# Should I open a bar? (real)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-open-a-bar-real/163141>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 21, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-open-a-bar-real/163141 "2003-03-21T16:37:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-open-a-bar-real/163141/21 "2003-03-23T11:55:02Z")

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Ringo has it right. You need to work AS A MANAGER of someone else’s bar for a few years, I’d say, to understand the ways that you could get good and screwed over before you even consider opening up a place of your own. More likely IMO (I’ve owned a restaurant in lower Manhattan) is you’ll decide that there are much easier ways of earning a living, (and your capital will be intact if you take this course.)

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