gwnn Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I really hate root beer. It tastes a little bit like beer but then goes downhill a long long long way. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 For the lack of alcohol I guess, but it's great anyway. Maybe not so much in a cold weather, but served cold is great down here in the tropics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 really? like beer? you dont have the super sugary syrupy stuff that we have here, perhaps. it is fabulous with ice cream+whipped cream+cherry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I would like to open a pub here in the states. Pub food is fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRW Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I would like to open a pub here in the states. Pub food is fantastic. Yeah - I have a couple of British born, now American aunts that married USAF men. A while back they were over here for a visit and I took them to see my sister - we took them to a pub for lunch - I asked how much to uproot this place and put it back down brick for brick somewhere in America - "you'd make a killing boy" was their general response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRW Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I would like to open a pub here in the states. Pub food is fantastic. In fact, if you're serious, I have a son, trained chef - similar sort of age group to you I think - plays reasonable bridge too (possibly not quite to your standard) - and somehow you know how to get hold of some start up capital. Dunno - the idea just came into my head - dunno what he would say. Anyway - there's an idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Excellent fish and chips are very difficult to find in the states. I would like to see this changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Mole + Tequila FTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I would like to open a pub here in the states. Pub food is fantastic. In fact, if you're serious, I have a son, trained chef - similar sort of age group to you I think - plays reasonable bridge too (possibly not quite to your standard) - and somehow you know how to get hold of some start up capital. Dunno - the idea just came into my head - dunno what he would say. Anyway - there's an idea... I am serious, but I believe something like that is a few years down the road for me. I still have more school to attend and I don't think I'm ready to commit to living in this city for long enough to grow a dining establishment. I can say, though, that a microbrewery with a wide selection of homebrews and good food would be an interesting contrast to all the dime-a-dozen, generic, traditional bars popular in Dallas. I think it could be successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRW Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I am serious, but I believe something like that is a few years down the road for me. I still have more school to attend and I don't think I'm ready to commit to living in this city for long enough to grow a dining establishment. OK - you're possibly a wee bit younger than my son then - he just turned 21. I can say, though, that a microbrewery with a wide selection of homebrews and good food would be an interesting contrast to all the dime-a-dozen, generic, traditional bars popular in Dallas. I think it could be successful. I'm sure of it. Pub hours are not that compatible with playing much Bridge is the only downside! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I am serious, but I believe something like that is a few years down the road for me. I still have more school to attend and I don't think I'm ready to commit to living in this city for long enough to grow a dining establishment. OK - you're possibly a wee bit younger than my son then - he just turned 21. I can say, though, that a microbrewery with a wide selection of homebrews and good food would be an interesting contrast to all the dime-a-dozen, generic, traditional bars popular in Dallas. I think it could be successful. I'm sure of it. Pub hours are not that compatible with playing much Bridge is the only downside! I'm 23. I got a degree in business but still plan to get a Masters. Hopefully the education will put me in a better position to manage a restaurant ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRW Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I'm 23. I got a degree in business but still plan to get a Masters. OK. I see. A question of language... "School" here usually means up to 18. Hopefully the education will put me in a better position to manage a restaurant ;) Certainly make you more employable by a reputable chain - they like paper qualifications - and you'd get some useful experience while doing it - which is no bad thing. But I'm old enough and wise enough to see past paper - you seem to have the purpose - you can't train that - and it is a lot more important. On the beers thing - if you really want a British theme to your pub - with the likes of fish and chips, and roast beef and potatoes with yorkshire pud and gravy on the menu - guess you'd really need a British theme to the beers you serve too - given the difference I've tasted between American imported beers and the typical beers served here, I think you'd need to come over here and taste some of the stuff we produce - many of them are a lot more bitter than what I think is typical in America. In other words you'd need to do your market research properly... Don't want to either import half a truck load of stuff and your customers don't like it - or brew up something locally that is similar tasting with similar results. But not all British beers are bitter anyway.... Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Hopefully the education will put me in a better position to manage a restaurant wink.gif Someone hasn't read Rich Father, Poor Father... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Hopefully the education will put me in a better position to manage a restaurant wink.gif Someone hasn't read Rich Father, Poor Father... It's on my bookshelf. I was researching duplexes instead. The Art of the Deal is also in my queue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I'm 23. I got a degree in business but still plan to get a Masters. Hopefully the education will put me in a better position to manage a restaurant ;) 90% of all restuarants fail in the first year.Of the ones that survive, about two thirds fail in the next three years. My gut says that practical experience in the business is MUCH MUCH MUCH more important than an MBA. You need to understand How a kitchen really worksWhere diswasher's come fromAll the myriad ways your suppliers can screw you overHow to handle legions of overstressed, underpaid speed freaks with knives Abby used to work serious food service and opened a few restuarants.Her stories are terrifying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Strawberry Beers Forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I'm 23. I got a degree in business but still plan to get a Masters. Hopefully the education will put me in a better position to manage a restaurant I know a guy that managed restaurants (part time at first) as a way of working and paying for his degree. He was so good at it, he started getting equity bonus offers and never did graduate. Line up some low to no risk experience at whatever pay rate and evaluate your talent level that way. BTW, the above guy is known as Irving, the 142nd fastest gun in the west. "141 were faster than he, so Irving went looking for 143". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Well, obviously half the battle is knowing the right people, like someone who would hire someone like me to manage a restaurant part-time. And, you know, these aren't the right people: http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4827/mcdonaldsd.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Well, obviously half the battle An equally as obvious is the quarter. It is halftime that is so confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 37C :D I wish I would be somewhere behind the polar circle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Strawberry Beers Forever I buried St. Pauli girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleBerg Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Is it possible to have an unfair complexion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 Becks Dark - good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 when you come to New Orleans ask for Abita Amber or for that matter Abita anything :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Does the original Budweiser brewed in Ceske Budejovice is known in North America?Anheuser should be ashamed for labeling their swill after this wonderful Czech beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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