For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

Post by sgc » Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 1:39 AM UTC

mcherm wrote: post #57

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Having lived in Montana for 2 years myself, I don't consider Forsyth a town worth noting. Billings is the closest town that has a decent population, and it's 110 miles away by car. Brick or wood (fixed my original comment for ya), my point was it's a simple building in a tiny "town". It's not worth the money as a business purchase, but would be a pleasure buy. Not sure why my comment needed to be pedantically torn ap…

Because IF you are going to be sarcastically dismissive you ought to at least get the details right.

Post by joevandyk » Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 3:54 AM UTC

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It sounds like they do fine; only beer in 100 miles is a pretty good business proposition. They also go through 1200 pounds of pinto beans a year, so somebody's buying food there.

1200 lbs a year, assuming a half pound per serving, is only 2400 servings a year, or about six a day. I can't imagine six bowls of beans does much to pay the bills even in rural Montana.

Post by casefields » Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 5:52 AM UTC

pgrote wrote: post #47

I've always wondered about the data missing in Google Maps. For instance, when you go to Ingomar, MT and look at street view, the car got to the entrance of the town and the data just stops. https://goo.gl/maps/WVTAChPsBUiRjnoX9 Did the camera die? Did the car get a flat? Did someone forget to turn something on?

Post by TomMarius » Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 9:43 AM UTC

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Does that actually recoup? Or are they buying those licenses to use in more populated areas? (curious if they are tied to the town or not)

As with Uber and medallions, the increasing popularity of craft breweries able to operate with an inexpensive license has led to some big legislative battles. The Montana Tavern Association (MTA, liquor license holders) try to crush the craft breweries every legislative session. They have limited the taphouses to some extent: they can only serve four pints per person per day and they have to close at 8 PM. Also simil…

Post by socrates1998 » Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 2:21 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #82

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I was born in Montana. I lived in Montana. That restaurant probably hasn't made a profit in 30 years and they are asking $250k for it.

I understand, and had a feeling that that was where you were coming from. Unfortunately, though, the internet doesn't distinguish between regional (or ethnic or other) slurs made by the people from that place (or group) vs. the garden-variety nasty sort—so the burden is on you to disambiguate. Otherwise we end up with the same kind of flamewar either way.