So you can definitely start a fast food restaurent with $2000. I think it's the ultimate test of endurance and honestly, some of the best food companies have come from that. Forget the brick-and-mortar notion for a bit. This budget won’t let you to buy a commercial deck oven or rent a storefront. Instead, you’re building a hyper-local pop-up or a “ghost brand”. You may acquire a couple of industrial strength induction burners for your pasta, plus a decent portable pizza oven (like an Ooni), set up shop at local weekend markets, have block parties, or run a weekend only delivery service out of your kitchen via Instagram. You may keep your ingredients cost down by offering only 2 great goods on your menu, like one kind of handcrafted personal pizzas and a popular, cozy spaghetti dinner in neat takeaway boxes. You spend the rest of the money on making flashy unique packaging that people want to post on their feeds and you let the internet do your expansion for you . Instead of putting any money into conventional advertising . You do all the prep and clean up yourself and it's tight and a big grind. But as a proof of concept? That $2,000 is more than enough to get you started cooking. papa's pizzeria