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Biblocafe (biblocafe.wordpress.com):
… this article …

Cafe Nico (www.cafenico.com):
… “I opened a charming neighborhood coffee shop. Then it destroyed my life,” Michael Idov writes. What was supposed to be a realization of Idov’s and his wife’s fantasies turned out to be abitter brew. After just six months of running their charming little café, the couple closed down. They had to. Not only was the business going berserk in terms of finances, it was also threatening to ruin their marriage. …

KC Perky - KC's Coffee Scene (www.kcperky.com):
… re going to be under new ownership soon and possibly re-opening in April. Yet another testament to how hard it is to keep a restaurant open, let alone a coffee shop. There’s a great article on this topic over at Slate,Bitter Brew.  So this is yet another shop I have to remove from the top ten list. Seriously, readers, you need to patronize my top ten shops and keep them open! Posted in closing | No Comments » …

Milwaukee Specialty Food and Coffee (milwaukeespecialtycoffee.typepad.com):
… perilous business to begin with …

DebtComesQuickly (debtcomesquickly.com):
… Click here for the story! …

Cafe Jack (cafejack.blogspot.com):
… way to make a living, and I have no doubt it can be for the right person in the right place, but this article from Slate gives one person's perspective on the hard work, thought and dedication it takes to make a profit from a small coffeehouse.My coffeehouse nightmare. - By Michael Idov - Slate MagazineI would never want to discourage someone from following their dream, but most (if not all) small businesses require a lot of work and dedication from the owner(s), and small cafes in particular have a very high rate of failure. But you will never know …

Cafe Jack (cafejack.blogspot.com):
… way to make a living, and I have no doubt it can be for the right person in the right place, but this article from Slate gives one person's perspective on the hard work, thought and dedication it takes to make a profit from a small coffeehouse.My coffeehouse nightmare. - By Michael Idov - Slate MagazineI would never want to discourage someone from following their dream, but most (if not all) small businesses require a lot of work and dedication from the owner(s), and small cafes in particular have a very high rate of failure. But you will never know …

Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog (nymag.com):
… — to Farrar, Straus, & Giroux as a trade paperback to be published in 2009. The editor will be Courtney Hodell (The Yiddish Policeman's Union). Ground Up is loosely based on Idov's 2005 Slate piece"Bitter Brew."It’s High Noon Again: Producer Mark Headley, actor Christopher Mitchum, and their business partner Toni Covington have acquired the remake rights to the 1952 Western classic High Noon for their newly formed High Noon Productions. Prediction: The …

Notes on a Business Page (notesonabusinesspage.blogspot.com):
… probably have realized what everyone else who has ever tried their hand in this industry already knows: that it’s the hardest business to survive in, let alone make money. If you’d rather not take my word for it, there was an excellent article inSlate Magazine …

JenJapan’s 20-30-40 (jenjapan.wordpress.com):
… so okay, who knows, maybe only the Japanese have cafe dreams like me?] Today, the idea came to mind again so I googled “start a cafe” to see what comes up and this article (”Bitter Brew”) fromSlatepopped up. I guess it’s a good thing that so far, we haven’t had the time or money to pursue our cafe dream. And now, maybe we never will… Incidentally, here are some photos of Barefoot Coffee Roasters …

The Bilge Pump (bonnyread.livejournal.com):
… http://www.slate.com/id/2132576/ …

Cake or Pie, ask you? / The filling matters little. / Chocolate rules all. (purple-marf.livejournal.com):
… a few of these unhappy-computer-sounds, stuck my head into her area, at which point it immediately returned to normal, and Mary turned to me with a vibrant, "You're a goddess!" Hey, how does one's day improve after that? Also, just finished readinga familiar tale …

Buff my scrotum (buffmyscrotum.blogspot.com):
… A rant about coffee houses and the twerps working therein. I love howStarbucks and Coffee Beanery and the likehave taken college drop-outs who, completely addled without daddy's money paying for everything, now need some kind of a job--but nothing "beneath them", see, 'cause they've been raised to believe that every breath they take and every fart they make …

Ross Hill's Log (log.rosshill.com.au):
… “ I opened a charming neighborhood coffee shop. Then it destroyed my life.My coffeehouse nightmare. - Slate Magazine …

they've all gone west (e-denver.blogspot.com):
… was doomed from its inception because it was too precious and too offbeat? The one you still kind of fell for, the way one falls for a tubercular maiden? Yeah, that one was mine. The scary part is that you think you can do better.""Bitter Brew: I opened a charming neighborhood coffee shop. Then it destroyed my life." …

our blog of our idea (ouridea.wordpress.com):
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