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11-28-2016, 8:06pm | #1 | ||||||
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So 2 years after opening the restaurant...
...No, I'm not shutting the doors. LOL!! I'm opening a second location. It's 9 miles away in a much larger town and a great location. Bigger space by about 1700 sq. feet but the rent is the same. (different counties and much different property taxes). I'll see great economies of scale for both locations. If you run it as a business it's really not that hard. The new place will do about 30% more business than my original because of size and location. Have a lot of the staff lined up (coming from the original) and have more people interested. Should be up and running April 3rd.
Posted this two years ago... https://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/o...ns-monday.html Things have been going absolutely awesome!! 2016 ytd over 2015 is up 4% and we're making a healthy profit. Since I bought the place I added 12 additional beer lines, digital menu boards, using a seating app to manage the server sections and to text customers when their table is ready, all new tables and chairs, finished my outdoor patio with garage doors and heat is being installed today thru Thursday so I can use it year 'round and cut down on my weekend wait times and host more and bigger parties. (The patio seats 56 with a normal set up and upwards of 80 for a party/banquet). Check out the inside and out here... https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6642...7i13312!8i6656 Here are some pics... |
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Awesome !!
Looks great The words, "healthy profit" sound just lovely ! |
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Awesome Frank! Sounds like you're doing something right!
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When you actually pay attention it's amazing how much money you find. I switched bread companies in May of last year after I had owned it for six months and had looked at how to save money without sacrificing any quality. I now buy from the company the old company was buying from and reselling to us. This year to date I've saved over $18,000 on bread.
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11-28-2016, 8:19pm | #5 | ||||||
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Congrats...
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Wonderful news Frank!!
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That's Awesome!
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That's the way you do it. How many hours a day do you work and how many days a week do you work, out of curiosity? |
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We thought we had a good deal on our ice cream mix, until we found out we could buy it straight from the dairy. By cutting out the middleman, we cut the cost in half, thus increasing profit. |
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I could definitely hang there! Maybe a bit more hoppy IPAs but otherwise looks just fine. Congrats man!
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I want to try "who's Joe daddy"
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Making money selling food is not easy.
Congrats. |
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great beer list! We have found most restaurants that care enough to do a great job on their high end craft beers care about other things in detail as well ... that becomes a guide now on where we go out to eat ... and my wife does not drink!
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I like seeing Flying Dog as it's local. Frank, try Sagimore Rye Whisky. It's a Baltimore product. Backers are the owners of Under Armor.
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Congrats... always great to hear when someone succeeds at something like this..
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Congratulations Frank! While I am not surprised that you have had great success with the business, it doesn't come automatically.
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I still really want to have a get to get her up there.
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That is killer man!!! Congrats. With all the success, also comes a lot of hard work!!
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