In my 45 plus years of being in the restaurant business in Dallas I cannot tell you how many people have said to me: I Want to Open My Own Restaurant. I have had quite a few of my Chefs and operators help me recently decide to share my years of business related issues involved in opening and being successful. I don’t claim to know it all but hopefully I can help prevent issues I have seen over and over. I plan to discuss everything from concept to completion. I am not a food critic. I hope you will enjoy my post as we discuss everything from location to lease negotiations, design, development, as well as just common sense issues that pop up every day in the restaurant business.  I hope you will check back regularly as we discuss these and many other topics.