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Italian restaurants are one of the most popular restaurant genres in the United States. If you own an Italian restaurant you need to develop a business card that is going to distinguish your restaurant from your competitors' restaurants. You can start by identifying what makes your restaurant special.
Distinguishing your restaurant from others is the first step to creating a great marketing campaign. Are you known for a special dish? Have you been given awards for your service or food? Are you a historical restaurant? Do you have a famous family? Make sure your customers know what makes you special.
Food Themes
A great place to start when designing your business card is your menu. Utilize the colors from your dishes, the graphics from your menu, or photographs of your best selling dishes to create your business cards. Or use artistic renditions of Italian foods.
Photo Themes
One reason people get business cards made up is to introduce themselves and their services to business associates. If this is the function of your business card then you should consider adding your photograph to your business card. This is a great option for restaurant managers.
Catering Theme
If your Italian restaurant is trying to expand to include catering then you may want to develop a set of business cards that specialize in this service. If you want to create a catering service business card then you will want to include information about what types of events you cater for. A simple list of events like: anniversaries, birthdays, weddings and special events, can be added to your card to let potential customers know what you can handle.
Italian Color Theme
Another way to develop a business card for an Italian restaurant is to use a color palette that reflects the colors found in the Italian flag. These colors include red, green and white. You will want to select one of these colors as the background color and then use the other two colors for the font and accent colors.
Sweet and Simple
While you have the option of designing a creative and colorful business card for your restaurant, you don't have to. Basic business card designs are also very effective. Just make sure that you include all of the information that your customers or associates need to get a hold of you.

