Harlequin And Brine Case Study

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Harlequin and Brine will be a high-end restaurant with a causal atmosphere and live music. The company will be a partnership between my wife and I: Alan and Amanda Hess. The success of Harlequin and Brine will hinge on having strong managers that inspire the staff. We will need an executive chef with a strong background in charcuterie, butchery, and baking. We will also bar manager that is an expert with craft cocktails, craft beer, and wine. Furthermore, we will need a front-of-the-house manager for the dining room, and a stage manager for the live music. Having over 25 years of experience in the food service industry, 10 years in Military leadership, and being certified as an Executive Chef, a Specialist of Wine, and a Specialist of …show more content…

Currently, I am serving in the United States Navy and plan on serving for twenty years in September of 2025. His will allow me to retire with a Military pension and give me an added layer of financial independence to help weather through the any difficult start-up periods. This puts Harlequin and Brine’s anticipated opening at the fall of 2025. Having 8 ½ years before opening, we will be able to perfect our products and services. First, we intend on getting input from focus group through small dinner parties. This can help us create a winning prototype. Once the we are closer to opening and have a clearer understanding of our future customers want, we can operate Harlequin and Brine as a one or two-night pop-up restaurant. This will give us the ability to promote the future business, while also generating revenue and continuing to get needed feedback. Opening a restaurant can be expensive with the current average start costs coming in around half a million dollars. We can expect to reach or exceed those start-up costs due to the higher-than-average cost of living in the Northern Virginia area. The causal environment we seek to portray will mitigate some of these costs, but top notch talent is expensive. We already have some funding, and a few investors, but we will need to get a large amount of financing from other sources. Being a Military veteran, and my wife being a female minority, we are optimistic about getting the small business loans

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