The Hermit Poet

August 2, 2006

Free Business Idea

Filed under: General — Neil Aitken @ 8:43 am

Just a random thought — one those that hit you when you’ve been up long past your bedtime, scratching your head for things to do to make a living in a new city.

POETRY + RESTAURANT = POEATERY

POEATERY = a place where you eat good food while listening to great poetry (slam and otherwise). Fun environment. Intelligent conversations. Bad hair. Funky glasses. Your Daily Specials would be performed at your table. Broadsides and and work from local artists would decorate the walls. Menus feature excerpts from poems and items would be named after famous poets (actually saw this at Fred 62 in Hollywood — the Bukowski Ham & Cheese).

Interesting? Maybe. Viable? Probably not. Unless you’re in New York, Los Angeles, or San Francisco where there’s a huge poetry crowd. An existing restaurant might try it for a month as a promotion and then decide if they want to keep the model.

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