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Restaurant opening plan template

Opening a restaurant means running five projects at once, and missing one item, like a fire inspection, can push back opening day. This plan groups everything into workstreams so you, your partners and your contractors can see the whole picture and what is left to do.

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Outline
{} Restaurant opening plan
- [*vertical] Permits
-- Business license
-- Health permit
-- Liquor license
-- Fire inspection
- [*vertical] Build out
-- Kitchen equipment
-- Dining room furniture
-- Signage
- [*vertical] Menu
-- Recipe testing
-- Supplier contracts
-- Menu pricing
- [*vertical] Staff
-- Hire head chef
-- Hire front of house
-- Training week
- [*vertical *bold] Opening
-- Friends and family night
-- Soft opening
-- Grand opening
Diagram

What's in this template

  • Permits, build out, menu and staff workstreams
  • The key tasks under each, ready to tick off
  • Opening events from friends and family night to grand opening

Make it yours

  • Delete what you have finished, or mark it with *dashed to keep a record.
  • Add an owner to a task, like -- Health permit: Maria.
  • Track costs too: add values like [*+12000] to see each workstream's total.

The full syntax is in the guide.

How it works

  1. 1 Use this template Sign up free or log in. The template is copied into your account as a new project.
  2. 2 Edit the text Change the wording, add lines, delete what you don't need. The diagram redraws as you type.
  3. 3 Share it Download a sharp PNG for slides and documents, or send a read-only link.

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