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by jcarpio 4074 days ago
How do you get good restaurant margins without alcohol sales? I wonder if the savings of not running an actual restaurant offsets that (or more).
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By not needing serving and dining room equipment or expensive locations. An operation like this can be set up virtually anywhere a city will grant a permit for, as long as there is a reasonable density of people around. Plus, there are plenty of successful traditional restaurants that don't sell alcohol, though that may vary on a regional basis.
Not to mention location costs are MUCH better when you don't need popular frontage.