Comment by tempest_
13 hours ago
It is an interesting concept when contrasted with the disappearance of "third places" in the western world.
13 hours ago
It is an interesting concept when contrasted with the disappearance of "third places" in the western world.
I got to thinking how difficult a micro business like this would be to run in the UK. You'd have council hygiene inspectors, insurance, alcohol duties, zoning limitations, music licensing, and the business rates folks all over your back for starters.
Same here in California. Zoning, permits, food inspections and handicap access requirements would make a small snack bar economically infeasible.
From being in California often and reading social media, I get the feeling California and UK share a lot of similarities in planning bureaucracy. Residential areas are sacrosanct and the idea of anyone running even a small public facing service business from the home is onerous (though, curiously, it's very common for dental or GP surgeries to be in converted residential property here).