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Understand before you commit.
Markers to approach a restaurant project: unit, lease, extraction, layout. Informational content, to validate with your professionals.
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Checklists
The points to check before you commit.
Opening a restaurant, taking over an existing business, or launching a kitchen with no dining room: each project has its points to validate — authorisations, lease, safety, hygiene, extraction. These checklists help you spot them and prepare your steps. Informational content — validate with the relevant professional.
Restaurant traditionnel
Checklist ouverture restaurant traditionnel
Avant d’ouvrir un restaurant en France, vérifiez les autorisations, le bail, l’ERP, l’hygiène, la licence alcool, l’extraction, la terrasse, la façade, les travaux et les risques du local.
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Reprise de restaurant
Checklist reprise de restaurant
Avant de reprendre un restaurant existant, vérifiez le type de cession (fonds, bail, titres), le bail en cours, les dettes du fonds, les autorisations à transférer et le passif social.
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Dark kitchen / cuisine centrale
Checklist dark kitchen et cuisine centrale sans salle
Avant d'ouvrir une dark kitchen ou une cuisine centrale sans salle, vérifiez la destination du local, l'agrément sanitaire, l'extraction, les obligations de livraison et le régime hors ERP applicable.
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Blog
Our latest articles.
Guides and analysis for opening, taking over, or running a restaurant or food-service venue. Informational content to support your decision — to be validated with a professional.
Restaurants: why so many are closing in 2026 — and what we can learn before opening
Nearly 9,400 business failures in the accommodation and food-service sector in 2026, a level 39% above the historical average. This isn't inevitable: every cause of closure is a variable that could have been checked before signing.
2026-07-01 · 7 min
Commercial lease (bail commercial): the questions to ask before signing
The sensitive points to clarify before you sign.
2026-06-25 · 3 min
Kitchen extraction: the points to check
What to examine before any kitchen project.
2026-06-25 · 4 min
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