Mikhail
Babbling Farker
Great commercial, by the way! If we are ever up that way...
I couldn’t disagree more about the review sentiments expressed so far. Love them or hate them, they are part of the reality of running a business and that influence will only continue to grow.
I own 3 restaurants and I read the major review sites for each of them every single morning. I also do a general google search at least once a week.
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Great commercial, by the way! If we are ever up that way...
Have really enjoyed your journey Jeremy. Thanks for sharing. The offer still stands to send you a Louisiana License Plate for the wall. No cost to you. Those walls looked kinda bare in your commercial. Maybe some other brethren could send expired ones from their state too. Down here in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas you see a lot of cool decor in the BBQ joints but not the chains. PM if you want one. Man keep kicking it! :clap2::clap2::clap2:
Jeremy, just one question: after the last 7 years, would you do it all again knowing what you know now and what the investment would be?
Well, that's why i was asking. Because, i am in my 50's. I had to cash out what retirement I had to start the business that I'm in just to get by after been fired from a promising position. As I look down the road, BBQ is what I really want to do - I just don't know if I want to scale it to the level you went.
Hindsight is always 20/10; 30 years ago, I didn't even think that BBQ would be an option...now that I'm facing my last 10-15 working years I don't want to waste them - I just need to be practical and determine what level I want to do this. I am catering a 150 person wedding in May. That should give me some level of interest.
Me, I love the restaurant aspect. Creating a unique space and environment for the public to enjoy and all of that. With that comes all sorts of added overhead and headaches that you don't necessarily have with catering, but to me, walking through your packed dining room on a Friday night and just seeing and listening to everybody smiling and laughing and having such a good time enjoying something you've created from scratch is one of the most rewarding things in the world and makes up for those extra headaches.