About these tools

Restaurant Owner Tools is a set of free calculators for independent restaurant and bar owners. It's made by RightPlace, a small Ohio company that builds wait, deals, and door tools for independent rooms.

Other free help from the same people

RightPlace's founder also runs Web Design Nerd, a Summit County studio that builds restaurant websites. If you're opening a new place, its guide to starting a business in Ohio walks through the filings.

How the calculators work

Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us or saved. Each page shows the formula it uses and a worked example you can check by hand, and the formulas are covered by automated tests.

What they aren't

They're estimates built from the numbers you enter. They aren't tax, legal, payroll, or insurance advice. Wage and tip rules change by state and by year; each page names its sources, and pages with legal facts were last reviewed September 29, 2026.

How the site pays for itself

Some pages show ads, always below the calculator, never in the way. We may link to products we think are worth a look; if a link pays us a fee, it will say so next to it.