How do I start A Bar/Restaraunt?

Question

Just trying to get some info on how to actually start a Bar/Restaurant. I already know how to get the liquer liscense and what the cost is. I just need so info on finances and what kind of places you go to get the appliances and furniture. I'd like to start a little bar that also sells a little bit of food.

Answer 1

Associations may be a good avenue to explore. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you'll inevitably have as well as many you haven't anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links.

Research, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can about the industry. Here are some book titles that are relevant:

* The Restaurant Business Start-up Guide by Paul Daniels
* Restaurants That Work: Case Studies of the Best in the Industry by Martin E. Dorf
* Restaurant Financial Basics by Raymond S. Schmidgall
* Opening a Restaurant or Other Food Business Starter Kit: How to Prepare a Restaurant Business Plan and Feasibility Study by Sharon Fullen
* Upstart Guide Owning & Managing a Restaurant by Roy S. Alonzo
* The Restaurant Managers Handbook: How to Set Up, Operate, and Manage a Financially Successful Food Service Operation by Douglas Robert Brown

* Start and Run a Money-Making Bar by Bruce Fier
* Upstart Guide Owning & Managing Bar or Tavern by Roy S. Alonzo
* Start Your Own Bar and Tavern (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Ups) by Entrepreneur Press
* The Food Service Professionals Guide to Bar & Beverage Operation: Ensuring Maximum Success by Chris Parry

There are plenty of free informational resources out there. Check the source box for links to articles.

Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!

Answer 2

You have to consider of the money it'll rate to get certified. In a few states, routinely very luxurious and routinely unavailable. To purchase the alcohol you could be paying wholesale, so much lower than retail - I doubt you're going to uncover a wholesale liquor enterprise who will quote you costs with out an account, however you would. The elementary good liquors like vodka, whiskey, gin, tequila are just a begin. You will want fashionable manufacturers, mixers & garnishes to head with and glasses, blenders bar equipment ect. those can get luxurious too. You additionally want wine and beer. I labored for an excessively small new bar decades in the past and I recollect is first stocking order used to be round $8000 and that used to be decades in the past and did not incorporate glasses and so on