/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.20396822]

If you owned a small takeout restaurant what would you sell?

[Anonymous No.20396828]

>>20396822
Chinese food I guess.

[Anonymous No.20396830]

>>20396822
Alcohol to minors

[Anonymous No.20396833]

Bonus question: If you owned a deli with a hot bar (those ones where they only sell styrofoam boxes/aluminum plates full of food) what would you sell?

[Anonymous No.20396835]

>>20396822
chicken teriyaki
>>20396833
red slop, brown slop, and green slop for the middle easterns. white slop for the italians.

[Anonymous No.20396836]

>>20396822
Baked potatoes covered in nacho cheese. You choose the meat. Ground beef, shredded chicken, fajita beef, fajita chicken, shrimp, maybe trompo or kabab. Charge a little extra for avocado. Yeah nigga.

[Anonymous No.20396855]

>>20396833
I'd do Mexican. Beans, fried rice, carne asada, marinated chicken and beef, chili peppers, assortment of grilled and roasted vegetables, corn and flour tortillas, salsas, guacamole

[Anonymous No.20396856]

>>20396855
I also for the mention mole.

[Anonymous No.20396857]

I live in a medium sized town in the south. All we have is burgers, fried chicken, and Mexican. Even a mediocre Mediterranean place would kill let alone a good one. I'd do that and make a killing.

[Anonymous No.20396865]

>>20396836
I would go to your restaurant anon. The other anons in this thread are boring and uncreative. You have potential.
I've seen places like that on social media. One of them sells mac and cheese with different toppings and I've seen one for fries.

>>20396857
>Even a mediocre Mediterranean place would kill let alone a good one. I'd do that and make a killing.
I've been thinking about why other races don't do this, I only see Chinese and Dominicans making these small takeout style places. I guess Italians are super fixated on deli culture. Oh and muslims have been opening up halal places but i dont trust them desu

[Anonymous No.20396876]

Ethiopian warp sandwiches.

[Anonymous No.20396880]

I'd find a hole in the wall in the worst part of town in a midsize southern city and serve fried fish and chicken, mac and cheese, candied yams, greens with smoked turkey wings and onions, cornbread, banana pudding, chocolate sheet cake, etc. call head, pay by phone, takeout only.

[Anonymous No.20396881]

>>20396822
cheeburger cheeburger cheeburger no coke pepsi.

[Anonymous No.20396882]

>>20396865
>Gyros with chips
>Greek salads
>Humus and chips
>Maybe some grilled veggies
It'd be that simple. Too bad I don't have 100-250k cash to do it.

[Anonymous No.20396885]

>>20396876
>Ethiopian warp
That's a type of lsd not food

[Anonymous No.20396893]

>>20396881
no pepsi, coke
no fries, chips

[Anonymous No.20396905]

>>20396830
spbp

[Anonymous No.20396910]

>>20396885
No, like a warp but instead of a tortilla or pita you use injara bread to warp up the Ethiopian foods.

[Anonymous No.20396921]

>>20396822
I had the idea of making a Chipotle type fast-casual burrito place, but with mostly Korean ingredients.
Kalbi, samgyeopsal, bulgolgi(beef, pork, chicken), kimchi of variosu varieties, etc, etc.

[Anonymous No.20396926]

Already have. Sold sandwiches of homemade bread and homemade cold cuts as well as mostly homemade condiments spreads and drinks.
>>20396833
The same as every Korean deli in the city: all that Chinese American shit, the soul food shit and a handful of Korean shits. That's the universal menu for a fucking reason.

[Anonymous No.20396929]

>>20396836
We have a chain here (Spudbar) that does baked potatoes and sweet potatoes. They have Mexican but also toppings like Butter Chicken and Pulled Lamb. Very popular.

[Anonymous No.20396949]

>>20396857
I have a white af friend who opened a takeout joint in the Bronx selling island Latin style rotisserie chicken and all the typical Puertominican sides. He makes a fucking killing and few people know that it's a white guy in the back (with the obligatory handful of Mexicans) because he had cute Latina girls run the counter.
He hates it.
He wanted to open something fancy and special but he's pulling in bank on this place. He hates destitution more than he hates not following his dream.

[Anonymous No.20396950]

big, huge, loaded sandwiches and french fries. and maybe a soup du jour but probably not. maybe a salad

[Anonymous No.20396957]

>>20396949
The with that is that, if he does well enough, he can save up for a second restaurant that's more in line with what he wants. He can promote one of those Mexicans to run the old joint while he gets the new one up and running.

[Anonymous No.20396958]

>>20396822
POUTINE
we dont get poutine where im at

[Anonymous No.20396964]

>>20396876
>Ethiopian warp sandwiches.

[Anonymous No.20396965]

Xinjiang lamb skewers. I'm not chinese or chinese occupied muslim or anything but they're really good and it seems easy to just grill kabobs over coals.

[Anonymous No.20396976]

I nearly started a Paella truck. Nice and simple to make, maybe do 2 or 3 variations. And to make it properly you the special pan which most people dont have so you are providing a product they cant make themselves. Also the smell is amazing and would surely snare much foot traffic.

[Anonymous No.20396981]

>>20396957
I've said the same and he's given me excuses as to why that won't work. The gist if it is that he's too much of a control freak to ever give anyone else total control of the chicken shop. That's probably why the place does well; he puts everything through such scrutiny that there's no chance of anything going wrong.
I think another reason is likely a fear of failure. I think he's scared that if he followed his heart on this and the place failed, he'd be devastated.
>>20396964
Restaurant in my old neighbourhood (mixed Ethiopian, Arab and Indian place) did cheesesteak injera wraps. Never had one, tho

[Anonymous No.20396982]

Would definitely be a pizza place.

