want a coffee-shop?
At one point or another we all fantasize about owning and/or operating a coffee-shop, restaurant, bar, pub, countryside inn and various other food/bev/service establishments. Everyone also thinks that they can do better than anything else out there. Fantasies are nice, but when you get down to the details, it ain’t so simple as it first appears. This short, insightful and well written article [slate.com] spills the beans (yes, intended) on what is the most likely outcome for you and your loved ones if you attempt at materializing this fantasy.
Looking back, we (incredibly) should have heeded the advice of bad-boy chef Anthony Bourdain, who wrote our epitaph in Kitchen Confidential: “The most dangerous species of owner … is the one who gets into the business for love.”