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	Name:	longtimer -
	Subject:	Need suggestions
	Date:	11/6/2008 12:45:22 PM

There are some great suggestions in the previous answers. If I can add a few.....

Have a good variety of good, familiar food. You'll do best if you can bring in the entire family, and you won't be getting many families if there is nothing the kids have heard of, or if the parents have to spend $15 for chicken fingers. That doesn't mean you can't have some fancier food items on the menu, just make sure you aren't limited to them.

In keeping with that thought, having a good variety increases the likelihood of people eating there more often. If I can get two different meals at the same place on successive nights, I might eat there both nights. But if I have to have the same thing over and over, I'll get tired of the menu quickly. So will other people.

Hire good employees, not just at the front of the house but in the kitchen, too. Service, service, service is a good motto, but remember that the best server can't make up for a kitchen that is too slow and sends out bad food.

As for fixing up someone else's building... that's a tough one. If the restaurant works it will have been worth it, but if it doesn't you've spent a lot of money to fix up something that you don't own. I would try to work out some sort of agreement to make sure that doesn't happen. And whoever said it was right: a good restaurant will draw customers to the marina, so they do have a vested interest in the restaurant's success.

Good luck and keep us informed. If things go well I can promise you of at least one frequent customer, and I usually bring people with me.