First Edition
The first edition of Successful Restaurant Design was published in 1988 by Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishers. Since then, over 20,000 copies of this book have sold to foodservice professionals, designers, architects, and students. The premise of the text is that both the front and back of a restaurant must work together seamlessly if success is to be realized. The first edition included an introduction to the process of foodservice design, the psychology of design, design implementation in both the front and back of the house, "mini" solutions and "maxi" case studies.