Yellow stay in school, because I have the feeling if you left now, you would fail at life ...100k wouldn't even cover rent+insurance. never mind licenses and booze

and on top of what PsycoBen listed

ADVERTISING is gonna cost you a fortune...or are you going to stand on the corner in a sandwich board

 

Who the **** do you think you are? Take your superiority complex somewhere else you piece of shit. Yeah now take your ass back to school and shut up. Nobody asked your opinion.


To the OP: a liquor license in Chicago will run you about $10,000 with the right connections. I have at least 5 friends or relatives that have opened up their own places in the last couple of years (not topless, just bar types) and it's not too complicated. But hey, what do I know, I'm only 20... Guess you old farts know everything there is to know about the world.

 

Just like I pwned your bitch wife last night... yep, I know.

 

No need to get personal with it buddy. I guess it's a reflection of your age.

 

It's a reflection of your dumb ass comment. yourself and stfu

 

We know that 100 grand is not a lot of money, much as it may seem to a 20 year old -- and we know that you don't impress people by claiming to have secret "friends."

 

Ah Steve... You are right, it's not a lot of money, but for what he's trying to do it very well might be enough. Once you get done with the permits all you have to do is find a nice place with a good location and get to work. Finding girls for something like this is a piece of cake, the amount of tips alone that they would make would be enough... best part is, you don't even have to pay them. I hate how everybody tries to make it all complicated when it really isn't any more complicated then opening any kind of business. No, you don't have to pay "THE MOB"... "THE MOB" might be in this business but it's not theirs exclusively... they don't own any rights to it, nobody is going to come to you and say "pay up or we'll blow your place up" simply because "THE MOB" doesn't care about little things like this. Stupid comments such as "what would you know, you're 20, you can't even get into a bar yet (BTW I can into any bar in the world) are totally out of place and don't belong in a thread like this. I was simply voicing my opinion, if someone doesn't like it, fine... just walk... it's an opinion.


"much as it may seem to a 20 year old"... $100,000 seems like a $100,000 to me. Nothing more, nothing less. But for what the OP is asking, YES it is POSSIBLE.

 

Opening a topless bar? Hmm...good luck!

P.S. Use that $100K to open an orphanage instead.

 

I think that's the biggest problem. Real estate is expensive. $100,000 doesn't get you much in most major cities. On top of that, as others have stated, the liquor license itself may cost 1/2 of that amount or more. Its probably $60,000 for a liquor license here in Philly.

My suggestion is to do a little bit of legwork on your own. Call a realtor and start investigating how much it rent would cost for a 2000 sq. ft. space. You'd probably need at least that much space. Then look into how much the liquor license costs in your area. Google it, I'll bet you can find something. Then start doing some other start-up cost calculations. . . basically, don't listen to the advice given here (for or against) and let us know what you find. (my vote goes to your needing a lot more than $100,000)

 

PS: The gut who posted is in Florida, not NY. The mob doesn't keep the rest of the world turning, as it may there.