Dreams of your own cafe or restaurant for their realization, in addition to the start-up capital and the concept, require competent preparation of documents. To open a cafe, you need to collect a certain list.
Find a room in which your establishment will be located. Before starting construction work and opening your own cafe, obtain permission to place the object. This document is issued by Rospotrebnadzor and is the official consent of this body for the placement of a cafe or restaurant in the existing premises.
You must obtain permission from the fire safety authorities if you plan to open a cafe in a newly built building, this permission will be issued when the building is put into operation.
In addition, a number of documents are required on the institution's compliance with sanitary standards. The permit is issued within 10 days by the chief physician of the sanitary and epidemiological station. To obtain permission, you must provide:
- certificate of state registration;
- premises lease agreement;
- conclusion on finished products and raw materials;
- the results of the medical examination of the personnel.
The following licenses must be obtained:
- a license for retail trade (issued for a period of 1 year);
- when selling alcoholic beverages in a cafe, a license to sell alcohol and tobacco products is required.
To open a cafe, you need to obtain a patent for trading activities. The patent is issued by local governments.
The restaurateur needs to determine the legal form of his establishment: an individual entrepreneur (IE), a closed joint stock company (CJSC), a limited liability company (LLC), an open joint stock company (OJSC). In addition, you need to decide on the taxation system - choose between a general and a simplified system.
In addition to the documentation, you need to decide on the concept of your restaurant or cafe, and then hire a designer to implement it. Hire qualified staff, starting with the administration.
