Restaurant Option welcomes contributions from writers who know the practical side of small food businesses. If you have run a stall, cooked from a truck, baked for local customers, managed a small café or worked out how to fit a food business around the rest of your life, we would like to hear from you.
What we cover
- Getting Started: business planning, registration, licenses, permits and training.
- Food Trucks: mobile operations, commissaries, menus and locations.
- Home Bakers: cottage food rules, labeling, selling from home and online.
- Pop-Ups & Markets: pop-up dinners, market stalls, festivals and temporary events.
- Small Cafés: premises, equipment, staffing and day-to-day running.
- Lifestyle: work-life balance, wellbeing and life around running a small business.
- Leisure & Games: events, game days, entertainment and food for leisure occasions.
What we look for
- Original articles that have not been published elsewhere.
- Practical, specific guidance a reader can act on.
- Accurate facts, with rules and figures linked to official or authoritative sources.
- Clear, plain writing in American English, with short paragraphs and descriptive headings.
- A helpful tone that respects the reader’s time.
We edit contributions for clarity, accuracy and length, and we may decline articles that do not fit our readers. Articles should not include invented statistics, quotes or reviews.
Email [email protected] with a short note about who you are and what you have in mind.