French restaurateurs · Florida
Open your restaurant in Florida, without making the crossing alone.
From the E-2 visa to opening day, and from your children’s school to your driver’s license: one French-speaking point of contact, on the ground.
The first call is free and without obligation.
Who’s behind Ameriadvice
Fabrice Carreau, restaurant owner in Florida since 2018
Ameriadvice is Fabrice and his team. More than twenty-five years in the restaurant trade in France, three restaurants in Florida: he takes your call and follows your case all the way to opening day.
Everything I had to untangle on my own — I don’t want the next person to go through that again.
Fabrice Carreau
He made the move before you did
In 2018, he put his own visa case together and took over Côté France. Since then, three restaurants on both coasts of Florida.
Google ratings as of September 2026.
Fabrice’s background
Catering school at fourteen, a year of study in San Diego, then Mercure, Ikea and five years running his own restaurant. Then fifteen years on the supplier side, at Unilever and Cafés Richard: he knows the trade from both sides of the counter.
In the press
- FACC Tampa – FRAMCO, the French-American Chamber of Commerce: video interview with Fabrice (8 min, in French)
- ABC7 Sarasota – Suncoast View: Côté France live on TV (June 2022)
Three fronts, one point of contact
The visa, the restaurant, and the life around it. We run all three at once.
E-2 visa and investment
Checking the project holds up, setting the amount, building a solid case with the attorney.
- Free qualifying call
- Structuring the investment
- Business plan for the E-2 case
- Coordination with the specialist attorney
Opening the restaurant
From studying the local market to opening day: the business, the lease, the company, licenses, suppliers.
- Feasibility study by city
- Take over or build from scratch
- Company, licenses, permits
- Build-out and food suppliers
Settling the family in
The part nobody talks about, and the one that decides whether a relocation works.
- Housing and schooling
- Driver’s license, banking, SSN
- Health cover for the family
- Support at appointments
How we work, in six steps
1
Free qualifying call
2
Scoping: city, format, budget
3
Restaurant search and E-2 case
4
Company, licenses, build-out, suppliers
5
Settling the family in
6
Opening, then annual follow-up
A network built on the ground
Based in Venice on the Gulf coast, we work with clients across the whole of Florida — from Miami to Tampa, Orlando to Naples.
Immigration attorney · Restaurant-focused CPA · Commercial real estate broker · Kitchen designer and equipment suppliers · General contractor · Food suppliers · POS and technical systems · HR and payroll · Operations consultant · Insurance broker · Marketing agency
Our role, stated plainly
Ameriadvice is a guidance and introduction service. We point you in the right direction, introduce you to the right industry professionals (immigration attorney, CPA, broker, contractors, suppliers) and coordinate each step until your restaurant opens. That guidance is what you pay us for, and nothing else.
We are not attorneys, CPAs, or tax or financial advisers, and we give no legal, tax, accounting or immigration advice: that advice comes only from the licensed professionals you hire directly. Fabrice brings his experience as a restaurant owner; he does not practice any licensed profession. We take no commission from our partners, so our recommendations stay independent.
Further reading: How to Open a Restaurant in Florida: The Complete Guide
Let us talk about your project
The first call is free and without obligation. After that conversation we send you a detailed proposal setting out our support packages and the fees matched to your project.