WILL A GREAT NY STYLE ITALIAN DELI / CAFE do good in WISCONSIN??

Question

I want to open a great little italian deli / cafe that no one has seen before im moving there from NY and would love to share the great food that i have grown up on. I love Wisconsin and what the have to offer. What do you think???? and if you have any ideas i would love to hear them. Im looking in all parts on WI location Ideas would help also. Thanks for any help you can give.

Answer 1

I am from the Midwest and lived up in northwest Wisconsin for 26 years I now live in Tennessee and I really miss Wi ..Be very careful where you locate ,make sure  the area is year around  because in certain areas  the economy relies on tourism and it is  very seasonal  Location is number 1.make sure you are visible and easily accessible.  You also have to take into  account the ethnic populations in certain areas .  there are  areas of heavy  concentrations of ethnic backgrounds that find  true "Italian  food "just "too spicy' for them" like the Swedish and Norwegians. They are not accoustomed to herbs and garlic . I am Italian and my Father is from Italy . I  love true Italian cooking I would love to see a New York style deli/cafe  and hopefully Wisconsin is finally ready for one also . I used to go to Minneapolis  and search Italian shops for good foodI LOL  Wisconsin is a beautiful state  all the way down to the coast, it is the best state I  have seen, it deserves a good quality cafe ,t usually takes about 3 years to really get established & make a name for yourself so you must have the finances and the stay-with-it-ness . One last pointer charge for quality ingredients but charge fairly, Wisconsin is not New York..  I sincerely wish you the best of luck..  if you never try you will never know. Go for it!