Opening a café

• Budget

  Minimum: rent+deposit, fit-out, kitchen, dining room, licenses — from ~$15k for a café, ×3–5 for a restaurant.

• Documents

  FOP/LLC, KVED 56.10, lease, fire declaration, alcohol license (if any).

• Food-safety notification

  State food service notification of launch — 5 days before opening; HACCP plan for larger venues.

• Staff

  Health books for everyone handling food; schedules, rates, contracts — before the first guest.

The costliest opening mistake is renovating without a plan: extraction, 40+ kW power, wet points — plan them on paper, not during construction. The till/ECR works from day one.