Hi all,
In the recent past I took many steps towards starting a brewpub restaurant. Completed most research, prepared business plan, began steps to secure financing. In the end I got cold feet seeing how many brewpubs die because their symbiotic restaurant dies. I decided I did not have the restaurant experience needed to ensure success.
I then got the idea to build a brewing operation in someone else's already successful restaurant. Of course I have to find the right restaurant and an owner who likes the idea. I have several questions however. Maybe I'll just type a few here and see what comes back:
- has anyone experience with doing this before?
- what's a typical arrangement for paying utilities
- whats a typical arrangement for selling beer to the restaurant owner
- employees part of restaurant benefits or did you self employ
- is it typical to pay floorspace rental, or is this handled by the beer sales agreement
- obvious pitfalls I should know about
- how should I approach restaurant owners
- Insurance
- etc, etc, etc
Please just send whatever tidbits of advice you can.
Thanks,
Ron
In the recent past I took many steps towards starting a brewpub restaurant. Completed most research, prepared business plan, began steps to secure financing. In the end I got cold feet seeing how many brewpubs die because their symbiotic restaurant dies. I decided I did not have the restaurant experience needed to ensure success.
I then got the idea to build a brewing operation in someone else's already successful restaurant. Of course I have to find the right restaurant and an owner who likes the idea. I have several questions however. Maybe I'll just type a few here and see what comes back:
- has anyone experience with doing this before?
- what's a typical arrangement for paying utilities
- whats a typical arrangement for selling beer to the restaurant owner
- employees part of restaurant benefits or did you self employ
- is it typical to pay floorspace rental, or is this handled by the beer sales agreement
- obvious pitfalls I should know about
- how should I approach restaurant owners
- Insurance
- etc, etc, etc
Please just send whatever tidbits of advice you can.
Thanks,
Ron
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