A couple of ideas for Bars.
December 22, 2009 in Entertainment, Tourism
Those are ideas that I noticed in bars that seemed to perform well.
First, a bar has to be oppened every single day, until late. If one of your customers comes and sees that the bar is closed, he won’t come ANYMORE. Look at it, when they go out people always have to struggle with the place to go. Everybody wants to go somewhere different, then there is the space problem, the price issue, the girls/dudes ratio, etc… Offer then some stability for god’s sake.
Now, put screens everywhere. You can get all the sports fans with a simple subscripion to sky, and when there isn’t much ambiance, television will hyptotize your customers, avoiding their going.
Concerning the archiectur of your place, again I have a thought. I seems to me that the best thing to do is having a central bar, like an island, and people can walk all around. This way your bar seems bigger and you create a path for your customers to follow, they don’t get lost, they just walk around. And they will always be next to the bar, ready to buy. Then if you want to add tables, put them against the walls.
The two following are a bit more creative. First, you can create a wheel, like in the roue de la fortune. People pay for spinning the wheel and they can earn anything from getting chucked out to a bottle. Make sure the expected value is in your favor. People love to play, it will work.
Now that we have applied the casino principle to our bar, why not do the same with stock exchange. I’ve seen a bar where you get the price quotes of the drinks just like in the stock exchange market. When no one orders anything, prices go down so that people come and buy. When everybody wants a drink, prices go up and since you cannot serve everyone anyway, just make the best out of it.
Voilà! I know that there are so many bars in this planet, most of whom are stugguling to make profits. Maybe I’m wrong, but I think that by simply observing what seems to be functionning elsewhere you can make it right.
Henry said on December 22, 2009
We all agree with you man. I’m not quite sure about the roue de la fortune because although people like to play, they don’t all like to exhibe what they win or loose. I’ve been in a bar with the stoxk exchange concept, it is true it is pretty entertaining, and on top of that, it allows the bar to better control the stock.
Julian said on February 5, 2010
the first bar = darling haha
Jonas Romain Wiesel said on February 5, 2010
And look how popular it is
Thomas said on February 15, 2010
I hate to play the party pooper. Especially since this is my first post on the new site. Anyway, the stock exchange idea has been proven to work and is applied in a few countries, unfortunately, in our very protective Switzerland, it is forbidden. Bar and drinking laws are very strict here, so I wouldn’t be surprised that the wheel of fortune would be illegal here too..
Sometimes all the law does is hamper your creativity
Joan said on February 15, 2010
We need a bigger community with some law school graduates amongst the members, that wouldn’t hurt.
Jonas Romain Wiesel said on February 15, 2010
Very true we need to attract key core members in different fields.
To respond to Thomas this website is not restricted to Switzerland if an idea is realizable in an other part of the world it’s interesting too. But you could also fin a way around the law, by setting limits. Bars have special days and happy hours I don’t see why we could find a way to justify it is a similar practice
Joan said on April 17, 2010
Sell paninis!
Jonas Romain Wiesel said on April 17, 2010
???
Joan said on April 21, 2010
Bars should sell croque monsieur and paninis, great margin on these.
Joan said on April 21, 2010
Try and remember your customers. Offer them free shots the fist time they come. Worked for me with étoile blanche bar in lausanne.
nik said on May 10, 2010
stock exchange scheme is amazing
also, in london there was a crazy bar and i think the idea could be applied elsewhere (albeit not that cheaply). the bar surface is one big interactive sheet of glass and has sensors in it. these sensors can tell when an empty glass is placed on it, and shoots a circular beam of light up through the glass onto the ceiling (which was quite low, not sure if that helps the situation). this way the barman can see who needs a drink, and also where the empty glasses are to clear them away. there may be other advantages but i havent thought of it thaaat much
Martin Urrutia said on May 27, 2010
Talking about bars, what we need to do is open up a proper sports bar in Lausanne, I’m talking about 20 tvs with every sport we can imagine. There is not one proper bar like this around here, the best you find is Darlings with 4 tvs and they all have the same thing playing. If we manage to get a bar that shows: basketball, soccer, hockey, tennis, horseback riding for all I care, we will manage to get all the students (4 big universities) to come to our bar and watch sports. What do you do when you watch sports? drink, drink and then drink a bit more, whether to celebrate or drink the loss away. I was in London a week ago, and went to a bar that has this concept. This place was packed!! I’m talking about not being ale to move! We can then involve the panini idea and cheap beers and all of Lausanne’s students will be filling up our piggy bank!!
I really think this is something we should properly look into!!
Martin Urrutia said on May 27, 2010
Joan said on May 29, 2010
“46 x HD Screens, 2 Projectors, 8 booths with Private Plasma Screens available for diners” This more of an electronic store than a bar haha!
Another idea: if you have a club, you have space that you only use 3 nights per week but you pay an entire month of rent. Why not transform your club in a shop or a restaurant during the day?
nik said on July 14, 2010
this bar is always full of technology. now u can instant message and use a touch screen to order drinks from your table, amongst other functions..
http://www.fluidfoundation.com/Bonds_New_Soho_Technology.fluidnews