One of the most important provisions in any restaurant lease is when the tenant has to start paying rent. We call this the “rent commencement date” in most leases (or “RCD” for short) and it is rarely the date the lease is signed, or even when possession is turned over to the tenant. Rather, the tenant is […]
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The Four Relationships that Can Make or Break Your Restaurant Business
The restaurant business, like almost all businesses, is about relationships. And, of course, the most important one you will have is with your customers. If you don’t preserve that relationship, you won’t have a business for very long. But there are other relationships that must be protected just as jealously, because if any of them […]
Read more...Planning a Brewery? Think Zoning Zoning Zoning
Have you ever wondered why Annapolis, our state’s fair capital city, does not have any craft breweries? After all, Frederick and Baltimore are home to multiple world class craft beer producers. Well, the answer is both simple and amazing: the zoning codes of the City of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County do not include brewing […]
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Montgomery County Offering New Services to Aspiring Restaurateurs and Food Entrepreneurs
If you have plans to open a restaurant or dream of starting a food-related business, Montgomery County has two new resources for you. First, the Department of Permitting Services has launched a program called “Recipes for Success” that is aimed at assisting aspiring restaurateurs to navigate the County’s permitting system. To open a restaurant in […]
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