OPENING A BAR
Mar 19th 2013 | 12:22 am
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Re: OPENING A BAR
I'll give examples near c/Fuencarral between Bilbao and Tribunal so anyone visiting Madrid can check! Cafe Comercial, La Camocha, Bar Divino and Triskel tavern. There are others in the area like 100 Montaditos and Madrid Madriz that also seem to be well patronised.
Perhaps the answer is to open a bar where I'll turn up next?
Mar 19th 2013 | 12:33 am
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Re: OPENING A BAR
I go back to Madrid regularly, and the bars I frequent always seem to be doing ok - in fact some were heaving on my last visit to the capital.
I'll give examples near c/Fuencarral between Bilbao and Tribunal so anyone visiting Madrid can check! Cafe Comercial, La Camocha, Bar Divino and Triskel tavern. There are others in the area like 100 Montaditos and Madrid Madriz that also seem to be well patronised.
Perhaps the answer is to open a bar where I'll turn up next?
I'll give examples near c/Fuencarral between Bilbao and Tribunal so anyone visiting Madrid can check! Cafe Comercial, La Camocha, Bar Divino and Triskel tavern. There are others in the area like 100 Montaditos and Madrid Madriz that also seem to be well patronised.
Perhaps the answer is to open a bar where I'll turn up next?
Mar 19th 2013 | 12:42 am
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Re: OPENING A BAR
thats a fair comment Rotur, they do, the big question is why??? I think there are several reasons, overhead is normaly the number 1 killer, the other problem is ¨¨Brit bar¨, I feel its better to run a bar that will attract all different nationalities, learning the language is important, I bet most of those who fail dont bother to learn Spanish? Its rubbish for those who say every bar in Spain fails, because they dont, its true that the ex pat bars seem to change hands more than the others!
Mar 19th 2013 | 4:53 am
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Re: OPENING A BAR
Dick, would you please ask my local zapatero why he has closed his shop and retrenched to the garage under his house, which is 2 villages away.
Especially as I have a pair of functional shoes that need a litte bit of work whilst the BH needs a new pair of soles on hers.
The last time I got involved in "fashion" was back in the days of winklepickers, since then it has been good sturdy stuff.
But then as the weather gets better (sometimes) the need for good sturdy shoes will decrease for the summer and will sit in the cupboard.
perhaps we should ask him to open a bar instead of his cobblers - but then we have most of them not opening for breakfast and lunch, evenings only, as there is no money for beer and tapas whilst the BH needs her hair done.
Especially as I have a pair of functional shoes that need a litte bit of work whilst the BH needs a new pair of soles on hers.
The last time I got involved in "fashion" was back in the days of winklepickers, since then it has been good sturdy stuff.
But then as the weather gets better (sometimes) the need for good sturdy shoes will decrease for the summer and will sit in the cupboard.
perhaps we should ask him to open a bar instead of his cobblers - but then we have most of them not opening for breakfast and lunch, evenings only, as there is no money for beer and tapas whilst the BH needs her hair done.
Had a fairly good Winter here. Apart from a short wet spell not long ago and a few breezy days, it's been just fine.
I have been taking note of the more unsettled weather in other areas, especially the North but also South and West, so maybe we have been quite fortunate, though the last time I kept track of the Winter weather throughout the regions a few years back, the results were similar.
Generally Valencia and the Costa Blanca seem to be about the kindest Winter retreats, Canaries excepted of course.
Even Mallorca not far away to the East in the Med, seems consistently much worse than here.
Mar 19th 2013 | 4:56 am
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[QUOTE Its rubbish for those who say every bar in Spain fails, because they dont, its true that the ex pat bars seem to change hands more than the others![/QUOTE]
As is evident by the many posts to this forum, many 'Brits' seem to think opening a bar in Spain is their dream come true. Instead of propping up the bar of a pub in the UK, why not stop the day job, move to the other side of the bar in sunny Spain and carry on drinking whilst the customers pay for it ?
Coupled with a TV showing sport which they can watch all day and they're in paradise. Or so they think!
As is evident by the many posts to this forum, many 'Brits' seem to think opening a bar in Spain is their dream come true. Instead of propping up the bar of a pub in the UK, why not stop the day job, move to the other side of the bar in sunny Spain and carry on drinking whilst the customers pay for it ?
Coupled with a TV showing sport which they can watch all day and they're in paradise. Or so they think!
Mar 19th 2013 | 6:03 am
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Or combine all three, like they do in the West of Ireland. You can have a pint and a haircut while you're waiting for your shoes to be mended!
Mar 19th 2013 | 6:54 am
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