What do you need in hand on opening day?

On opening day you need the sign up, a menu that can be read, the avatar and the listing with a photo of that door. You do not need the full manual or engraved crockery if people cannot sit down yet. List what the first customer sees in ten minutes: facade, menu or counter, and how to book or ask for an appointment. What they do not see waits. You open with a logo story and no printed menu, or with the listing still under the working name. In the sierra the first weekend fills with questions the paper should have answered.

Sign or vinyl, menu or price list, avatar and the three listing photos, in the opening folder. The rest of the system has a later date, written down.

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