New Restaurant Concept Business - Who loves Shabu-Shabu?

[Jbellefeuille]

Hi there!

I imagine that much of our board is from the west coast and are familiar with the delicacy of Shabu-Shabu, but if not here is a wikipedia link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabu-shabu

I want to implement a business model that I observed on a trip to California last spring. I visited a Shabu-Shabu restaurant in a wealthy area of SoCal and was amazed at how good this food was and the outline of the floor-plan, if was just so very efficient and I can only imagine the cost effectiveness, and since my first experience I have been disappointed by every Shabu-Shabu restaurant since.

When I returned from California I looked for Shabu-Shabu at all of the local Japanese restaurants. None of them even had the dish on the menu, one of the larger more prominent Sukiyaki restaurants had it listed when you searched for it, but they don't actually serve it.

Now it has been 12 months and I have seen Shabu-Shabu be implemented at multiple asian, restaurants - but sadly it has not been implemented to the degree I experienced in SoCal.

I have an area in mind that would be perfect for this restaurant and I feel that Minnesota would open it's loving midwestern pocket book for this " traditionally winter Meal" that is popular year round in California, in addition to the large asian population of Minneapolis-St. Paul that could be familiar to it from their previous residences in the United States, I feel that first mover opportunity on this will only last for so long before it is implemented well.

I actually spoke to the owner of a new Japanese restaurant in Woodbury a large suburb of Saint Paul's about this concept, he implemented Shabu-Shabu within 2 weeks, but due to his lack of vision, floor-plan, and distance from the general populace it will never become a destination restaurant for Shabu-Shabu

If someone is interested I am seeking investors - because I am a poor bastard trying to make it through college. I would be willing to bring credit, time, a business degree (circe 2010) and my entrepreneurial spirit to the deal - anyone willing to bring experience and capital?

I also have gained the interest of a mentor that has been running a gourmet quick-service Japanese restaurant in Downtown Minneapolis for the past 4-5 years. They are not interested in becoming partners as they have their hands full with their own enterprise, but have given me the contact information for all of their suppliers and have provided very good insight to the restaurant market in Minnesota.

Best wishes,

James

 

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