Starting a brick and mortar

[ColdCuts]

It sounds like a dream come true, owning and operating a B&M. But, sadly, I bet it would prove to be a nightmare with bans as they are and only getting worse. I'm afraid the B&M is going to go the way of the dodo.

As has already been said more than once, you'd obviously have to open where you've got enough suit-wearing, top-shelf liquor-drinking, cigar-smoking, 'professional and semi-professional guys' to frequent your business. It would be foolish, for example, to open that kind of a place in Brooklyn. If, on the other hand, you opened a B&M that catered to jeans-wearing, mid-shelf liquor-drinking, non-professional guys, and you carried, say, beard grooming supplies, and had a tattooist working alongside your walk-in humidor, then you should definitely consider Brooklyn.

And, I'd like to submit an application to work there, please.