I love food. I love everything about it, eating it, smelling it, cooking it.  For a very long time owning a restaurant was one of my most important dreams.  I imagined myself loving every minute of it and living the life of my dreams.  I even toured two top culinary schools and diligently set about deciding every aspect of my future restaurant. The next logical step was creating a business plan.  Turns out my dream business looked better in my visions than on paper and int the real world.  The large cash/financing requirement, the long hours, dealing with employees and the high-turn over rate just to name a few - it was a painful death to a long held dream. This is not to say that no one should go into the restaurant business - … [Read more...]