Let's start with the kind of property you are looking at for your pub. There are advantages and disadvantages to every type of property but it will help if you are able to distinguish what these are exactly.
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Owner Insights
Getting the mix of food and drink right is critical. I don’t know how restaurants with high food sales and low alcohol sales survive.
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Pub Facts
Bill Barich. American author, on being asked: "how come you can find an “Irish pub” in any city in the world?", replied: "They’re tremendous money-makers. There’s this whole concept of the Irish pub, anywhere you go in the world, you find one."