I blame my absence on Katie. It is impossible for me to get at this computer because she is always busy creating the most amazing virtual farms/frontiers/sorority lifestyles. Her facebook gaming status is incredible. I'm pretty sure she has more virtual boyfriends, sheep, and barns than all of you.
So... you all are probably wondering what's going on in Dan's whirlwind life. Not too exciting. I wake up, accomplish little, go to work, accomplish little afterwards. Trying to break free of a second shift lifestyle but it's a rough economy and not so many people are hiring. I get paid pretty well at the restaurant. Katie and I were saving to buy a new car... even started looking at autotrader.com! Then it rained really hard last night and we had two major leaks in the house. What the hell am I supposed to do about that? Pretty sure it isn't supposed to rain in my living room. Whatever the problem is I'm sure it will cost a lot. The cats loved it though.
A couple restaurant ideas!
1) This one is gonna be a hit. Counter style service, maybe a couple side tables... Serving nothing but chili. But unlike real chili I'd go with 10 different varieties. Texas green chili, habenero hell fire, cincinnati style... you get the idea. I'd go with a chili pepper themed decor with the greatest hot sauce collection in the midwest. Maybe do some ungodly spicy one and make a challenge with it. Eat this thing and your photo's on the wall. Then I could get the man vs. food guy to stop buy. Only would have to staff 2 or 3 people, low overhead with a freezable inventory. Would you go there?
2) Ok, this one is much more of a gamble. Going with a Euro gastropub theme. Thinking von trier like decor. Wooden tables, food served on cutting board style plates with european family style whole game type meals. Think whole animals! Suckling pig, whole roasted chicken/pheasant, whole fish. Combine that with a killer beer list and one hell of a chef and KABOOM! Culinary masterpiece! Only problem is that Wisconsin diners are a bunch of meat and potato pansies who are terrified of trying anything different. Probably would have to offer walleye fries and brandy old fashions. Would you go there?
Well I don't want to record all my genius in one post. Got to have ammo for the next one. Hopefully I can fire some more thoughts out this week. Rock on!
Oh you like my new background? I think it makes me look like an indiana jones type person. I'd love to be an indiana jones type guy.
2 comments:
I like the chili idea the most. It would be important to differentiate from Real Chili with higher quality and more variety. I also think the location of this type of restuarant would be very important. You would want to get the lunch crowd downtown as well as the bar crowd late at night. It probably wouldn't cost a ton to operate this type of place but getting the right location could end up being a big cost. What about offering something really simple to appeal to the non-chili people who are out with friends? Maybe grilled cheese? Could be a big hit with the after bar crowd.
I hope Dad lectured you guys about having your roof fixed again
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