My cousin wanted to open a new bar and tavern in our town, but had no experience or clue with how to do it.
- I told him that most restaurants and bars are closed within the first year or two, but he was determined after getting the idea while watching TV one afternoon.
It was one of the television shows where they go into struggling food establishments and try to turn the business around and get it out of the red. You’d think seeing all of these people struggling to make ends meet would be enough to dissuade him from the jump, but he seems unperturbed. He has already spoken to a representative from the bank about securing a business loan, and since his credit is so good it seems like he’s going to get approved without any issues. Even so, I don’t know how he’s going to afford all of the equipment and furniture needed for his new bar and tavern. For example, he is dead set on having living music in his bar on the weekends. I told him that if he wants bands and musicians to play in his bar, he has to have a working PA system for them to plug into. He needs a few speaker monitors, a decent mixer, and a few microphones with stands and cables. I told him how all of that audio equipment was essential if he wanted the most basic stage setup he could possibly manage in his bar. I told him that he should also invest in a lighting rig to improve the ambience in the bar, but I think he’s going to skip on that portion of the needed investments. We’ll see if my cousin has what it takes to operate a bar and tavern, especially one that intends to have enough audio equipment to bring in live bands.