How popular would a hookah lounge be?

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navdude101

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My wife and I were talking the other day about starting a business. I came up with the idea of a hookah lounge in the local (lexington park/Great Mills) area. From the looks of things there used to be one down here but it closed. My only question is how many people would actually support it. If I can get an idea of how many of you out there would like to see this happen, I'll start on the foot work to see what steps i need to take. My business would provide a calm atmosphere for friends to come relax and have a good smoke. I would also provide wifi at no additional cost. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks.
 
Sherlock

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navdude101 said:
My wife and I were talking the other day about starting a business. I came up with the idea of a hookah lounge in the local (lexington park/Great Mills) area. From the looks of things there used to be one down here but it closed. My only question is how many people would actually support it. If I can get an idea of how many of you out there would like to see this happen, I'll start on the foot work to see what steps i need to take. My business would provide a calm atmosphere for friends to come relax and have a good smoke. I would also provide wifi at no additional cost. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks.
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#### yeah! I'll be in that ##### every night.
 
pixiegirl

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navdude101 said:
My wife and I were talking the other day about starting a business. I came up with the idea of a hookah lounge in the local (lexington park/Great Mills) area. From the looks of things there used to be one down here but it closed. My only question is how many people would actually support it. If I can get an idea of how many of you out there would like to see this happen, I'll start on the foot work to see what steps i need to take. My business would provide a calm atmosphere for friends to come relax and have a good smoke. I would also provide wifi at no additional cost. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks.
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Gross and I'm a smoker.
 
BadGirl

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You're kidding, right?

A total flop of a business. Guaranteed.

If you want confirmation of this, just ask Kenye West's dad about his "miracle" water bar, or whatever the heck it was. :roflmao:
 
Sherlock

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navdude101 said:
My wife and I were talking the other day about starting a business. I came up with the idea of a hookah lounge in the local (lexington park/Great Mills) area. From the looks of things there used to be one down here but it closed. My only question is how many people would actually support it. If I can get an idea of how many of you out there would like to see this happen, I'll start on the foot work to see what steps i need to take. My business would provide a calm atmosphere for friends to come relax and have a good smoke. I would also provide wifi at no additional cost. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks.
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Will we be able to blaze up some Salvia?
 
Sherlock

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BadGirl said:
You're kidding, right?

A total flop of a business. Guaranteed.

If you want confirmation of this, just ask Kenye West's dad about his "miracle" water bar, or whatever the heck it was. :roflmao:
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:smack: Quit trying to ruin his plan, it's an awesome idea.
 
vraiblonde

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navdude101 said:
My business would provide a calm atmosphere for friends to come relax and have a good smoke.
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Good luck with that. What happens in reality is that youngsters come in and cause a nuisance, which drives the older people - the ones with money - away. That's pretty much what happened with the other hookah place. That and they also didn't enforce MD laws, such as not letting people drink outside on the sidewalk.

Don't get me wrong - I think it's a great idea and it *could* be a success. But it would require a lot of patience and vigilance on your part.
 
Merlin99

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vraiblonde said:
Good luck with that. What happens in reality is that youngsters come in and cause a nuisance, which drives the older people - the ones with money - away. That's pretty much what happened with the other hookah place. That and they also didn't enforce MD laws, such as not letting people drink outside on the sidewalk.

Don't get me wrong - I think it's a great idea and it *could* be a success. But it would require a lot of patience and vigilance on your part.
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Except for the Maryland law against smoking indoors.
 
libertytyranny

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I thinkt he problem was that the former "hookah" lounge was anything but..their big thing that got them in trouble was trying to make it into a "club" and having "gogo" dancers that amounted to basically scantily clad whores.


a true hookah bar like the one we used to go to in frederick or the one in towson would be awesome. I LOVED the place in frederick..middle eastern music and middle eastern food..we would go order hummus and some jasmine shisha and just chill.

I have entertained this idea myself on more than one occasion..but run into the same problem..its not a money making venture..people go and sit for hours...and the shisha is pretty cheap..so unless you can get a good food business going (hard in any area) or perhaps a bar going (hard to keep the place classy then, and personally it isn't traditional to serve alcohol and I prefer a little tradition.. though I am a female and that isnt traditional either :killingme) then you aren't going to make any money. so while it would likely be a pretty popular spot (especially near the college) it isn't going to be profitable without something else. :shrug:
 
baileydog

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They have a place called 70's Rock Shop here. They carry pipes and up till recently all kinds of fake canninibis. They sell clothes and hookahs. There is also a pool table in there. Every time I go in there all there is is a bunch of 17-25 yr olds hanging out. The only nice thing is I can smoke cigs in there. All those teens make me not want to hang there, just shop.
 
thurley42

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BadGirl said:
You're kidding, right?

A total flop of a business. Guaranteed.

If you want confirmation of this, just ask Kenye West's dad about his "miracle" water bar, or whatever the heck it was. :roflmao:
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Actually that was a great place with good protein shakes.....they moved up to DC because business down here wasn't as good as they imagined I guess....
 
Sharon

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navdude101 said:
My wife and I were talking the other day about starting a business. I came up with the idea of a hookah lounge in the local (lexington park/Great Mills) area. From the looks of things there used to be one down here but it closed. My only question is how many people would actually support it. If I can get an idea of how many of you out there would like to see this happen, I'll start on the foot work to see what steps i need to take. My business would provide a calm atmosphere for friends to come relax and have a good smoke. I would also provide wifi at no additional cost. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks.
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Get a medical marijuana license and you'll be packed to the doors!
 
Sherlock

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baileydog said:
They have a place called 70's Rock Shop here. They carry pipes and up till recently all kinds of fake canninibis. They sell clothes and hookahs. There is also a pool table in there. Every time I go in there all there is is a bunch of 17-25 yr olds hanging out. The only nice thing is I can smoke cigs in there. All those teens make me not want to hang there, just shop.
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Where the hell is that at?
 
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