Re: Experience of opening a restaurant / restaurant business in Switzerland
Post 4
a bit more on the Patente topic, here are the Swiss Gastro designations:
Patente A hotel
*Patente B establishment with alcohol
*Patente C establishment without alcohol
gives the right to serve food and drinks for consumption on the premises and sell them to take away.
Patente D nightclub or cabaret
Patente E complementary hotel bar
Patente F night restaurant
The patent F restaurant night gives the right to serve food and drinks for consumption on the premises and sell them to take away. A night restaurant can be open each day from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the morning.
*Patente G = food mainly sold to take away
The number of seats is limited to twelve. The operation of a terrace is prohibited.
If you wish to sell alcohol to take away at retail, he or she must first obtain a license for alcoholic beverages
Patente special H, the right to serve, as an adjunct to a sport, cultural or social non-permanent or seasonal, food and drinks for consumption on the premises
Patente I of establishment parahôtelier, the right to operate a lodging establishment parahôtelier such as house of collective accommodation, camp of tents, caravans, lodges or rural housing to accommodate more than five people.
Patente K short-term
Patente T = traiteur / catering
patent T gives the right to arrange meals in favour of third parties, at home or in other locations, by providing them with benefits equivalent to those of a cafetier-restaurateur, consisting inter alia in the preparation, delivery and service of food and beverages.
Patente U - for a bar dependent on a local prostitution, the right to serve drinks for consumption on the premises in a designated local area for the exercise of prostitution.
Patente V = cooking, travelling kitchen
it gives the right to sell take-out prepared meals or processed in a vehicle or a trailer whose equipment is adapted to cooking food
the more common ones, I marked with *. You apply for the Canton's patente/license once you have the training complete.
any course will set you back 3000 chf