Budget Quote by Peter Marino

Too many bar owners built a bar for themselves... when they should have built what their market and demographic demands!

— Jon Taffer

In the worst of our recession, bars were making money. Every bar can make money. If they're failing, it's not because of the president…

— Jon Taffer

Came to spend it all, don't care what I'm paying for. Used to be too young, now I'm out here buying the bar.

— Wiz Khalifa

Bars need to be conceived and built for the local audience, not the personal tastes of the owner. Huge mistakes are made with regard…

— Jon Taffer

I didn't like the bar business.

— John Schnatter

I hate to make the comparison here, but think of me as one of those expensive boutiques. If you have to ask about the…

— Cherie Priest

A lot of people go into the bar and nightclub business thinking: 'Hey, we can make money for a year or two, close and…

— Rande Gerber

In the bar and restaurant industry, you're always one idea away from your next quarter-million.

— Jon Taffer

Clothing sales plummet, rent delinquencies mount and even grocery sales shrink as gamblers, having tapped out their entertainment budgets, dip into dollars set aside…

— John Warren Kindt

The biggest lesson I learned in the bar business is to focus on revenues. Dollars, not dimes.

— Jon Taffer

And I'd spent 20 years in bars and nightclubs, dealing with promoters and getting ripped off and just everything that comes with all that…

— Jeff Gutt

For 'Paul's Boutique,' we had a lot more money and a lot more time. It was definitely more on our own terms.

— Mike D