Did you know that starting your own sushi bar is only six steps away? And the difficulty of opening a sushi bar is only “moderately challenging”. So - we think you should just go at it! I found this article on ehow.com that is just funny really. It tells you the six steps on how to open a sushi bar. We might have thought that it would take love for the art of sushi, years of training and sushi chef skills… But no. Not so. eHow reports:

Introduction
A visit to the local sushi bar provides a fun change of pace for diners used to hamburgers, Mexican food and spaghetti. If you like Japanese food and have an entrepreneurial streak, opening a sushi bar may be a good way to invest your money.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Step One
Study successful sushi bars. Visit restaurants that do good business and have satisfied, repeat customers. Read articles about thriving restaurant owners and follow their advice about starting and running money-making eateries.

Step Two
Write up a business plan. If you don’t know how to pen a business plan yourself, hire a writer or business consultant. Take into account rent, equipment, staff, furniture, utilities, permits and all the other start-up expenses incurred in opening a sushi bar.

Step Three
Secure financing before you open for business. Savvy businesspeople know where and how to find venture capitalists. There are even websites to put you in touch with financiers. Other options include using your own line of credit under your business name or looking into franchise opportunities for Japanese restaurants.

Step Four
Scout locations. Look into the high-traffic, trendy areas of your town or city to see where you’d like to open your sushi bar. These locales attract people who love to eat out and spend money.

Step Five
Hire your initial crew. Place ads in Craigslist and your local paper for wait staff, cashiers and food preparers. Contact cooking schools or restaurant recruitment agencies for restaurant managers and chefs, or place ads in restaurant industry magazines.

Step Six
Get together a list of your favorite sushi, sashimi and teriyaki and put a menu together before you open. Be creative with the preparation and presentation of sushi bar delicacies and other Japanese foods, and your sushi bar will attract plenty of customers.

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OMG! Did we just read that? It is funny, but at the same time sad. I do think that articles like that is part of the reason why there are so many shitty wanna be Japanese restaurants popping up everywhere where the food sucks and the chefs have never been trained or care to be trained in the art of sushi. They do think it is that easy.

There are so many examples of crap restaurants “converging” into the Sushi business because they think they can make more money that way, but that does NOT make them sushi chefs! When so little respect is given to the tradition of sushi, they will not gain the respect of sushi lovers. We should shut them down by not visiting them.

You can help by reviewing both the good and bad sushi bars here on Sushi or Death.

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