[Anonymous No.20396984]

loosiana crawfish bawl

[Anonymous No.20396994]

>>20396965
Ok Chang

[Anonymous No.20397000]

>>20396822
wings
sammiches
salads

[Anonymous No.20397006]

id make hot dogs and brats with crazy toppings and call it “doggy dog world” but it would have to be in a good location with plenty of foot traffic, preferably near bars

[Anonymous No.20397012]

>>20397006
There was a place exactly as you describe except it was called Hot Diggity. They went out of business because no one wants to pay $8 for a fucking hotdog lmao

[Anonymous No.20397049]

>>20397012
sheeit, id sell those specialty doggs for $5.50 and plain for like $3.50 depending on the costs of course

[Anonymous No.20397053]

weed to high school kids

[Anonymous No.20397057]

>>20396926
Can you explain a little about how you got to opening your own place? Did you take out a loan?

[Anonymous No.20397301]

>>20396822
How do they all have the same signs

[Anonymous No.20397304]

Sausage sandwiches.

[Anonymous No.20397323]

>>20396822
Just hamburgers and fries, but the meat would be custom ground with seasonings, buns fresh baked, and fry sauces from (or near) scratch.

>>20396976
>I nearly started a Paella truck
Nice, had you come up with a name?

>>20397012
Was at a bar in LA a while ago and a guy set up outside on the sidewalk with a simple stand, sterno, and baking tray. On the tray he was cooking hotdogs wrapped in bacon as well as onions and peppers., and I remember thinking that was really clever.

[Anonymous No.20397461]

>>20396822
Id sell chili but it would be canned chili in reality and the oldest fucking ones I could fine

[Anonymous No.20397476]

>>20397323
>Just Paellaing Around

[Anonymous No.20397477]

Biryani takeaway called Sri Biryani
There'd be three different Biryanis on the menu
Vegetarian, chicken and goat
We'd also sell our excellent home made raita, a salad, some chutney and a vegetable curry to go with our biryanis
Packaged within each of our takeaway boxes would be a world of delight

[Anonymous No.20397488]

Mash potatoes, coleslaw, vegan meat, and maybe fried vegetables.

[Anonymous No.20397491]

Japanese sweet potato. Although I wish I was a truck instead

[Anonymous No.20397647]

>>20396929
That's amazing where is this

[Anonymous No.20397691]

>>20396822
>what would you sell?
the small takeout restaurant

[Anonymous No.20397709]

for me it's the McChicken

[Anonymous No.20397713]

>>20397301
they all get their shit from the same mass producer. chinese ppl love to talk about how important they are for america but the chinese restaurant business model not much different than mcdonalds

[Anonymous No.20397717]

Spaghetti sandwiches

[Anonymous No.20397724]

>>20397717
Makes sense. Adding garlic butter to the bread would make even more sense.

[Anonymous No.20397726]

>>20397724
Yeah, like really good garlic bread. That'd be so good.

[Anonymous No.20397892]

>>20397323
>Was at a bar in LA
First time in Southern California, eh? Those hotdog stand guys with the bacon wrapped hotdogs are all over the place outside of any remotely popular bar or club. Shit, these unscrupulous cunts occasionally setup outside of fucking restaurants.
>>20397057
>Can you explain a little about how you got to opening your own place?
To be clear, it was just a weekend stand/cart at a farmers market. I noticed that there was no substantial food meant to be eaten there. There were dumb things like white girls selling vegan cupcakes and guys selling popcorn and funnel cake but nothing meal-like. So the first thing you need to do is see if there's a hole your business can fill.
If there is, then do your research. Where I lived at the time, it's illegal for anyone to sell food not prepared in a commercial kitchen and all food businesses have to have at least one person with food service safety certifications on shift. I worked at a bakery at the time and already had that cert and I asked the bakery owner if I could use his kitchen during off hours. He said yes. Then, I got the tax ID and all that other junk and, finally, rented space at the market.
Perhaps unsurprisingly for being a spring through early autumn thing but my biggest cash cow was iced coffee. Bitches love iced coffee and mine is fucking fantastic, no fuss iced coffee. This was over 20 years ago and even then, $3 for iced coffee at a farmers market was unheard of but since it cost me less than a dime per serving plus the cost of sugar and milk (normal and homemade soy, the other milks not being common at the time), it's easy to see how it has the biggest profit margins.
>Did you take out a loan?
No. My set-up costs were so low that I didn't need to.

[Anonymous No.20398107]

>>20396822
Muchy Boxes.
Not just a single type or size, but a dozen different verities in a number of sizes.
I'd open on the Gold Coast, just before Schoolies.

[Anonymous No.20398112]

>>20396822
Zapiekanka, from a food truck.

[Anonymous No.20398139]

>>20397892
I’ve wanted to sell things at my local farmer’s market but I’m such a pussy. I’m scared of doing it

[Anonymous No.20398220]

>>20396822
Smoked meat / BBQ on a bun.

[Anonymous No.20398227]

>>20396822
onigiri

[Anonymous No.20398233]

bread, meat, and cheese of various combinations

[Anonymous No.20398244]

Soup and stew. I can make it in advance and alone, sell some breakfast and dinner for like $10 bowl + bread.

[Anonymous No.20399697]

>>20396822
cheap whiskey and smoked meat