Originally Posted by
Marco
Yup, it shouldn't cost too much, as we'd already planned on turning the garage into a big dining room. Once we clear out all the crap we've accumulated over the years and either Free-cycle it, take it to the charity shop, and/or do a big car boot sale, and decorate it, there'd be room for a large table, which would easily accommodate a dozen people.
That was our main project for next year anyway, so once that's done, it wouldn't take much to turn it into a pop-up restaurant, especially given that the kitchen is right next door! Plus, the boiler's in there too, for the central heating, so putting a couple of radiators in, would be relatively simple - and there's parking on our grounds for around 10 cars:)
We'd probably open it up as a restaurant, say two or three times a week, and with fairly low-overheads, should be able to earn enough to pay all our household bills and running costs for the cars, so that it doesn't eat into our savings (which we want to keep for travelling and trips abroad) - and most importantly, it would be a bit of fun that we'd both enjoy. The vegan thing's big now too, and with Del being veggie, she'd be able to capitalise on that.
I'd handle the drinks and entertain the guests, as I'm good at that lol, and Del would do the cooking. We'd be concentrating on simple, traditional and authentic British and Italian dishes, with much of the produce (other than meat or fish) sourced from our garden - as a big vegetable patch and a chicken run, is also in next year's plans!:cool:
Marco.
