TAKODA TAVERN, L.L.C.

After seeing a couple dozen bars and restaurants close in Parker the last few years, one must wonder why someone gets into this business. It's costly to build, challenging to staff, the hours are long, and the competition fierce. Add in high food costs and the shaky economy and the failure rate in the business is scary. A couple tips to those in and considering the bar/restaurant business. 1). Get over yourself. It's about what your CUSTOMER wants. He/She wants to be recognized and greeted. Everytime. The most important sound to any man's ears is his own name. 2)Offer value. Time's are tough, you gotta be price right on something. Might be your food, might be your whiskey, but give your customer something to remember. 3)Promote. Word of mouth is the best advertising, and the SLOWEST. Be the buzz, people talk. The One Place in Parker that gets it, is the Takoda Tavern, at Parker and Hess Roads. Clean. Parker newbies, and old timers share the love, you should too. Takoda is the Sioux word for ' a friend to everyone'.