Where to get food for my bar?
June 14, 2011
I own a bar that currently does not sell food. I have no kitchen or cooking equipment, and there is no way for them to be installed. However, I do have food warmers and ways to keep the food warm. Does anyone know of a company (similar to a food distributor) that sells cooked food rather than just ingredients?
I was thinking I could have the cooked food delivered and just keep it warm in my warmers.
Thoughts?
It’s not a requirement that I serve food in my bar, but I’ve been thinking of doing it as a way to increase business.
make a deal with a local caterer?
Is it a law in your state that you must sell food at your bar? In bars that I worked at in CA and CO did have to serve some kind of food. Even just bags of chips and nuts and that’s what most of them did. A couple had a popcorn maker to freely offer customers.
I would not lean to keeping food warm but rather have refrigerated food like sandwiches or things that can be heated up in a microwave.
Warm food, if uneaten will go weird on you so only offer what you think will sell/be served on a given day/night.
there are plenty of precooked foods that you can buy if you insist on using the warmers.
Hot dogs come to mind.
Maybe buy one of those nacho machines.
I’m guessing you would need a license to serve food and a full kitchen.
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