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Decide what kind of restaurant you want to open.

First things first — before you can figure out how to start a restaurant, you need to figure out what type of eatery you’re going to open. A barbecue joint or a coffee shop? A food truck or a tapas bar? It’s important to have clarity on your restaurant concept before you get started.A clear concept will give you direction on the steps you need to take to get your restaurant off the ground. For example, the process of opening an upmarket Italian restaurant is going to, in many ways, be different from opening a burger food truck. It will also help you identify competitors in the market, so you can start thinking about how you’re going to differentiate yourself, grab customer attention and drive them into your restaurant.