SkanBarGuy
11-19-2009, 02:21 PM
I am currently an Arborist and have owned my biz since I was 17 (8yrs), I am now in the process of opening my "dream" bar in my small home town. It’s going to be a small alehouse with a great atmosphere and some higher end brew. I have been doing my homework for this bar for the last 2-3 yrs and I finally feel comfortable enough to take that next step and open it. Our only "real" bar went out of business due to lease issues so I feel this is the perfect time to make some moves.
Now on to the topic at hand....As I read through the forum I see soooooooo many posts of people in my same situation looking to open their venue. I see one big problem though 95% of these people are just looking for handouts on how you guys run your bars/nightclubs/etc. If you really aspire to own a bar/nightclub do your own homework go talk to the town/city boards, sit down with the liquor authority months in advance, tell the police/fire depts. what you are trying to do.... but don’t ask someone here "how do I run a bar?" "How do I open my bar?" ask questions like "I having trouble doing X does anyone have some suggestions?" at least then people know you are taking the initiative and not wasting anyone’s time.
Don’t hate me! haha just my $0.02
Now on to the topic at hand....As I read through the forum I see soooooooo many posts of people in my same situation looking to open their venue. I see one big problem though 95% of these people are just looking for handouts on how you guys run your bars/nightclubs/etc. If you really aspire to own a bar/nightclub do your own homework go talk to the town/city boards, sit down with the liquor authority months in advance, tell the police/fire depts. what you are trying to do.... but don’t ask someone here "how do I run a bar?" "How do I open my bar?" ask questions like "I having trouble doing X does anyone have some suggestions?" at least then people know you are taking the initiative and not wasting anyone’s time.
Don’t hate me! haha just my $0.02