Run the Damn Restaurant

Running a restaurant is hard. Running one well takes leadership, discipline, and a commitment to getting the basics right every single day.

Run the Damn Restaurant is a straightforward guide to the simple truths that separate restaurants that merely survive from restaurants that consistently perform.

Written by longtime restaurant operators Mike Anderson and Simon Jones, this book cuts through the noise and focuses on what actually matters: People. Sales. Profits.

You'll learn how to build a strong foundation, create a culture of accountability, develop your people, maintain consistency, maximize daily sales opportunities, control labor and food costs, and protect the profits you've worked so hard to build.

This isn't a book filled with complicated theories or management jargon. It's about doing ordinary things extraordinarily well—and doing them every day.

Whether you're running one restaurant or a growing group of locations, Run the Damn Restaurant gives you practical principles you can put to work immediately.

Build better people. Grow sales. Protect profits.

Run the damn restaurant.