This workshop will review what’s important in starting a restaurant and how to keep it running smoothly and successfully. Topics to be covered: • Positioning your restaurant - what you want to do and why • Two critical ingredients you’ll need to be successful • The financials of starting a restaurant • The physical planning of a restaurant - does your menu match your restaurant? • Permits and licenses • Marketing - how to get people in • Operating a successful restaurant - are you on course? Presenter: Mark Moeller is the President of The Recipe of Success, a consulting firm specializing in Operations/Training, Operational & Financial Turnarounds and New Restaurant Openings. He has owned two restaurants, one in Manhattan - a French creperie and a bistro in NJ and Partners in Liquid Lunch located in Shelton and Milford. He has been a partner in four restaurants, one in Manhattan - a French creperie, a bistro in New Jersey, and a soup & sandwich concept and farm to family restaurants in CT. Free! REGISTRATION REQUIRED online at danburylibrary.org, click on “Events” or call 203.797.4527. This workshop is presented as a partnership with the Connecticut Business Women’s Development Council.