Restaurants that work, for owners who care.

Restaunomics consults on, manages and invests in independent restaurants. We bring the systems. You keep the soul.

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The Poggio Trattoria team gathered outside the restaurant in Sausalito
The Poggio Trattoria team, Sausalito

Warm hospitality is the best business plan there is. Guests come back to people, not just plates.

Everything we do starts with the team on the floor.

Guests raising a toast at the bar at Copita
Copita
The fire pit at Convivo, Santa Barbara Inn, at dusk
Convivo
Three cocktails on the bar at Copita
Copita

Services

Hire us for one project or the whole operation. Either way, the people doing the work have run restaurants themselves.

Consult

A plan you can actually run

  • Concept and menu development
  • Opening plans and pre-opening
  • Operations reviews and turnarounds
Manage

Day to day, done well

  • Leadership, hiring and training
  • Purchasing, cost control and compliance
  • Monthly reporting owners can read
Invest

Skin in the game

  • Ownership interests in the restaurants we manage
  • Partnership structures for new projects
  • Site and lease evaluation

How we work

Hospitality is a team sport. We take care of the team first, so the team can take care of the guests.

  1. Listen

    Eat there, work a shift, meet the team. Learn what the owner loves and what keeps them up at night.

  2. Plan

    Agree on a few priorities and the numbers that prove progress.

  3. Run

    Put the systems in place alongside the team, not over them.

  4. Report

    Plain-English results every month, so owners always know where they stand.

AI for restaurants

Let AI handle the busywork, so people can handle the guests.

We use AI every day in the restaurants we run. We help owners do the same: practical tools that save managers hours, without losing the human touch.

Guest communication

Thoughtful replies to reviews, emails and event inquiries, drafted fast and always approved by a person.

Forecasting and scheduling

Sales history, events and seasonality turned into smarter staffing and purchasing.

Back-office reporting

P&L analysis, rent and cost reports, and owner updates prepared in minutes, not days.

Marketing and menus

Menu copy, social posts and event promotion in each restaurant's own voice.

Ask about an AI workshop for your team

Restaurants and clients

The restaurants we manage, where we also hold an ownership interest, and the clients we advise.

The dining room at Convivo, with blue banquettes under an arched ceiling

Convivo

Santa Barbara Inn, Santa Barbara

The Poggio sign above the restaurant entrance in Sausalito

Poggio Trattoria

Sausalito

Copita's sidewalk patio under its red awning in Sausalito

Copita Tequileria y Comida

Sausalito

Photo: Erin Gleeson
A table spread of Copita dishes: tacos, chips, salsas, ceviche and cocktails

Copita Willow Glen

San Jose

Local Range Client · In development Petaluma · golf, food and music venue

Watch and listen

Conversations about hospitality, leadership and the restaurant business.

Michael Mindel and Danny Meyer on stage at Book Passage
Video · Book Passage · Nov 6, 2026 Michael Mindel in conversation with Danny Meyer On his new book, What Could Possibly Go Right?, and what it takes to build a culture of hospitality. Video coming soon
Podcast · Jan 2024 The Restaurant Dealmaker Show, Ep. 23 Larry and Michael Mindel on Il Fornaio, Poggio, Copita and Convivo. Watch on YouTube → Podcast · Jul 2022 Barfly Podcast, Season Four Michael on Restaunomics, Poggio and Copita, and the opening of Copita Willow Glen. Listen on Apple Podcasts →
Michael Mindel and Danny Meyer in front of a full house at Book Passage, audience holding copies of the book
Danny Meyer and Michael Mindel in conversation on stage

Book Passage, Corte Madera · November 6, 2026

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