I'm wondering if any of you have opened your cafe in a building not meant to be one. Mainly: what kind of plumbing and electrical did you need to do, and about how much did it cost you. I'm estimating around 70K for all startup costs (in another discussion I saw someone estimated 100k to startup, but I'm not sure where that number came from unless they were talking about roasting), versus the 140K it would cost to buy the shop we initially wanted. But I don't know anything about the infrastructure stuff. We have the resources to build basic things like counters for free, but we'd have to pay someone to rip up the floor to pipe water and power to the machines, dishwasher, industrial sink etc. Any other things I need to consider in this area?
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