2007-10-17 05:48:11 · 10 answers · asked by Bunclaw 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
Does anyone know the steps i need to take to open it up or any ideas?
2007-10-17 06:02:02 · update #1
What type of help? Money - no. Ideas sure.
2007-10-17 05:51:32 · answer #1 · answered by jtabor5740 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Owning A Bar And Grill
2016-12-17 10:23:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, are you in the USA and in the midwest. If so, read on... If not, I am not sure my advice fits your situation.
My first instinct as a former restaurant and bar owner is to ask you if you are nuts. But then I thought about how everyone asked me that and I still went ahead and did it so I will just tell you a few things I learned along the way.
#1) Good help is next to impossible to find. People don't respect their jobs. They think nothing of not showing up on time even though it is a Friday night and they know you have a full house. Most people want week ends off too.
#2) (This should have been number 1) - make sure YOU personally know how to do every job in the building because you will have to be chief cook and bottle washer on short notice at least once a month. Trust me...someone always gets "sick" at the last minute.
#3) Don't even think you have a life, you are now married to your business. Besides the normal work you do during the business hours, after hours you will have to scrub toilets, sweep and mop, do inventory, fix things like toilet paper holders, tax records, wages, deposits.
#4) don't do it! The average bar and grill owner lasts 7-12 years before he/she totally burns out and ends up selling the place.
Oh and holidays... forget them.. you will be working beccause no one else wants to and you won't be able to afford to close.
Check back with me in 6 months if you decide to go ahead and do this. I wish you the best of luck.
2007-10-17 05:58:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you want to make real money, drop the liquor license part and have an ice cream/soda fountain in a bar type setting. You'll have customers of all ages instead of just over 21. You'll have fewer bar fights and less damage and lower liability.
A liquor license costs thousands of dollars per year. You can do without that expense.
2007-10-17 05:53:17 · answer #4 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Don't do it!
Honestly it's not worth the time and money put into it.
Bar and grills really aren't making as much money as they used to these days, also there are s many of them that competition is fearce, i wouldn't bother unless you have a really really different idea for one or you just have that perfect location where lots of customers will come without too much competition,
2007-10-17 05:53:03 · answer #5 · answered by shecklalonavitch 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I owned a restaurant and bar with live music 7 nighta a week for 7 years. The money was good but its a ball and chain. The happiest day of my life
was when I sold it.
Beck w said it right. Unless you have a unique idea, know how to cook and handle people then stay away. I was lucky I had location location location.
2007-10-17 05:53:21 · answer #6 · answered by Haley P 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a number 1
2016-03-20 00:01:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a series of steps that you need to take. (1) Check in the prospective area about the local zoning laws.(2) Locate a BLDG in that area.(3) Apply for a liquor /grill license for that area. (4) Locate suppliers that deliver to that area. (5)Find a restaurant supplier for your ovens,coolers,etc.(6)Think of a name for Bar/Grill (sometimes it must accompany your name on licensing).These will get you started in the right direction,but there are too many to be listed here.
2007-10-17 06:02:44 · answer #8 · answered by areawiderem 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Contact your local Small Business Association (SBA). They will help you get started opening your business. Good luck, the world could always use another good bar.
2007-10-17 05:51:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
id say go for it if you have the money and time,it takes both to run a bar and grill
2007-10-17 05:52:03 · answer #10 · answered by crusinana1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