Cheese Mo'z in trouble?

[Snake]

Family has had a restaurant for over 40 years and its anything but easy. You have to be a good business man. Most resturants don't make it past the 4th year.

[PantherProfessor]

my wife loves that place, we were just talking about going this past weekend. better plan a trip soon its sounds like. I thought i saw Dan at Quail Hollow this past weekend, should have asked him!

on a side note, saw Rucker there, my wife works for his company, walked a few holes with him, such a great guy

[Fiz]

Lol pizza cost less than a dollar to make how in the world can you not succeed at selling that.

[cookinwithgas]

I was there last Thursday and it was mildly busy. Cosmos was packed with young chicks.

We (couple of friends and I) really like going there, Rex the bartender is pretty cool.

[Panthro]

Lol pizza cost less than a dollar to make how in the world can you not succeed at selling that.

Yep and what does the avg pizza sell for? $10.

[CRA]

Yep and what does the avg pizza sell for? $10.

Dan wasn't running a Little Ceasars though.....pretty sure booze/bar element plays a large roll in it all.

[Panthro]

Dan wasn't running a Little Ceasars though.....pretty sure booze/bar element plays a large roll in it all.

The margins in booze are ridiculous as well. Rent/mortgage is usually the killer

[Future of the Funchise]

The margins in booze are ridiculous as well. Rent/mortgage is usually the killer

yup

[Fiz]

The margins in booze are ridiculous as well. Rent/mortgage is usually the killer

nah when you open your own restaurant with no experience you're bound to get screwed somewhere down the line.

unless you're on it somehow you ended up buying 100 dollars worth of mushrooms a day.

the avg life expectancy of a non chain restaurant is something ridiculous like three months.

[ncbobcat]

The margins in booze are ridiculous as well. Rent/mortgage is usually the killer

Yep, typical cost on liquor is a mere 20%. However, when the economy took a dump, a lot of people cut back on thier consumption and opted for bargain brands. Unless you are running cheap house specials all the time, bar business would have surely declined over this recession.

[Fiz]

bushmills and pbr tonight at cheez mos!

[ncbobcat]

A bar down the road has 4 PBR handles and runs at a $1.00 all the time. Regional chain too, not an indy. Not to mention they don't hire but fair-to-hot servers (no ugly ones). So eye candy and cheap booze = sucess even in bad times.

I'm not sure Dan has done this yet, but restrucuting while keeping the doors open is very tough but doable. Any time the doors are shut, you are accumulating debt. That's the reason most chains are open 365 or (364), because their overhead is so damn high, they CAN'T afford to close.

[cookinwithgas]

OK I got there late last week but my buddy who arrived on time got the scoop. The bartender told him that the stuff was going to be sold for charity, take it for what it's worth.

[ncbobcat]

OK I got there late last week but my buddy who arrived on time got the scoop. The bartender told him that the stuff was going to be sold for charity, take it for what it's worth.

That could be true or just a diversion. I really hope the stuff is being taken down for charity. My question is why were they closed on a Saturday night as someone claimed? That's the bigger issue than memorabilia being taken down.

Next time I'm in Charlotte, I hope to give it a try.