New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Anyone tried starting up a bar?

Ask HN: Anyone tried starting up a bar?
2 by drekipus | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Hey HN. Has anyone tried opening a bar/restaurant? How did it go? Does it balance with working in tech or did you get burnt out? I've been wanting to run my own business for a while now, seperate to my job, and I've realised that I don't want to be working infront of screens around the clock (for work and business). I really enjoy talking to people, and I live in an "up and coming" city that is currently building up some high rise apartments, but there's only two bars in the CBD, so I'm prodding at the idea of opening a 3rd bar and filling a potential gap. How did it go for you? (Bartending stories also welcome) Personal background: retail but not bartending. Used to frequent bars as a customer quite a lot. Will aim to get some bartending work in the meantime. Currently in software