business. In particular, how to run a restaurant. More specifically, how to start a bbq restaurant and catering company from across the country using only a telephone and a laptop.

But first, here’s…

Three Things you Must Know Before Starting a Small Restaurant.

Employees may steal.
Friends will leave you.
And the government wants their money with interest.

If you keep this in the forefront of your mind, you will stay partially sane. Starting a non-franchise business is not for the faint of heart, a well-to-do, or those who like to follow directions.

There’s no easy way to say it, so I’ll just quote my mother.

Here is what she said, after working 14 hours and two employees didn’t show up for work, “Getting up at 4 a.m. in the morning is hard. But I love what I do, and I would not have it any other way.”

When was the last time you worked 14 hours and still loved what you do?

Exceeding Expectations,

P.s. If you stick with me, I’m going to show you exactly how to start a restaurant with no money.

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How To Expand Your Business In A Recession

Kendall "The Barbecue Apostle" Matthews — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:59:47 +0000

While many St. Louis restaurants are putting out “Going-Out-of-Business” signs, we are gearing up to celebrate our 10 Year Anniversary.

We opened our doors in October 1999. After 10 years at 10612 Page Avenue, we have decided to do something crazy…

We are thinking about expanding!!

However, we only are going to do it, if you think we should. You see, we feel the best way to expand a business in a recession is to ask your customers. Most business owners fail to ask the people they are serving the most basic question.

“What do you think?”

Luckily for us, we are not like most business owners. We are having a banner year. We are serving more people and delivering even better value. We have been so busy this year, we even partnered with our first event and catering coordinator.

Thank you for allowing us to serve you with our hickory smoke turkeys and secret-recipe barbecue sauce.