{"product_id":"for-the-love-of-restaurants","title":"For the Love of Restaurants: An Insider's Guide from Daydreams to Opening Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor the Love of Restaurants\u003c\/em\u003e is a practical, candid guide to opening a restaurant, written for cooks, bartenders, and servers who are considering making the leap to ownership. What sets it apart is its argument that the best restaurants are built around talented people and collaborative cultures, not rigid hierarchies and top-down systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeisblatt, a cofounder of the Los Angeles restaurant group Last Word Hospitality, follows the development of its first restaurant, Found Oyster, from idea to opening day. Along the way, he addresses finding and negotiating a lease, raising money, design and construction, developing a menu, hiring a staff, and the countless decisions involved in turning an empty space into a functioning restaurant. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is less a formula for restaurant success than a candid account of what it takes to get one open. Weisblatt writes about rejection and failed ideas along with the successes, the importance of knowing when to abandon a plan, and the partnerships that make the pressures of ownership sustainable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BENB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41818347208837,"sku":"Adam Weisblatt","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/5046\/0549\/files\/WeisblattForTheLoveCover.jpg?v=1788775226","url":"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/for-the-love-of-restaurants","provider":"Kitchen Arts \u0026 Letters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}