About
Team of experts that can help you develop a concept, open a restaurant, reposition a brand or streamline an existing operation.
About Restaurant Group
Arnold Shain has developed from scratch, owned, and operated over 30 restaurants in the greater seattle area.
- Affordable casual dining steakhouses
- A 24-hour upscale restaurant
- A chain of casual dining contemporary italian cafes
- A chain of upscale full-service burger labs.
- A chain of local neighborhood full-serve bar & grill outlets.
- Casual dining seafood on the water.
- High end dining with views of the city.
- A contemporary fast casual café offering a multitude of salads, sandwiches, burgers, pastas and hand-crafted desserts.
- A casual, full-service 2 unit chain of pan-asian restaurants.
Some years ago Arnold Shain decided to move into helping others start their own restaurants and help operators maximize their sales and profits. He started a restaurant consulting company and has had a wide variety of concepts he has worked with in the area. He and his team members have specialized in the following:
- Start ups
- Turn arounds
- Culinary services-menu development & engineering
- Financial re-organizations
- Operation's services - Hospitality, training, guides and manuals
We have helped a number of companies expand their restaurant holdings, dealt with individual operators and existing chains.
Our goal is for you to have success and to move your project forward. We will work dilligently and overtime to make this happen. It is the most important criteria in our business. Everything we do is pointed in this direction.
Our Partners
We often work with or refer other companies and organizations that provide services in restaurant development. Here are some of our valued partners:
- General Construction
- Equipment Layout and Pricing
- Legal-Corporate formation, Lease negotiation
- CPA
- Architects & Engineering
- Signage
- Barter Systems
- Funding for Expansion and Startups
Our Experience
We have the actual hands-on experience in these areas and have learned through both success and failure. Our failures taught us how to be more efficient, cost conscious, and direct, which allows us to provide greater benefit to our clients and help them achieve their goals quickly.
We offer a free initial consultation. Contact us today for a free initial consultation!
Meet The Team
Over 80 years of collective experience with the added benefit of objectivity. We have been in your shoes, have been successful, have learned from mistakes (ours and others), and have a passion for the industry.
Arnold Shain
Concept Development, Marketing, Idea Man
Constance Shain
Partner-Business & Real Estate Broker
Ian McGinnis
Business and Commercial Real Estate Broker
Bruce S. Dillon
Executive Chef & Culinary Leader
John Uppinghouse
Bookkeeping, Financial Analysis, Systems and Controls
Susie Bauer
Marketing Strategist
Deba Wegner
Marketing and Branding
Cole Uppinghouse
Bookkeeping, Financial Analysis, Systems and Controls
Why Choose Restaurant Group?
Complete, Trusted 
Restaurant Consulting
With 80 years of collective first hand experience, our team at Restaurant Group knows what it takes to start and run a successful restaurant. We have been in your shoes, have been successful, have learned from mistakes (ours and others), and have a passion for the industry.
From designers, contractors, point of sales systems, kitchen equipment, software, glassware and everything in between, We can provide trusted resources for every imaginable need.
We offer a free initial consultation. Contact us today!