Starting a restaurant/cafe

Hiya,


Am looking to start my own small cafe with a gift shop in New Delhi, very close to Barakhamba road, the place is a ground floor with a space of about 500 sq feets and I have 2 more floors to expand if it kicks off, its inside a market with a daily footfall of around 300-500 ppl on weekends and about 150-200 on weekdays.

- I own the place so there's no direct liability of rentals to worry about, but ofcourse it should justify the rental income which is lost by opening the cafe.


- I've no prior experience of running a cafe or a shop so really looking for someone who has an experience into the same to share the bits and pieces and important things on how to run a cafe.


- I plan to keep this cafe open from about 9 am to about 10 pm, does that means I need to run this as 2 shifts operations


- What are the legalities involved in running a cafe and a shop like MCD, Delhi police, fire service permissions and all


- What are the peripheral possible income sources to run the cafe e.g. livemedia, is there an agency who can facilitate such things


- How about a software for billing and inventory


- How about trademark, copyright issues related to naming my cafe?


- How can I make it more engaging and ppl-friendly?

I will addon as more things come to my mind, but please let me know anything related to the same :)

Thanks a ton!

Amit.

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Permalink Reply by Ishaan Bhardwaj on March 21, 2012 at 2:18pm

Hi,

I am interested, can you email me more details?

Permalink Reply by amit sharma on March 22, 2012 at 9:57am

Hey Ishaan, my email is a@avenirlabs.com, let me know what more details you need and how you can help :)

Permalink Reply by Gurpreet Singh Tikku on March 21, 2012 at 7:19pm

Hi Amit,Regards to your post today.Please feel free to mail me and share your number at gurpreet@infinityrealestate.co.in. I am sure that some thing could be worked out. For more visit www.infinityrealestate.co.in.
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Permalink Reply by amit sharma on March 22, 2012 at 9:58am

Thanks Gurpreet, let me know how you can help? I've emailed you my contact no.

Amit.

Permalink Reply by amit sharma on March 26, 2012 at 10:16am

Hey Gurpreet, havent heard from you?

A.

Permalink Reply by Gurpreet Singh Tikku on March 27, 2012 at 2:07pm

Hi Amit…………..

I guess, I didn’t receive a mail from you with your phone number and your email id.

Anyways, have picked your mail id from here and have mailed you a while back.

Permalink Reply by Mohamed Madani on March 21, 2012 at 7:50pm

@ Amit 

Well, i think you need to just learn more about Chaipatty Teafe in Bangalore. Its a place with a difference. The use of earthen pots, bamboo chairs and the menu with maggi noodles being served etc is really nice. I am not asking you to implement the same but it can serve as an awesome example. Your menu has to be really appealing to the crowd to return to your cafe. So, your customer acquisition will depend on the menu as well as the ambiance. Why don't you offer Free Wi-Fi and make it a hub spot..? there is so much experimentation that you can do along with a gift store. 

Permalink Reply by amit sharma on March 22, 2012 at 10:02am

Thanks buddy, working on something quite innovative myself :)

Permalink Reply by Chirag Yadav on April 23, 2012 at 10:10pm
Thanks Mohamed for finding us inspirung enough. We love to keep it simple enough with enough & more to impress or get a person thinking & noticing us. Do come by the next time you are around. Would love to share a Chai & some conversation.

Thanks so much :)

Cheers from Chaipatty :)
Permalink Reply by amit sharma on March 22, 2012 at 10:04am

PS : Just to add a bit more info, this place is located about 500 mts from Barakhamba road, but not sure how I can get people to come across those 500 mts and spend time here, am quite keen on promoting it as an alternative to Cha bar as thats closed now , but not sure how I can promote various small events and workshops e.g. startups media events, small chat sessions among various groups of ppl ?

Really looking forward to more ideas :)

Permalink Reply by Chirag Yadav on April 23, 2012 at 12:09pm
Hi Amit,

I think u did pose as a interested franchisee to understand Chaipatty model but in later half f d discussion came clean to say starting out solo by urself was ur real intent. Well for this space especially since its BK road very few ppl will have it on thirr agenda so an unknown brand with hardly any visibility will be a tough draw. I say u start with promoting your idea which i am sure would be distinct & ur own creative mashup. When i started off neither did i have a partner, mentor or even a Rodinhood like platform. It was a gut feeling properly & diligently executed. Competition checked in the vicinity & service standards set. I tell u nothing is rocket science unless made out to be. All the best to you..

Regards,
Chirag
Chaipatty
Permalink Reply by Ashish Kothari on March 22, 2012 at 6:38pm

Hey Amit, i have been a student entrepreneur and that too in Foods & Beverage industry which won many accolades. So my experience could be of great help as i had also started from scratch.  Also can a small idea after reading this and looking at the pics. Do write back on ashish.d.k86@gmail.com. Would be keen to hear from you.

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