One partner for the opening, the operation and the software
Openings: The 6-Month Load-Out
Operations: Prime Cost Reset & Fractional Ops
Operations: Prime Cost Reset & Fractional Ops
Concept to opening day for owners with capital secured. We run the build-out calendar, menu and bar program, hiring, vendor onboarding, POS, training and the opening-week playbook. $20,000–$50,000+ for the 6-month load-out, by scope.
Operations: Prime Cost Reset & Fractional Ops
Operations: Prime Cost Reset & Fractional Ops
Operations: Prime Cost Reset & Fractional Ops
For busy restaurants that should be more profitable. We find the leaks in food, beverage and labor, fix the reporting, and install a weekly operating cadence your managers can run. 2-week sprint from $1,250; retainers from $3,000/month.
Software: Operator Hub & VenueForge
Operations: Prime Cost Reset & Fractional Ops
Software: Operator Hub & VenueForge
The tools we built because nothing on the market did the job: invoices, inventory, tips, payroll exports, training and the Monday numbers in one place, connected to Toast. Used live at our client sites today. VenueForge opens to a waitlist in 2027.
Live project: Ian Munsick's Cowboy Bar & Western Grill
26 weeks from kickoff to doors open
Project kickoff March 20, 2026. Doors open September 18, 2026, with a line two blocks down Main Street before they unlocked. A 2,600-square-foot scratch-kitchen western grill and music venue in a historic Deadwood, South Dakota building, built with the Munsick family and the ownership group. We were the operating partner from concept through opening, and we have run the operation every day since. Breakfast through late night, 8am to 2am, two stages, and 50+ staff hired, trained and live on POS for day one.
What we built in those 26 weeks
Pre-opening budget and the 26-week critical path. Menu development and recipe costing with the chef, bar program and cocktail list, smallwares and equipment package. Vendor onboarding with Sysco, Southern Glazer's, Johnson Brothers and Quality Brands. Toast POS and kitchen display for two locations, tip pooling and a nine-code comp policy, hiring of 50+ staff, a training hub with bar book and garnish standards, and a retail merch program. Soft open, then a grand opening weekend with 12 live acts and a record Deadwood Jam crowd of 6,000+.
4.9 stars on Google, one month in
40 Google reviews in the first month, 37 of them five stars, with staff named by guests. "Service was top notch even with a line out the door all weekend." "I was expecting standard bar fare. It was way beyond that." "We live in Deadwood and have been to every restaurant. Food was awesome." Open seven days since, on the weekly operating rhythm: invoices, inventory, labor, comps and the Monday numbers. Follow the project at @ianmunsickcowboybar.
