As an operator, I’ve faced the same frustrations you deal with: messy costing, broken databases, and the constant struggle to get managers to actually use the system. I founded Restaurant Smith because I learned that true profitability starts with data integrity. By taking control of our reporting, we moved away from “gut feelings” and toward real-time, data-driven decisions. This shift allowed us to drastically reduce COGS and protect margins across multiple concepts and locations. I understand how to bridge the gap between the heat of the kitchen and the precision of the back office. My mission is to turn your software into a high-performance tool that actually drives your bottom line.
To eliminate the uncertainty of restaurant ownership, transforming every operator into a confident, data-driven leader who scales with ease and profits with purpose
To refine the craft of hospitality through expert oversight and data-driven consulting. Restaurant Smith delivers the tools, training, and transparency necessary to elevate every shift and protect every margin.
Years spent inside real restaurant operations give us an edge no textbook can replicate. We've worked the systems, managed the numbers, and navigated the chaos of this industry firsthand.
We sit at the rare intersection of R365 technical mastery and hands-on restaurant consulting, from system setup and cost accuracy to team training, all under one roof.
No account managers, no corporate runaround. Just a direct, committed partner focused on getting things done right and fast, because in this industry, time is money.
If system doesn't work during a $10,000 Saturday night push, it’s useless. We don’t build theoretical models; we build practical workflows that survive the heat of real kitchen. If it’s too complicated for chef, we simplify it until it sticks.
"Close enough" is how restaurants fail. We obsess over data integrity, from UOMs to invoice mapping, because you can’t make a real-time decision on a guess. We find the truth in your data so you can stop managing by "gut feeling."
The kitchen, floor, office shouldn't be on different islands. We speak all three languages. Our value is in translating complex financial data into a "straight-talk" format that BOH and FOH teams actually understand and respect.
We don’t do 50-page slide decks or vague "strategies." We give you the "why," the "how," and the "how much." We are straightforward, easy to work with, and we focus on the specific levers that actually move your COGS and your profit.
Every penny that leaks out of your system is a penny off your bottom line. We treat your margins with the same intensity as if they were our own. We aren't just "managing a system"; we are stewards of your business's financial health.
Software should make a manager’s life easier, not harder. We don't just "train" people on buttons; we show them how to properly use R365 to save time and hit their targets. If it feels like a chore, we haven't done our job yet.
At Restaurant Smith, we build your R365 system through the lens of a multi-unit operator.
