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Re: TJG post# 26847

Thursday, 06/08/2017 9:52:49 AM

Thursday, June 08, 2017 9:52:49 AM

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Snakes History: Big money is always looking for successful/expandable businesses that are more than just a fad... Snakes is not a fad, they opened the first one in 2010 and packed it... then they purchased the property next to it (200%+ capacity increase) and packed it... Then they added a larger 2nd location, packed it... Then relocated the 2nd location to the pool hall across the street which made it their largest, packed it... years later, both still packed

Now they are adding a 3rd location, which is even bigger than the others and situated in a nice area, which has the highest foot traffic in the country. Can they pack it?

#3 will also have a larger kitchen which they plan to use for catering (Snakes On The Go Gaming Parties), 2 bars and a patio which expands their capacity even bigger. Plus, gamers might be able to smoke MJ outside when legal.

#3 will be the most profitable location... Eventually some big $$$ is going to notice whats going on here. There could be dozens of locations one day, some corporate owned, others franchised

The net profits from these 3 locations will make #4 and #5 even easier. They are already lookin for locations... this snowball is building heft and momentum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_Lattes

History[edit]
Snakes and Lattes was opened on August 30, 2010 by Ben Castanie and Aurelia Peynet,[4][6] at what later became known as Snakes and Lattes' Annex location. The couple had moved to Toronto from France four years earlier, and came up with the idea for Snakes and Lattes, which they named after the Canadian children's game Snakes and Ladders, from a visit to a Chicago area game store in 2008.[3] Over the next two years, they slowly built up their sizable game collection to prepare for the 2010 opening.[3]

As the cafe gained popularity it quickly outgrew its seating capacity. In 2011, the adjacent property was purchased and the wall between the two properties was demolished, adding roughly 2,000 square feet to the existing café and increasing capacity from 45 to 150 seats.[7] With 7,500 square feet of space, Snakes and Lattes was, according to its managers, the biggest board game café in the world in January 2016.[8]

In January 2014, a second location was opened, a board game bar called Snakes & Lagers.[9] Also in 2014, Snakes and Lattes became a sponsor of the Toronto International Film Festival, offering a board game concierge for interested visitors.[10]

In July 2015, The Globe and Mail reported that a sitcom, Snakes and Lattes: The Show, would air starting in September as a fictionalized account
of the cafe's early years.[11]

In September 2015, Snakes & Lagers closed, but immediately reopened in a larger space across the street under the name Snakes & Lattes College in the space that was formerly occupied by the Andy Poolhall bar.[12] The new location features space for 240 guests, a collection of more than 1,000 games, and a combination of the Lattes and Lagers concepts, offering beer, wine, and assorted coffee based beverages.[12]

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