You've Found The Best Space for Your Restaurant, So You Call Up Your Lawyer...

You've Found The Best Space for Your Restaurant, So You Call Up Your Lawyer...

Before plunking down a binder on a restaurant, you need to know so much more than the cost of rent. This is a complex startup operation, even if you're opening a tiny "hole-in-the-wall." When checking out different places with your realtor, have you gotten a copy of a sample lease?  Do you know the terms of the lease? How long will you have the space for?  Understand that it often takes time to become an "overnight success."  You don't want a landlord wielding too much leverage just when you get goin'.

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You're Opening A Restaurant In NY and Need to Talk to a Lawyer...

You're Opening A Restaurant In NY and Need to Talk to a Lawyer...

So you want to start up a restaurant--you have a place picked out, but you are also wise.  You know you can't go it alone. You have decided to hire an attorney to guide you through all of the potential pitfalls of restaurant management in New York.  What should you discuss with a lawyer?

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