> Hi, I was wondering if anyone might have any ideas on how to bring in the
> business crowd for either lunch or happy hour and keep them COMING BACK!
>
> The place I work in is brand new - about 6 months old. The owner built it and
>
> it is absolutely gorgeous. Unfortunately it is in a poor area of town and not
>
> too many business people venture in there. The owner seems to be kicking
> himself for the location of the place.
>
> At first, when we opened back in January, we couldn't keep people away from
> the place and now it has died down considerably. Most of the bars in this
> town are DUMPS and this place is just too nice. It seems like it gets busy
> during the weekends but it is the same group of people - the younger ones,
> trouble makers, etc.
>
> For a while we used to have a group of lawyers. They just started coming back
>
> for happy hour on Fridays. I'm looking for any ideas on how to promote this
> place to get the business crowd back in there. Not to be prejudiced or
> anything, but they don't cause trouble, tip much better and are much more
> polite than the normal drunk that wonders in there.
>
> We do have some real nice regulars and we want to keep them but it's scarey
> cuz they are decent people and we don't want them to stop coming cuz of the
> rest of the crowd that wonders in there. Any suggestions? Any links anyone
> can think of where I can go for ideas?
>
> yankeegirl
>