Restaurant Wealth Podcast

Coach Michael
  • 5.0 (6)
  • Entrepreneurship

The Restaurant Wealth Podcast is built for independent restaurant owners who are done surviving and ready to build a business that actually pays them. Host Michael Kontras — restaurant coach and creator of the Elite Restaurant Operating System (EROS) — cuts through the noise with real talk on food cost, labor, leadership, and what it actually takes to run a profitable restaurant. Every episode delivers operator-level insight — no fluff, no theory — just the strategies, systems, and mindset shifts that move the needle. If you own or operate a restaurant and you want to build real wealth — not just a job with a higher stress level — this show is for you.

Episodes

  1. Jun 9

    Quick Bites — Ep. 2: The Hook — The Item That Does Your Marketing

    Every restaurant needs one item that's the reason people come — the dish that shows up in reviews by name, gets photographed, and pulls people across town to find you. It's called the Hook, and it does more marketing for you than $5,000 a month in ads. The problem? Most owners don't have one. They think everything on the menu is special, which means nothing is. After coaching a lot of restaurants, this is the single most common gap I see. This is Part 2 of an 8-part series on building a menu that actually works

    5 min

  2. Jun 8

    Quick Bites — Ep. 1: People Don't Buy Menu Items. They Hire Them

    The menu framework most restaurants still use was built in 1982 for a world that no longer exists. It asks how an item performs instead of what job it's hired to do. This is Part 1 of an 8-part series that breaks down a new way to look at your menu — and shows you why 30 to 40 percent of most menus have no reason to exist.

    13 min

  3. May 3

    Why Every Restaurant Owner Needs a Coach (And What It Actually Costs You Not to Have One)

    Most restaurant owners are working harder than ever and still not paying themselves what they deserve. In this episode, Coach Michael sits down with fellow restaurant coach Al Kanbar of Silver Spoon MIA to break down exactly why coaching works, what it looks like in the real world, and the true cost of trying to figure it out alone. If you've ever wondered whether a coach is worth it — this episode will answer that question. This is Episode 1 of the Restaurant Wealth Podcast.

    57 min
  • 3 Episodes

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About

The Restaurant Wealth Podcast is built for independent restaurant owners who are done surviving and ready to build a business that actually pays them. Host Michael Kontras — restaurant coach and creator of the Elite Restaurant Operating System (EROS) — cuts through the noise with real talk on food cost, labor, leadership, and what it actually takes to run a profitable restaurant. Every episode delivers operator-level insight — no fluff, no theory — just the strategies, systems, and mindset shifts that move the needle. If you own or operate a restaurant and you want to build real wealth — not just a job with a higher stress level — this show is for you.

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  • Creator
    Coach Michael
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Coach Michael