## Restaurant & Café Startup Cost Calculator

URL: https://minimalpos.com/tools/restaurant-startup-cost-calculator

Build a first-pass opening budget for a restaurant, café, bar, cloud kitchen, or food truck. Separate one-time setup costs from monthly operating expenses, add a cash cushion, and estimate break-even sales, covers, and payback time.

### Features

- One-time setup cost breakdown
- Monthly operating cost estimate
- Opening capital with cash cushion
- Break-even revenue and covers
- Payback and 12-month runway view

### How it relates to MinimalPOS

Planning capital is only the first stage. Once service begins, MinimalPOS connects restaurant orders, kitchen work, billing, inventory, customers, and reports so operators can compare the plan with actual activity.

**What costs should I include when opening a restaurant?** Include premises and deposits, renovation, kitchen and front-of-house equipment, licences and professional fees, opening inventory, technology, marketing, hiring, and a cushion for early operating expenses.

**Does the calculator separate setup and monthly costs?** Yes. It separates one-time opening costs from recurring monthly expenses so you can see both initial capital and ongoing cash needs.

**Can it estimate covers per day needed to break even?** Yes. Using your costs, average ticket, operating days, and margin assumptions, it estimates the revenue and daily covers needed to reach break-even.

**Is the result a restaurant business plan?** No. It is an early planning estimate. Validate rent, wages, taxes, permits, supplier quotes, financing, and demand for your location before committing capital.