1: Just because you love a certain type of food or a franchise doesn't mean many share your opinion. Food is very objectional. 2: MANY restaurants fail within

1: Just because you love a certain type of food or a franchise doesn't mean many share your opinion. Food is very objectional. 2: MANY restaurants fail within their first year. You have a better chance with a franchise, but there is still opportunity to fail. 3: Franchises are very - you do what we say, when we say it, how we say to do it. It's a numbers game; follow what they say, expect X profit keeping in mind points 1 and 2. 4: And most important, you will work your ass off as a restaurant owner. This isn't a 9-5 job, its a 6 to midnight job. On the other hand, I personally would love to open a restaurant; it's one of my dreams to do. I have tons ideas of possible themes, names, dishes, design, quality of service, quality of linens and plates, etc... I don't like franchises and while my area has a ton of franchises and locally owned, I feel I can do better on my own making my own choices. I love walking into a restaurant and noticing worn painted walls; wrinkled table clothes, chipped dishes, how customers are treated, prices, etc... I love to take these notes in the back of my head and say that works, that doen't, this dish costs to much, this wine is to expensive, etc... Good luck though; owning a restaurant is an excellent way to gain connections. Maybe from some of the connections you gain, it brings you back full circle to being a "hacker"