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To me its a good 40% of the dine-in experience. It shows a lack of love for the place IMO.

I have been doing a lot of research lately about restaurants. What I am noticing is that very few seem to spend more than $1000 on the decor of their restaurant. I am not singling out pizza places, I am talking about most individually owned restaurants (including pizza places). Why are most...

Mahalo! I will call on Monday to try to get quotes, then maybe we can figure out how much each pizza will cost in materials.

Aloha Everyone, I want to figure out what a pizza is going to cost me to make in Hawaii. Specifically, for a large pepperoni pizza (16")? I am going to call some restaurant supply places on Monday and need to know what to ask for? What typically would I need to order from these guys? Flour …...

I got to be honest guys, your scaring the hell out of me. It seems like such a straight forward business. In no particular order… *make good pizza *have a good location *have a hook/gimmick or two to get customers to eat your pizza (and not the competitors) *have enough money on the backside to...

Excellent post. Looking through the phone book I see that there are approx. 5 independant pizza shops on the island so getting a job there may be challenging (especially if you tell them you want to be mentored). However, the pizza hut is pretty busy, I think getting a job at the pizza hut...

It would be cheaper to ship all that then to piece meal ship individual items from mainland. Shipping would probably run about $4000 from there to here.

I was thinking of going this route. http://cgi.ebay.com/PIZZA-OVENS-PIZZA-P … 45efc81574

Daddio: You guys are definitely the experts but that formula seems way to high to me. How can it cost $55,000 for build-out if you open in a place that was previously a restaurant? As far as equipment goes I plan on purchasing a majority of my items second hand. I’ve got two years to search out...

Pakula's Pizza: Could you break down how you spend $140,000 on a small/medium place that makes pizza? (Assuming you go into a space that was formally a restaurant.) Also I want to make it clear I did not say I was going to be an absentee owner. I said I would be there 50 percent of the time...

Perhaps I’m missing something but there seems to be a bit of an enigma to some of the advice. First, I assume most of you who own pizza shops, worked in a pizza shop before you opened. Most recommend working in a pizza restaurant to know the in’s and out’s. Now while I agree that nothing beats...

Fireside Pizzeria: That’s why I bought books and was looking for the correct baking instruments. I want to practice and learn how to bake the “perfect” pizza. I never said anything about not having individualism. I’m green and I said that. I want to learn as much as I can before opening the...

pizza_garden: It’s really only afternoons that I can’t be there. I am free after 4pm at my current business. I assume in the pizza business the majority of the business is done between 5-10pm? Q3 - Get some discs, since you said you plan on making NY style. You can practice by making 12"...

Pakula's Pizza: Can you recommend a good book by him? Has anyone here put in a good camera system? I saw one yesterday that works through the iphone. You could literally watch your place 24/7 from your phone. This definitely is my weak point. In my market I predict doing about 50-60 percent...

I think that’s a good idea but it will be difficult for me. Like I said, I already own a successful business that I work in 5 days a week. I would take quite a financial hit, working at a pizza place for $10 an hour. Perhaps I can find a place that just needs someone twice a week in the evenings...

Aloha everyone, I own a successful business (non pizza/restaurant) and am very interested in opening a pizza shop in the next 1 1/2-2 years, depending on the economy. I don’t want to wait until last minute to perfect my recipes so I will be using the next two years to become a pizza makin’...