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I am in the process of purchasing a bar and could really use some help and opinions from what everyone is seeing around the country.
The bar is 1800 sqft in a fairly younger/hipster semi-affluent area. There is a kitchen next door that will have a pass-through to our bar, but that business will be owned and operated separately. They are completely open to any concept (have a culinary arts background and strong restaurant success history). It is situated at a major intersection in a walkable urban area. There is a small sidewalk side patio on the front and 8 table patio in the back. It is currently finished out with a small stage up front and, 40ft L-shaped bar, 15 craft taps, and full spirits bar. It was a craft cocktail kinda place...but drink menu and finish out are all up in the air for a final concept. This is in North Texas (and no it will not be BBQ, Country, Cowboy, etc themed).
This area already has a couple of dive-bars that are very successful. It also has a couple of craft-cocktail bars and breweries that are all successful.
I'm curious what makes your favorite bar your favorite bar, and what are some of those things you've seen that you've never seen anywhere else. It may be one of those concepts you saw while traveling and that you wish you had back home. For example, I am from Baltimore and there is a bar that is heavily Grand Marnier themed with lockers for customer bottles. Well we just had something like that open but with Jameson. The Linq in Vegas has a bar that you can pour your own beer with a prepaid card. I've seen Tiki bars pop up in some larger cities lately. We have lots of the "game bars" with board games, big games like ping pong, jenga, etc...and pinball bars and dave & buster type bars.
I'm intrigued with the "mocktail" trend. People like nice flavorful non-alcoholic drinks that are served in glasses similar to their alcoholic similarities. Sounds weird...but people are willing to pay for a good non-alcoholic drink so they can hang out with their friends that like to drink. (healthy folks, pregnant, spouse that needs to relieve the sitter, etc).
Have you seen the mocktail trend in action?
Any concepts in your town you love? What do you love about it?
Anything unique in your area that you feel like will be all over the place one day?
Any good ideas for bar/restaurant that are seperate but play off of each other nicely?
Oh and lastly, other than the "don't do it" advice...any other advice would be appreciated!
The bar is 1800 sqft in a fairly younger/hipster semi-affluent area. There is a kitchen next door that will have a pass-through to our bar, but that business will be owned and operated separately. They are completely open to any concept (have a culinary arts background and strong restaurant success history). It is situated at a major intersection in a walkable urban area. There is a small sidewalk side patio on the front and 8 table patio in the back. It is currently finished out with a small stage up front and, 40ft L-shaped bar, 15 craft taps, and full spirits bar. It was a craft cocktail kinda place...but drink menu and finish out are all up in the air for a final concept. This is in North Texas (and no it will not be BBQ, Country, Cowboy, etc themed).
This area already has a couple of dive-bars that are very successful. It also has a couple of craft-cocktail bars and breweries that are all successful.
I'm curious what makes your favorite bar your favorite bar, and what are some of those things you've seen that you've never seen anywhere else. It may be one of those concepts you saw while traveling and that you wish you had back home. For example, I am from Baltimore and there is a bar that is heavily Grand Marnier themed with lockers for customer bottles. Well we just had something like that open but with Jameson. The Linq in Vegas has a bar that you can pour your own beer with a prepaid card. I've seen Tiki bars pop up in some larger cities lately. We have lots of the "game bars" with board games, big games like ping pong, jenga, etc...and pinball bars and dave & buster type bars.
I'm intrigued with the "mocktail" trend. People like nice flavorful non-alcoholic drinks that are served in glasses similar to their alcoholic similarities. Sounds weird...but people are willing to pay for a good non-alcoholic drink so they can hang out with their friends that like to drink. (healthy folks, pregnant, spouse that needs to relieve the sitter, etc).
Have you seen the mocktail trend in action?
Any concepts in your town you love? What do you love about it?
Anything unique in your area that you feel like will be all over the place one day?
Any good ideas for bar/restaurant that are seperate but play off of each other nicely?
Oh and lastly, other than the "don't do it" advice...any other advice would be appreciated!