Meet Our Clients: Nyum Bai
Nite came to Main Street Launch through a referral from La Cocina, a nonprofit that provides entrepreneurs that with affordable commercial kitchen space. Nite used the loan from Main Street…
Meet our clients: Calavera
Chris Pastena, owner, always knew he would own restaurants: “This is my destiny. I can’t remember not thinking about owning my own restaurant. I wanted the freedom of expression to…
INTRODUCTION TO STARTING A RESTAURANT
This workshop takes new and budding restaurateurs through the basics of opening a new restaurant. Topics include business plan development, sources and uses of funds, financial modeling, jurisdictional compliance, location…
Meet our clients: Four Star Seafood
Adrian Hoffman and Ismael Macias always wanted to make fresh and quality seafood available to restaurant chefs like them in the Bay Area. In 2015, they founded Four Star Seafood…
SF Street Food Festival
The 2017 San Francisco Street Food Festival is a celebration of American food – a story told through Mexican huaraches, Vietnamese pho, Southern fried chicken, Nepalese dumplings and so much more.
La Cocina Orientation
In order to apply to La Cocina’s incubator program, you must attend an orientation workshop on starting a food business in the Bay Area.
Resource for your business: Forest Restaurant Supply
Our partner Forest Restaurant Supply has multiple ways they can support your food business. Forest Store: you can find a variety of restaurant equipment, furniture, and supplies to get…
Michelin stars to Main Street restaurants
Michelin offers zero to three stars to restaurants based on anonymous reviews. We’re thrilled to see a few of our clients mentioned on the list of Bay Area restaurants recognized…
Supporting the San Francisco Small Restaurant Tradition
Kiva & Millennia Minds are co-hosting a co-working event on August 22 to connect small restaurant owners and business experts to navigate the challenges of running a small restaurant in…
Restaurant Series II: Benchmarking Performance and Financial Reporting Tools
Individuals will learn how to develop an effective operating budget for their restaurant based on industry average target cost ratios to include key expense categories and important profit line.