Wendy'sChili Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Just thought I would put this out here. My wife and I are purchasing a local bar/restaurant that went out of business. The previous owners absolutely ran this business into the ground. We are going to put Humpty Dumpty back together again and restore her to glory. The business was owned by several other entities since the 1950's and the building itself is from the 1850's so it has a long standing tradition and reputation that we get to restore. The challenge has been the liquor license. It has proven to be a nightmare because the owners were in arrears with their taxes to the state...thus the state put a lien on the license. When we applied to have it transferred to us, the state CONFISCATED the license. UGH. We are in a bizarre holding pattern with lawyers and politicians duking it out. This is the ONLY liquor license in this small town and they are desperate for this business to re-open. Anyhoo...I have some time on my hands and thought I would share something about me while I wait to move on to what will be a CRAP ton of work for me. Oh, and one more thing....this building is/was in the Guinness Book of World Records...it had a 3 floored outhouse. Chew on that for a minute 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audie Leon Murphy Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Good luck. I always thought that a bar/restaurant operation would be a very big commitment in time and effort. Dining out is one of mine and my wife's favorite things to do. We always try to patronize small, family run businesses and wish you all the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broham Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 7 hours ago, Wendy'sChili said: a 3 floored outhouse. Uhmmm, without pictures I call dibs on the top toilet. Jokes aside, I like liquor. Good luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy'sChili Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 17 hours ago, Audie Leon Murphy said: Good luck. I always thought that a bar/restaurant operation would be a very big commitment in time and effort. Dining out is one of mine and my wife's favorite things to do. We always try to patronize small, family run businesses and wish you all the best. Thanks (and great name BTW!) We are wide eyed about the commitments and have ALWAYS wanted to do this, it is the culmination of 30 years of extremely hard work we have invested in the service industry. If you're the praying sort, we would love a few moments of your uplift time...we are definitely going to need it. 16 hours ago, Broham said: Uhmmm, without pictures I call dibs on the top toilet. Jokes aside, I like liquor. Good luck! Top floor is already taken....taking reservations for lower level units If you are ever in the SW Michigan area, pop in and I'll buy you drink 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forestcat Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 every town need a good pub good luck and best wishes, hopefully you wont need bouncers (although now you've put your location on this forum ............. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Raw64life Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I'll call Guy Fieri and let him know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captnconcrete Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 good luck .. wish i could come help u renovate the place.. i love doing stuff like that. i was also a cook at night in a restaurant / bar. liquor license can be hard to get. i hope u get that figured out. that sounds to be the hard part of your venture. anyhow thanks for sharing . i enjoyed reading hopefully we can all see some pics and maybe i come that way some time . eat some good food sense im not much for drinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyHippo Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Thats great man, best of wishes and luck so it can make through all that mess it has with taxes history, they can really be a load of a problem. Keep telling us updated of the process if you like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weez3L Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 On 2/6/2020 at 5:42 PM, Wendy'sChili said: Just thought I would put this out here. My wife and I are purchasing a local bar/restaurant that went out of business. The previous owners absolutely ran this business into the ground. We are going to put Humpty Dumpty back together again and restore her to glory. The business was owned by several other entities since the 1950's and the building itself is from the 1850's so it has a long standing tradition and reputation that we get to restore. The challenge has been the liquor license. It has proven to be a nightmare because the owners were in arrears with their taxes to the state...thus the state put a lien on the license. When we applied to have it transferred to us, the state CONFISCATED the license. UGH. We are in a bizarre holding pattern with lawyers and politicians duking it out. This is the ONLY liquor license in this small town and they are desperate for this business to re-open. Anyhoo...I have some time on my hands and thought I would share something about me while I wait to move on to what will be a CRAP ton of work for me. Oh, and one more thing....this building is/was in the Guinness Book of World Records...it had a 3 floored outhouse. Chew on that for a minute gl man!! it aint seasy doing something like this..but i wish you all the best! And i hope it all works out. its definitly a challenge to do something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkytinky Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 wow good luck thats awesome!! particularly because its such an historical buisness, hope the liquor liscence comes through!! would be cool to hear more about how its going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblehash Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Any update dude? I'm sure I'm not the only one that's fantasized about doing what you're doing while staring at my computer screen all day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladiator Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 good luck , iam running also a n italian Restaurant in Berlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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