Coffee House Business Plan: Bistro
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Executive Summary
This is a business plan for a full-service restaurant/cafe located in Atlanta, Georgia. The restaurant features a full menu of moderately priced "comfort" food influenced by African and French cooking traditions. The cafe section of The Watertower features a coffeehouse with a dessert bar, magazines, and space for live performers.
This coffee house business plan offers financial institutions an opportunity to review our vision and strategic focus. It also provides a step-by-step plan for the business start-up, establishing favorable sales numbers, gross margin, and profitability.
Bistro Business Plan Forecast: Sales, Margin and Profit

The Watertower will be owned and operated by The Watertower LLC, a Georgia limited liability corporation managed by David N. Patton IV, a resident of the Empowerment Zone. The members of the LLC are David N. Patton IV (80%) and the Historic District Development Corporation (20%).
This plan includes chapters on the company, products and services, marketing plan, action plans and forecasts, management team, and financial plan.
Objectives
- Sales surpassing $1.9 million by the end of the first year.
- Reaching a net profit of at least 14% by the second year.
- To cultivate monthly sales to reach $167,000 by the end of the fourth month of operation, and $220,000 monthly by the end of the first year of operation.
Start-up Summary
The start-up costs for The Watertower cafe can be found in the chart and table below.
Bistro Business Plan Start-up Expenses |
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| Requirements |
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| Start-up Expenses |
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| Legal |
$2,000 |
| Stationery etc. |
$500 |
| Brochures |
$500 |
| Consultants |
$1,500 |
| Insurance |
$1,745 |
| Debt Service |
$5,000 |
| Licenses/Tax/Deposits |
$12,000 |
| Expensed Equipment |
$36,600 |
| Employee/Payroll |
$26,834 |
| Accounting |
$1,000 |
| Soft Opening Expense |
$4,000 |
| Grand Opening Advertising |
$3,000 |
| Misc. Expenses |
$2,000 |
| Total Start-up Expenses |
$96,679 |
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| Start-up Assets Needed |
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| Cash Required |
$100,000 |
| Start-up Inventory |
$61,157 |
| Other Current Assets |
$0 |
| Long-term Assets |
$595,040 |
| Total Assets |
$756,197 |
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| Total Requirements |
$852,876 |
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