I owned a bar in Orlando for much of the 00's. We had a NIB Simpsons Pinball Party.

It's a crazy tough business. This is not something you can just set up, and let it 'run itself'.

Prepare to forfeit your personal life.
Prepare to sleep very little.
Prepare to deal with crazy people on a daily basis.
Prepare to break up fights.
Prepare to deal with insane amounts of peoples' personal drama.
Prepare to become comfortable with generally seeing people at their worst behavior.
If you decide to bartend yourself, prepare to assume the duties of a de-facto pharmacist, clergyman, and therapist all at the same time.
Prepare to constantly be on the lookout for employees who will tell themselves that giving away free drinks to their friends SOMEHOW ISN'T stealing from you.
Prepare to have a very comprehensive (and expensive) Liquor Liability Insurance policy, so you don't have to worry about defending yourself and your business against folks who will actually try to SUE YOU for serving them alcohol before they made the poor decision to get behind the wheel of a vehicle.

There are a thousand more points I could list, but my PTSD is starting to kick in already.

PRAY tell........why, it's the Barcade Company, of course!

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

Oh, and if you have TVs, and you want to show NFL games (even just the free games on local networks...not even talking about Sunday Ticket) the fucking BMI and ASCAP music mafia may actually try to shake you down for a "Licensing Fee" for the background music the network and/or the stadium plays during broadcasts!!!!!

INSANE!!!!

In Florida (other states too, I'm sure) you could apply for a 'Special Food Service Establishment' Liquor License. It is SIGNIFICANTLY less expsnsive than the standard bar/tavern '4 Consumption On Premises' license....but it has certain restrictions. You need to serve food!

"Must have 2,500 square feet of service area, be
equipped to serve meals to 150 persons at one
time, and derive at least 51 percent of gross food
and beverage revenue from the sale of food and
nonalcoholic beverages. May not operate as a
package store and may not sell intoxicating
beverages after the hours of serving or consumption
of food have elapsed. License may not be moved to
a new location."

also......

BEWARE OF ANY PROFESSIONAL LIQUOR LICENSE CONSULTANTS!!!

ALL the ones I have encountered have been larcenous thieves.

One night at my bar, after-hours, I witnessed a very 'free-spirited' bartender receive cunnilingus while sitting on the lockdown bar of my TSPP.
Those were some crazy days!