My Bar.

First, naked men would work, no cover charge, ladies drink free ~ live music too!

I wish you tons of luck in your new venture BD, I know it will be successful, cuz you have the personality and charm, and wit, of course!

Smooches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yippee Big Dice! I'm crossing fingers and toes for you!

Actually, Misti is on to something there. If you can get the wimmins in, the men will follow. Or at least that's the theory on this side of the Atlantic.

Don't forget decor - you'd be amazed at how much decor influences the kind of people who come in. Figure out your target market, then target the design to them (and for piss sakes make sure you maintain the restrooms nicely!)

A local bar down the street was kinda run down - it got a makeover, inside & out (paint, new sign, porch, fans, really clean) and now they're banking it because all the frats & sororities started going there (it is located near them, but they didn't go before.) They also started offering "games" like, if you go there to watch a football game, and the team you pick scores, you get a free pint after the first pint you've purchaced. This makes people really energetic about the game & adds to the fun.

I prefer smoking be done outside (on a heated/cooled porch) or that there is a really good ventillation system (especially if you also plan to serve food.)

I's thinking about deco the other night... but then I realized that we have a lot of huge windows facing the lake.. and the alps... screw the deco!

We have half of the swiss alps, and a lot of austrian alps in front of us, plus the Lake of Constance! And a big beergarden!

Just pray our offer wasn't to low...

I am absolutely confident you and Urs can succeed at anything you put your talents to.

And hey, you have the Swiss and Bavarian Alps. This is like selling beer next to a lake in Texas in the summertime. How could it miss?

It can't, roge, it can't.

Cool. I hope you get the bar and if you do... I will personally make sure next time I'm in Europe, I come to this place! Sounds fantastic... I love views of mountains and water.

You gonna need a roomfull of loveable, but believable, characters.....

The most important facet of your bar is to make sure that people know it's there when they drive by. There's nothing worse than a bar that doesn't look like a bar.

Good luck!

Cool. If you get it and post pictures, I will be glad to give you free decor tips (I specialize in the arts & watch too much HGTV).

The view sounds beautiful.

I'm guessing a lot of knotty well-finished natural wood would look good, because wood feels warm (and the alps are cold!)

A vell -ventillated fireplace could also be a nice option .

Bigdice, this is great. I hope the offer goes through.

Service is very important. You can buy the same bottle of beer anywhere in town, but people come back if the service is good.
Any monkey can pour a beer, but you'll want people with a personality.
If people have a full belly they'll drink more.
Entertainers can hold a crowd.
Know your audience, choose your clientele, your market and cater to them.
Be consistant, competive and remember the reason you got into the industry was to have fun.

Good Luck

I was gonna say topless or scantily clad waitresses.

Re: My Bar.


don't be your best customer

I hope you didn't make the offer while drunk

Thanks for your encouragement, friends!

I know fer sure that with my service and my partner's cocktails, we just can't go wrong, sounds cocky, but it's very close to the truth!

I'd love to have a fire-place too, but there is no possibilty for that. You see, this place used to be the railway-station pub, so we have a building that not really new, and also not ancient, from the outside it's 1930's form-follows-function.

The building is still owned by Deutsche Bahn (German RR), so the rent is dirtcheap, for which we're verra verra happy. It gives us financial room to add our touch to the whole deal.

It's been an "in"bar for the last 7yrs, and the guy has done a good job so far. But we need to re-decorate the whole place inside (colorscheme, chairs, tables, the bar...) and our beergarden that seats 100, at least! Did I tell you we have a gorgeous view? Between us and the lake there's only a street and the yachtclub! 50 feet, tops!

BTW, as a professional-- I don't drink when I'm working... That's a one-way trip to alcoholism! Seen that happen too often.

But a beer or two after business? Why not?

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It sounds great, bigdice! Keep us posted.

Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap, and they will come.