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Kitchen Nightmares continues to be a popular show on Fox, with new episodes premiering in 2011. But which of the 10 original restaurants "fixed" in 2007 by Gordon Ramsay in the first season are still open today?

BYOB restaurants are a great dining option. Find out where are the best BYOB restaurants in the Chicago area.

Review of LaBella Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, BYOB, which opened on Route 1 in Portsmouth in May 2010.

Continuous customer traffic is vital to the success of a new restaurant. Unfortunately, the need restaurant marketing is an often over looked by new restaurant owners and often underfunded.

How hard is it to design an attractive, useful website for a restaurant? Apparently quite hard, given some of the terrible websites I've seen.

Learn 8 easy ways to promote your business and advertise your restaurant on a tight budget in these difficult economic times.

This seventh article of the final series Becoming Your Own Boss, "If Things Go Wrong" shows how to address problem areas. It continues the discussion by providing suggestions on how minimize damage caused by problems that you might have.

This sixth article of the final series Becoming Your Own Boss, "If Things Go Wrong" shows how to address problem areas. It starts the discussion by providing suggestions on how to deal with current and existing problems that you might have.

This fifth article of the final series Becoming Your Own Boss, "If Things Go Wrong" shows how to address problem areas. It starts the discussion by providing suggestions on how to head off potential problems.

This first article of the final series Becoming Your Own Boss, "If Things Go Wrong" starts with an article that introduces and defines potential problem areas, and then describes how you can recognize that you even have a problem.

This final article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Accounting Practices" discusses the topics of bank accounts (checking, debit, savings, and charge) and taxes as they apply to the independent contracting business.

This first article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Accounting Practices" discuss the topic of bookkeeping as it applies to the independent contracting business. Several options for keeping your books are presented.

This fifth article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Marketing Your Services" provides methods you should use when bidding for services. In addition, it covers how you should perform services (not the tasks themselves, but client interaction).

Whether you want standard American fare washed down by a six-pack or an upscale fusion dining experience paired with the perfect bottle of wine, these are Chicago's best BYOB restaurants.

This final article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Marketing Your Services" provides methods you should use when billing for services. In addition, it covers how to deal with clients who try to not pay for your services (i.e. deadbeats).

This fourth article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Marketing Your Services" provides methods you can use to diversify your client base and explains why this is important to your business survival.

This third article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Marketing Your Services " gives detailed information on doing well at a first interview with a prospective client, and maintaining an existing client relationship.

This seccond article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Marketing Your Services " gives detailed information on how to approach prospective clients. Three methods (telephone, letter/Email, and in-person cold call) are described.

This first article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Marketing Your Services " discusses the important topic of establishing your billing rate and opening for business. These topics are crtical because they affect the number and quality of clients.

This first article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Establishing Your Business" lists some reference sources, discusses business names and structures, and offers options on both your legal and mailing business address.

This final article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Preparing for Business" covers how/why to keep a log book, part-time contracting, making it official, working through a temp agency or job shop, and finally working on-site at a client's facility.

This sixth article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Preparing for Business" discusses three different but closely related topics; 1) appearance, 2) marketing, and 3) confrontation skills. Marketing is critical to the success of your endeavor.

This fifth article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Preparing for Business" discusses the complex topic of insurance (some mandatory, some optional) to support intelligent choices when you shop for insurance.

This third article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Preparing for Business" goes into detail on caveats and advantages to various ways of setting up an office. It is critical for your independent contractor status that you maintain your own office.

This second article in the series Becoming Your Own Boss, "Preparing for Business" goes into detail on the necessity of maintaining and establishing business and personal relationships before and after you embark on your independent contracting career.

This first article in the set Becoming Your Own Boss, "Preparing for Business" provides an introduction, gives the tax implications of the independent contracting business, and discusses the need for a contingency fund.

This is the second of the second set of articles in the Becoming Your Own Boss series of How-to-do-it articles on how to become a successful Independent Contractor.