Tips for a New Restaurant Owners

Starting a restaurant in St. Louis can feel intimidating, but don’t worry. With passion and some effort, you’ll do great. We’ve seen many restaurant in this area, not just in St. Louis, but also across Mid-Missouri and Eastern Illinois. We may not know how to run a restaurant, but we know how to run a business … and, as your commercial kitchen repairmen in St. Louis, we’ve been around the restaurant block a time or two. Here are a few things we’ve noticed that can really make an impact on your restaurant as you are just getting started.


Start Promoting

It’s important to get a head start on promoting your restaurant. If you aren’t tech savvy, you can find someone to do it for you! Get a website, make sure it looks professional and that it has all of the important details. You’ll want to include your menu on there as well. People in the area are going to first and foremost want to know what you’ll be serving. After your website is up, it’s time to start promoting your restaurant. If you’ll be building, from the ground up, start up some social media and show the progress! If you’re redesigning a current space, let your potential customers see what all of the fuss is about. As you test out your menu, take photos and let people see - or better yet, let them vote!

Set Yourself Apart

If you’re starting a restaurant in a place that’s highly concentrated with amazing food, you know that this has to be a big priority. It can be tempting to fill your menu with everything you can cook, but consider focusing on specialties. You’ll want to appeal to several people within that specialty, such as allergies, or maybe kids (if you’re going for that market) - but keep it unique. Make your restaurant an experience that people will want to come back for week after week.

It Starts with Service

It may seem like a no brainer to hire incredible staff - but it’s more than that. Because you won’t be hosting every guest, waiting every table, or plating every order, you have to find people who care about your restaurant as much as you do. Find a way to make work fun and enjoyable. First and foremost, do thorough hiring from the start. Perform background checks, ask for references, and don’t be afraid to ask another trusted member of your staff to participate in the interviews.

Find Your Trusted Team

Sure, you’ll want to find great employees, but what we’re really talking about are the people who help keep you stocked and supplied. This applies to the vendors where you will order your supplies and produce from. But it can also apply to your commercial equipment maintenance team in Missouri. At Fast Fix, LLC, we want to get to know you now. We can help you choose the right pieces for your restaurant, and then put you on a maintenance plan. If you operate primarily in the summer, like Lake of the Ozarks restaurants, we’ll check in with you before the summer hype. If you’re open all year, we’ll check in regularly to see how things are going. Making sure that you're equipment is running is top priority for your kitchen, and we take our responsibility very seriously.


Welcome to the Fast Fix Family

We are honored that you’ve chosen to work with our family to achieve your restaurant business goals. We are FAST (hence the name), and we can help you get back up and running in no time. From broken broilers to shut down steamers, there is nothing too hard. Give us a call, one call does it all around here!

Fast Fix LLC. Restaurant Equipment Service & Repair - 

One Call Does It All! 


Fast Fix LLC. Restaurant Services
3362 State Road JJ
Kingdom City, MO 65262

Columbia: 573-544-0456
St. Louis: 636-327-8349

Location: St. Louis, MO, USA

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