Where will the upcoming restaurant be, and when will it start?
We announced our intention to start a restaurant a long time ago. So, the first question most people asked was, where will the location be? The short answer is that it will be at Kallega, Nehru Nagar, Vivekananda College junction on the Puttur—Mangaluru highway. We will start service on Sunday, 15th January 2023, on the auspicious day of Makara Sankranthi. We will run the restaurant where Hotel Keerthana is presently running.

Why this location?
Since we are in Puttur, it should be somewhere in Puttur town. We don’t like crowded places, though there will be many walk-in customers. Reaching the place and parking should not be a challenge. So, we were looking at Bypass roads and highways around Puttur town. There were a few options suiting our requirements. Most restaurants drain the sewage directly into rainwater drainage streams. We are very conscious about treating the sewage well before passing it. This place has a sewage treatment plant. So, we decided on this place.

Why a running restaurant?

• A running restaurant will have regular, existing customers and businesses, so the restaurant does not need to start at 0.
• We tried to sell the land at Kallarpe but couldn’t. So, we don’t have much money to buy land, build a building, or even set up the restaurant from scratch in a rented space.
• It is risky to start a new business, and there will be many trials and errors while establishing one. A running restaurant would have already passed that phase.
• It already has all the necessary setup to run a restaurant. Only a few repairs, cleaning and enhancements are required.

Overall, the finance requirement and time required to start the service are minimised. We have another short two months before we have to start. We have our tasks cut out.