d16forlife

Well Im just gonna vent here.

This month has been crazy for me so far.As some of you may know(and for those of you who didnt) my next project has nothing to do with cars.
My brother and I are opening up a Mexican food restaurant.This is some scarry ----.We signed the lease today on the place.Its in a really good spot right off the freeway.There are no other restaurants(of anny kind) near us and its about 5 minutes from my house.
Here is the scarry part.Its a 5 year lease worth $80k.So far we have invested $10 in to the kithcen equipment and expect to spend a minumun of $40k on construction.This will take up most of my time now and I dont think ill have a chance to get to work on a new turbo project in a while.But hopefuly my next project will be factory turbo charged
So if any one is ever near north Dallas and hungry,hit me up and ill hook you up with some good Mexican food and a frozen margarita!....
......wish me luck guys

HondaTuner

Good luck man, you made that first step into owning your own business that no one really dares to do much. Glad you had teh ***** to do it and do what you want in life

AgentMurdoc

5 year lease for 80k? that's nothin', my rent alone for 5 years would be more than that.

Good luck on the business man, hope that ---- works out well! I would imagine it would, some good ole mexican food, for some lazy white men, hire some sexy latina waitreses and cashiers, and I'll drive down there and eat.

mmmmmmm... mexican, sexy mexican hotties.

Honda16hb

sicc. if I'm in town I'll stop by for sure. I used to have 2 cousins that lived in the dfw area, but now one lives right down I10 in el paso, and the other lives way the ---- in san francisco, a block away from the haight/ashbury intersection, bunch of weirdos running around.

hotrex

fly me in, ill cook......stir ur drink with ma dick also :P

d16forlife

Thanks guys.

Murdoc that may not sound like much but we all know that a new buisness has a 50-50% success/failure rate.So on the wost part I would be stuck with a lease and I would have to go back to being an electrician and still be responsable for paying $1450 a month for an empty suite plus the money invested.I guess I'm scared couse at the end my brother and I will have over $130k riding on this "idea".Thats the scary part.

d16forlife

Sounds like a plan!Illl make your fajitas with extra protein

Dr.Boost

You don't sound to positive about this whole deal.

I hope it all works out for you. Business is risky, especially with family.
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evosol

congrats... yeah, august of last year i helped open and manage one of my uncles sushi restaruants. all i can say is... holly ----! There are all kinds of ---- that you got to take care of that you would never think of. One that i will share with you is the importance of designing a operations manual for every station. I don't know how big your restaurant is gonna be, but i think any new business will benefit from a very well thought out operations manual.

also another is... working with family... that can be really good or really bad. it was really bad in my case...

anyhow... good luck!

another thing... just pay an accountant to take care of your money, it will save you a huge ------- head ache.

Guy-Fast

If you guys have good food no worries. It will make money. Only places that close down just have bad service/food just long hours if you guys get succesful. I have been plannin a trip this summer to either the Northwest or Texas so I may stop in by