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The difference between a cafe and a restaurant is quite subjective. For example, the latter must provide visitors with an assortment of dishes. Due to the rapid development of the catering industry, the distinction between the two is gradually being erased. On the one hand, there are many fast-food restaurants, and on the other hand, modern cafes offer their guests a unique menu. Conventionally, these enterprises are divided into 4 types:

Depending on the interests of the target audience: for children, schoolchildren, students, sports, art cafes, etc.

Filling the menu: coffee houses, pancake houses, where guests are offered dishes of national cuisine, for vegetarians.

Location. You can have a tasty snack in a roadside or a stand-alone cafeteria. Some establishments are located directly in residential buildings, while others are located in recreation areas and hotels.

Seasonality. There are probably establishments in your city that operate year-round. Their schedule does not depend on the time of year and the weather outside the window. In resort cities summer cafes and beach establishments are widespread. They take tourists only a few months a year.

There are also cafeterias with full or partial service, self-service, with delivery service or without it. The choice is great – it remains to define the concept, to allocate a budget and decide for yourself which format of the institution is closer.

To open a profitable cafe, not enough just rent a building, hire staff and teach them to make delicious coffee. As in any other business, there are many pitfalls. On the one hand, to start such a startup does not need multimillion-dollar investment, and with the stable operation to find regular customers is quite realistic. On the other hand, in order for the institution to bring income and quickly recoup, before starting it is important to study the key points. This is what we will do with you today. We will go through each point in detail: from the budget and documents to the installation of a good automation system and the search for suppliers. The information gained can be successfully implemented in the most ambitious business projects.

How much does it cost to open a cafe from scratch?
To answer this question, you need to determine the format. Will it be a children’s cafe, an institution with a freeflow system (self-service canteen-style), fast food, street food (selling food on the street)? The format determines the size of the average check, the prices.