Restaurant Bookkeeping for Owners Who Already Have Enough Fires to Put Out.

What restaurant bookkeeping actually requires

Generic bookkeeping treats a restaurant like any other small business — and that is exactly how margins disappear. Food and beverage costs swing weekly, labor is split across tipped and non-tipped wages, sales tax rides on every ticket, and the difference between a good month and a quiet bleed is often a percentage point or two of prime cost nobody was watching. Restaurant bookkeeping done right means the numbers are reconciled against the POS every period, not guessed at when the lender calls.

How R.E.Q.M. does restaurant bookkeeping better

Because we have actually run the pass. We know what an 8% liquor variance means, why your linen invoice spiked, and how to read a daily sales report without a translator. Our restaurant bookkeeping services are built around the rhythm of a working kitchen — daily sales captured from the POS, vendor invoices coded to the right cost categories, and prime cost reported in plain English so you can adjust the menu while it still matters.

What’s included

• Daily sales reconciliation from your POS (Toast, Square, Clover, and others)
• Food & beverage COGS and prime-cost tracking
• Tip reporting, tip pooling, and tipped-wage payroll support
• Sales-tax tracking and filing-ready summaries
• Vendor AP, invoice coding, and cost-category cleanup
• Third-party delivery and merchant-fee reconciliation
• Period-end financials with the metrics that run a restaurant

Built for the whole life of the business

Opening a new concept? Our startup & business setup gets the entity, licensing, and chart of accounts right from day one. Books already behind? Bookkeeping cleanup is where most restaurant engagements begin. Ready to scale or open a second location? A fractional CFO turns those nightly numbers into a growth plan.

Local trust

R.E.Q.M. is based in Tucson and serves restaurants and bars across Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita, Vail, and Southern Arizona — plus remote hospitality clients nationwide who want the same boutique attention.