Most bookkeepers don't know how to handle Square data — so restaurant owners end up with books that don't reflect reality. Zeno Books LLC reconciles your Square deposits, tracks food and beverage costs properly, and delivers monthly financials you can actually use.
No guessing, no partial work. Every engagement covers the full picture — Square reconciliation, cost tracking, and monthly reporting you can hand straight to your CPA.
Your Square daily sales reports are matched against your bank deposits every month. Processing fees accounted for, refunds and voids handled, and every discrepancy resolved before the books close.
Core SpecialtyFood and beverage costs are tracked as COGS — separate from operating expenses — so your P&L shows your actual gross profit margin, not just a pile of categories your CPA has to sort out at year-end.
A monthly P&L built for restaurant owners — revenue, food cost percentage, labor cost, and operating expenses in plain language. Know your margins without decoding an accountant's spreadsheet.
Whether you run payroll through Square, Gusto, or another provider, I record it correctly in QuickBooks — including tip payouts, employer taxes, and the distinction between front-of-house and back-of-house labor.
Taxable and non-taxable sales tracked and separated monthly. Your books stay organized so sales tax filings aren't a scramble, and your CPA or tax preparer has what they need without digging through receipts.
Starting fresh or inheriting a mess? I'll configure QuickBooks correctly for a restaurant — chart of accounts built for food service, Square connected, and historical issues resolved before we move forward.
Square gives you sales data — but it doesn't give you a reconciled set of books. Turning that data into accurate financials takes someone who knows how Square works and how restaurants operate.
What Square reports and what lands in your bank aren't the same number.
If food cost isn't separated from other expenses, your P&L is lying to you.
What bad bookkeeping looks like in a restaurant:
From first conversation to clean books — typically within two weeks.
30 minutes. Tell me about your restaurant, your current setup, and what's not working. I'll tell you honestly what clean books will take.
A flat-rate quote based on your actual situation — transaction volume, number of locations, cleanup needed. No vague packages or hourly surprises.
I get access to QuickBooks and Square, connect your bank feeds, build your chart of accounts for food service, and resolve any historical issues before we go live.
Reconciled books, food cost report, and monthly P&L — delivered every month without you chasing anyone down.
Zeno Books LLC is a solo practice. When you hire me, you work with me — not a rotating staff member who has to relearn your menu categories every quarter. I know your accounts because I'm the one doing them every month.
I hold a BA in Accounting and an MBA, with 12+ years of accounting management experience. I work with restaurant owners because food service bookkeeping has real complexity — Square reconciliation, food cost tracking, tips and labor — that most general bookkeepers handle poorly.
If you have a question, you hear back from me directly — not a support inbox. Your books are clean, your food cost is tracked, and your monthly P&L actually tells you something useful.
Schedule a Free Call →Whether you're a solo owner doing your own books in Square's dashboard or a growing operation that's outgrown DIY — reach out and let's see if we're a fit. No commitment, no pitch. Just a real conversation about your numbers.