New Openings

Thinking about opening a restaurant? You’ve come to the right place.

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Opening a restaurant takes clear planning and expert support. We help operators open the right way, having launched over 150 concepts across hotels, bars, and restaurants.

  • Behind every successful restaurant opening is a clear, well-defined concept. Our restaurant concept development process establishes the style of operation, service model, layout, menu direction, and overall guest experience.

  • Brand is more than a logo—it defines how your restaurant is experienced. As a restaurant branding agency, we develop names, visual identity, menus, packaging, and uniforms.

  • Your menu drives both guest experience and profitability. Our menu development consultant team curates offerings, develops recipes, and leads tasting sessions.

  • Most menus are built for satisfaction, not profit. Our restaurant menu engineering process optimizes pricing, margins, and menu performance.

  • Strong systems are essential when opening a restaurant. We build a restaurant operations manual that defines standards, controls, and procedures.

  • A detailed restaurant business plan is a critical step in opening a restaurant. We build detailed financial models that clarify startup costs, operating expectations, and ROI—supporting financing and site selection.

  • Our consultants specialize in restaurant kitchen design, creating efficient commercial kitchens tailored to your concept and space, while optimizing workflow, equipment selection, and execution.

  • A successful opening depends on your team. Our restaurant service training programs prepare front-of-house and kitchen staff on service standards, systems, and culture to deliver a consistent guest experience from day one.

  • We provide hands-on support during your opening, ensuring staff readiness, kitchen execution, and service flow are dialed in so your restaurant opens at a 10-out-of-10 level.

We set your restaurant up for success from Day One.

Opening a restaurant requires more than a great idea—it requires clear planning and execution. Our launch support covers every critical step, from concept development and financial planning to systems, staffing, and opening day execution. Whether you’re refining a vision or starting from scratch, we customize our approach to ensure alignment across concept, finances, operations, and people, setting your restaurant up for long-term success.


Most restaurant openings fail due to poor planning, weak systems, and rushed execution.

Our launch process helps you avoid these mistakes before they become costly. Get in touch to learn more.

Hotel Cafe, quick service restaurant with Grab & Go options.

Hear directly from Impact Kitchen Founder, Josh Broun, about his experience with our Opening Handholding package.

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    "Embarking on this journey of Impact Kitchen we knew we would need some expert advice. Working with the 15 group was not only essential to our success but also incredibly educational and fun. "

    — Josh Broun // Co-Owner

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    "This all-encompassing project removed the guess-work out of the enormous task of opening a restaurant - it was especially beneficial to have The Fifteen Group teams' expertise on board with us through the entire process given that the two of us are new to the hospitality industry."

    — Candice Young // Owner

  • Logo of L'Onore Pizza featuring a stylized animal head and text.

    "The Fifteen Group and its reputation and quality made me want to have them by my side to guide me and help me build, from scratch, what I had in mind. The Fifteen Group helped me in every step, and I look forward to continuing with our partnership. We will certainly reach a higher place together."

    — Abhiyan Rajhans // Owner