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Originally Posted by chadglni
Everyone must be missing the "bar" in bar and grill. I'm sure the alcohol is the main attraction with food coming in a distant second. The drinks are where you're going to make all of your money at and what hundreds of bikers are going to be stopping in for. I'm sure the food can be worked around for a bit.
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bars are also a lot harder to keep control of theft. If you dont have a strict policy in place to track your sales, liquor use, you will be out of business before you get started. You still have a lot to work out on the bar side as well.
I am not a negative person, but my comments here will sound negative. I don't care if you are the most successful person online, you are stepping into a whole new world here. You said 2 things that scream to me "don't do it". 1. It will cost a shit load to get it setup and going. Don't know what shit load is to you, but lets use 50K. You can't even call that an investment, because if/when you fail and walk away, you walk away, you wont recoupe that it. 2. Which is the most important thing saying don't do it " this is new to me and my partner". Get you feet wet first. If you want to spend all that money (and the upfront cost is nothing compared to what you will be shelling out in initial inventory and pay roll before you even dream of turning profit) then you should learn the trade before you try to own the business. You will own something that you know nothing about and most likely the people you hire will be experienced in this field and that will work against you. they will know you are green and will know how to cheat the system. It amazes me how people want to jump into this and throw around serious money. The smart thing to do is go get a job as a bartended for couple months, maybe even manage a place, learn the ins and outs before you money is involved. If you have to learn as you go in the restaurant /bar industry as you go, you wont be going very long.
