Opening a bar is no easy feat. From navigating financials to finding the right location, every step presents its own challenges. As Melanie Bauer prepares to open Winston Champagne Bar in the summer, she sat down with our CEO and owner Mistie Boulton (also the CEO and co-owner of Oren’s Hummus Restaurant Group), to discuss what she wishes she had known before embarking on her first hospitality entrepreneurial venture.