The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar

This is a step-by-step guide to realizing what for many people is a cherished dream: opening a successful coffee bar. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar includes the dirt on what it's really like to work behind the counter and information on everything from how to build a business plan, to how to make the drinks and how to price them.
-Only series book of its kind
-The specialty coffee business is still growing
-Small businesses create 7 out of 10 new jobs in America
-Susan Gilbert has started and run five successful coffee bars

Brew up your own business.

This is a step-by-step guide to realizing what for many people is a cherished dream: opening a successful coffee bar. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar includes the dirt on what it's really like to work behind the counter and information on everything from how to build a business plan, to how to make the drinks and how to price them.
-Only series book of its kind
-The specialty coffee business is still growing
-Small businesses create 7 out of 10 new jobs in America
-Susan Gilbert has started and run five successful coffee bars

Linda Formichelli, the author of five books, has written more than 120 articles for such magazines as Family Circle, USA Weekend, Men's Fitness, Writer's Digest, and Psychology Today. W. Eric Martin is an award-winning writer whose articles have appeared in Games, Psychology Today, Woman's Day, Speak, Collages & Bricolages, and more. Susan Gilbert founded her first cafe in downtown San Diego, California. Growing to five locations in less than three years, Susan sold the main location in 1994 at a profit. She still operates Cafe in the Park, which is regularly featured on TV's Discovery Dining.