Although a rough thought, I have been flirting around with the idea of opening an Irish Pub, solely beer and wine to start, but potentially into a full scale liquor establishment, in Boise, ID. I have seen a trend within our community of the 21-22 year olds go full force into the "downtown" bar scene, then get burnt out, either from lifestyle, the cost, or a combination of the two. Like many others, we found ourselves in the same situation, just got sick of the "downtown" seen, and recently have been seeking establishments not so intense, but rather laid back with awesome atmosphere. I lived in Spain for a few months and traveled all over Europe, where you can find an Irish Pub on every other corner of almost any city. What I have seen a lack of in our community, is a solid Irish Pub style bar. My potential partner and I have opened a savings account together, each contributing equal sums monthly, planning to have around 10k saved over the next 10 months. Within this time period, we are drawing up a quite extensive business plan, and will constantly be keeping our eyes open for locations. We plan to have start up costs right around 50k. Both of us have worked in bars, currently I work in a brewpub, and understand the industry fairly well. We plan to be strictly a bar, no kitchen, at least not at startup. We have quite a unique theme for the pub, a huge network of friends throughout the community in various age brackets, and most importantly the drive to open a bar that people will enjoy. Both of us realize we probably won't make more money than we do now, plan to not take any cash from the business until we have repaid our loan, and potentially until we can afford a liquor license. I just would like to hear your thoughts, criticisms and any other sort of feedback about our potential pub. Thank you for your time.

Chase Manset