Post #15381 by chefgrey2 on Wed, Dec 4, 2002 10:30 AM

Aloha, Chris and Woody! Thanks for the input! Yes, I have been milling those thoughts around in my head...Writing a biz plan is a daunting task at this stage...It'll probably take about six months to write...I plan to visit Chicago several times over the next few months to figure a few of those questions out....My financier...my best friend for 20 years has made his fortune, but he lives in Chicago and so it has to be based there...He would be a silent partner until I paid him off and then it would be mine...I would serve Hawaiian Regional cuisine...as I have worked with David Paul Johnson, Mark Ellman, etc... but I do have concerns as to not make this a food heavy restaurant per se...maybe just serve appetizers and desserts and by making it more of a Jazz bar, then I could get the customers that don't come in expecting rave and Britney Spears...but would be more accepting of exotica, Louis Prima, Rat Pack, and more traditional and current Hawaiian music...I can't get enough of Ka'au Crater Boys, or Sistah Robi Kahakalau....I'm kinda shunning the Grotto theme...but going more for a heavily tikied main bar...but with more of a Shag-lounge theme all around it...sitting areas..like little living rooms.... I'll post more later...as you guys give me more input! Mahalo, Grey