25, mother of three. Looking to open a resturaunt.

croark

I am a 25 year old wife and mother of three. My husband is the only one working in our family. I have always dreamed of either being a nurse, or owning my own business. I have been testing the waters with the cooking business by catering lunches for construction workers at my husbands work, and they love it. Is that enough to know that I could make a real resturaunt work or am I just being hopeful.

Nuevolution

Catering is different than owning a restaurant - what
is unique about what you do that you could market it? I think a good
mobile catering unit would be awesome - not the nasty roach coach, but
a real mobile catering unit that serves good food! What a great concept.At
Cornell, we had this thing called the "Hot Truck" which served these
awesome hot gooey french bread sub things. You can see a rare interview
with the owner here.
The hot truck only showed up late at night at the same location every
night - and became a Cornell legend. (And with that many students, my
guess is that they made a good living from it.)

You reminded me of the Grease Pits at Rutgers

steve

The nice thing about a truck is that you can`t get stuck in a bad
location. If it isn`t working you move. Don`t need to tell you that a
restaurant is very difficult to start. Sounds like you`ve found a great
niche. Recommend that you build on what you already are doing. Along
the way you`re learning the business end of things. Make sure you`re
not giving the product away. Charge a fair price that is profitable. If
your quality is better than the competition it`s worth charging more.

By the way... my wife was a nurse. You can do a lot better catering.