Restaurants
The Secret Restaurateur: Is putting your money into restaurants a mug’s game?
The funding scheme used by Gaz Smith at Big Mike’s in Dublin prompts our industry insider to ponder the business of opening a restaurant
What’s the best way to fund a new restaurant? And is investing in the sector a fool’s game for anyone who doesn’t have experience and a proven head for business?
This question has swirled around my mind since I read about an unusual method of funding a new restaurant being used by Gaz Smith of Michael’s in Mount Merrion in south Dublin.
Smith has part-funded his new venture, Big Mike’s in Blackrock, with €400,000 he ...