Welcome to the forum
Oh dear, where do I start
Running a bar here, from what I have read over the years, is going to need an additional set of skills over here. I presume you can speak good spanish for instance, to be able to negotiate with the suppliers?
Bars in Spain come and go regularly. They change hands regularly. There have been a number of people I have seen that have come with the same idea, but unfortunately they rarely seem to make a go of it. The local bar here is closed again .. its has about 4 different owners in the last 3 years, German, French & English.
Competition is rife
The crisis has effected tourism. Theres less money around.
I think as has been said before, if you want to even have a chance of making a go of it you need something totally different to draw the punters in.
A beer here is €1.25, a coffee about the same. You have to sell a hell of a lot pof that to cover your costs.
I heard of bar owners employing people to sit in the bar when prospective buyers visit. So if you do decide to look, you need to go back to the bar at all kinds of times and days just to check what they are doing. Books are unlikely to be accurate. Bear that in mind.
Sounds terribly negative I know. Sorry.
Oh dear, where do I start
Running a bar here, from what I have read over the years, is going to need an additional set of skills over here. I presume you can speak good spanish for instance, to be able to negotiate with the suppliers?
Bars in Spain come and go regularly. They change hands regularly. There have been a number of people I have seen that have come with the same idea, but unfortunately they rarely seem to make a go of it. The local bar here is closed again .. its has about 4 different owners in the last 3 years, German, French & English.
Competition is rife
The crisis has effected tourism. Theres less money around.
I think as has been said before, if you want to even have a chance of making a go of it you need something totally different to draw the punters in.
A beer here is €1.25, a coffee about the same. You have to sell a hell of a lot pof that to cover your costs.
I heard of bar owners employing people to sit in the bar when prospective buyers visit. So if you do decide to look, you need to go back to the bar at all kinds of times and days just to check what they are doing. Books are unlikely to be accurate. Bear that in mind.
Sounds terribly negative I know. Sorry.
