Post #193543 by JonPez on Wed, Oct 19, 2005 7:33 AM

Geeezzz....
Don't sell the contents of the bar (alcohol, mugs, etc), just the bones itself. Keep the other stuff for your next bar and let the new owners stock up. You wouldn't sell a house with a full refrigerator, now would you?
I can tell you that when we were looking for a place, we looked for quirky things (such as hand-done touches, interesting tilework, vintage fixtures, brick paths, tiki bars, bamboo plantings and such) as a positive thing. These things often show that someone loved the place and put some thought and time into it. Some places we looked at had been recently painted and "dumbed-down" to appeal to the masses, and guess what ... we are not the masses. Boring.
You market to a certain type of people. Appeal to the masses, or not. Remember, not everyone is looking for a plain, ordinary house.