DizzyGuy Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 So yeah. I just got word that the ONLY hookah lounge ANYWHERE near here is gonna shut down. They are deciding to turn back into a 100% porn store. There goes my occasional hookah fixes. Atleast I know that hopefully I'll be able to buy my own hookah again in the next 4 weeks or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skimo Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 damn that sucks, where u live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 Huntsville/Madison, Alabama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skimo Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 you search for some on the net? i found some that was only about a 30 min drive from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 Actually, I've searched many places. I'm sure the closest is gonna be like 3+ hours away. Screw that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 It's a sign. You are to open up your own lounge Dizzy. You know what to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Open your own like Yashman said. You have the market cornered there. I know, easier said than done and it takes capital or credit or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikydave Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 welll.....at least theres gunna be porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbomberto Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 ^^ true, get you every day fix hehehehe, go to aol and go to your alamba chat and try and ask people if they smoke "hookah" and see what you get and then try to open one, you make be successful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthHookah Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 you know, i searched the internet far and wide, and the closest hookah lounge is in columbus, about an hour and a half drive. but i get a message from someone here saying there is one right here in cincinatti. so dont put too much faith in those databases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 [quote name='dikydave']welll.....at least theres gunna be porn.[/quote] See, it was a porn store... then, awhile back, Alabama started a bill to ban the sale of "marital aids". It got voted down, but after months and months of legislation. During that time, Hipocratease became part smoke shop to keep business and to make sure they could stay in business if the bill went through. And yes, this really is a sign that I need to open up a hookah bar or something around here, or atleast a hookah shop. I really want to do it, but I'm guessin that I'll need a couple thou. for starting costs. But yeah... the more and more I live here, the more and more I'm considering opening up my own place *and have it available on the web as well*... and then a satilite store in Florence where I used to live... it's about an hour to an hour and a half away and it's a small college town with nothing to do... I'd imagine that hookah would be a big hit out there with the right advertising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 If you have a potential business partner you may want to give this idea a try. Ask the people if they are interested in selling all their hookak lounge equipment. Most likely they would be willing to sell it and sell it for a decent deal as a package. You could get an itemized inventory and do your homework, then make an offer.For now as long as you had a place to store the equipment you could sit on it and shop for a place to setup shop that is cheap enough. The current lounge may make you a good deal on their furniture as a package deal and if you guys were good talkers you may be able to get a fantastic deal on enough furnishings to get started.Remember you have to get occupancy permits and find out about local codes. The owner(s) of the current lounge should be able to give you the ins and outs on a lot as well. They may even be happy to help you get this going if they know you are serious. It is well worth looking into. A couple thousand will probably not get you started. At least it would not in my area. But you find the right people with the right connections to pull the right strings and are tenacious as hell at seeing it through it could be done.BYOB for awhile and keep the place packed with people. Set up a display case with retail hookahs, etc. and some shelves behind the register. Maybe a weekly drawing for a hookah or something. Whatever it takes to get popular quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 I know that it'll be awhile before I can get this up and going, so I probably won't be able to get their old stuff... but I'm gonna probably go talk to them soon. What I was thinking was getting hookahs and tobacco and coals and stuff... and then having a basic small shop... maybe even incorporating in cigars or pipe tobacco... from there, having a side area where people can smoke and commune and serve basic beverages and stuff... if it starts getting popular, turn it into a lounge more so... but before all of this, I was thinking starting in the e-realm and use that to start to go revenue going. But untill I can get all of that worked out... and in light of gettin a couple of extra hours at work, I'm gonna get me a 25" Black Nickel Stargate with the glow in the dark stem... Actually, just sending the payment through PayPal right now... yay for having a hookah again! Now I just need to figure out where to order the tobacco from and what kind to try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersianPride Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Well obviously the porn shop was going to be more profitable for the owner then the hookah cafe. So the more logical conclusion should be that you open your own porn shop........and use the profits to smoke obscene amounts of shisha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 Porn shop has potential... but there's a couple established up here already... besides... I'd rather spend the rent money on a lounge or shop and to be honest... it's amusing smoking in a porn shop, but it does kind of ruin the mood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownZero Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Interesting... so was it just a smoke shop to buy tobacco products or was it an actual lounge to sit and smoke? (You may have already mentioned, I kind of skimmed the topic ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 Oh, it was an actual lounge to rent a hookah. Wasn't great quality service and I've only had 1 pretty good experience... but yeah, lounge with a small humidor for alot of cigars, hookah rental, and they sold a litle bit of tobacco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 Dizzy Guy: This is your brain (echoing...wah wah wah). Open a hookah lounge...serve Tangiers Tobacco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 ^^^^^ What he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben5082 Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 That sucks, I assume you are talking about Hipocratease? The only other places I know of that have hookahs are in Mobile and Tuscaloosa.Ben[url="http://www.hookah-bars.com"]www.hookah-bars.com[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted August 27, 2006 Author Share Posted August 27, 2006 Really now, that's the first time I've seen those locations anywhere on the web... good site, dude :DAnd Tangiers... once I get enough money to open up my own store, you will def. be one of the first people I contact to get my shisha from Heh, wanna franchise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 I do. We can talk franchise more in PMs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofdavid Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I'd be more than happy to start a store with DarthHookah in Cincinnati. I wonder how much it would cost for a start up... ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthHookah Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 oh yeah, we could call it the Hookahpalooza, or The Smoking Caterpillar, and we could sell hookers too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 Heh... yeah, I really like the name The Hookah Caterpillar... That's what I was thinkin about callin my store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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