Decent Retro/Import Shops in Manchester

[Emir]

I'm up for a bit of cake and gaming action.(^_^)

yeah, I live in manchester and there is absolutely nothing at all. I'd quite like to open one if anyone is interested in joining forces to create the best retroshop in the universe.

My dream is to make a retro game/ coffee/ cake shop. Each weekend I will host torunaments. ?3 to enter and there will be a sweet prize bought with the winnings. Like a pub quiz sort of. People will flock from across the planet to visit us. Street fighter alpha 3 tournaments, king of fighters torunaments, bomberman tournaments - everything. It'll be ace.

Then, when we make our first million We can open up a game themed pub next door called 'the gradius' It'll be so fantastic, seriously. you know thos brass ducks that old people have nailed to their walls? a small one, medium one and a big one? well, I'd custom make some brass vic vipers for behind the bar. there will be arcades running gradius and we'll have a range of cocktails named after bosses from the gradius games. the most powerful cocktail will be called 'destroy the core' - 5 parts whiskey, 2 parts wine and topped up with tomato juice with a marshmallow vic viper floating on top.

No doubt some chancer will open a pub called the parodius opposite us, but we will relish the competition and make ever more exciting cocktails and revamp our sign outside so it incorperates a more dynamic picture of vic viper shooting twice as many lazers out. We could even hire really cute girls to work there but dress them up as those little walker bots from the gradius games. Topless walker bots, so we can see the little 'chest cores' poking out!

Maybe we could have a amateur dramtics night with local groups doing live action plays based on gradius. Think how cool that could be...

[dot eater]

Just off the Tottenham Court Road, up a little side street (forgotten the name), on the corner of Charlotte Street. The guys working in there were really helpful and I got the impression that they offered a personalised import service.

That would be Gamefocus. Been in there a few times, not a bad place. They used to have site you could order from at gamefocus.co.uk but it's been dead for ages now.

[boxhead]

would be so great. A nice big hazelnut latte, a slice of homemade lemon drizzle cake and a session on streetfighter 3. Honestly, I think my plan has serious potential.

I'm up for a bit of cake and gaming action.(^_^)

[boxhead]

I think the cakes I am going to sell will be

Lemon drizzle cake
(puchi) Carrot cake
Mixed berry muffins
Cinamon whirlo's
cherry pie
Rasberry cheescakes
custard and apple donut plains
orange cake
chocolate cakes (3 different kinds)
princess Peach pie
Pumkin pie
And pikmin pie.

And a huge selection of different coffees, smoothies and milkshakes.

And a gigantic projector screen with retro games playing on it. DOes anyone want to fund my venture?

[Emir]

Mate, If I had serious bucks, I'd give 'em to you.
Unfortunately, I'm a pauper.

Are you some kind of Baker? Them's a lot of cakes.

[boxhead]

I'm not a qualified baker but I sure can cook me a cake when I need to.
I think all the cakes should be based around video games. Pikmin pie is my favourite so far. I wonder how much it would cost me to set something like this up?

Cake making machines - ?2000
cups and spoons and small plates for the cakes - ?600
Coffee making machines - ?2000
tables and seats - ?2000
Projector screen - ?2000
And then I'd need stock but maybe that could come later... I could start off as just a game themed coffee shop and then expand to full import store later on. I'll forget this bit for the time being.
Nice decorations - ?1005
i wonder how much I would have to pay on rent and council tax and bills etc... probably loads. I'll factor that in for ?20,003 for 6 months. does that sound right? It would be pretty handy to have a few arcade machines too...
It would cost me a pretty penny, thats for sure.

Mate, If I had serious bucks, I'd give 'em to you.
Unfortunately, I'm a pauper.

Are you some kind of Baker? Them's a lot of cakes.

[Stoise]

Wow that would be so great - what would you call it?

[boxhead]

I have invented a few new cakes:

Gingerbread bombermen
Shenmuseli flapjack
black animal forest gateaux
danish dodonpastry

[boxhead]

I don't know... got any ideas?

Wow that would be so great - what would you call it?

[Stoise]

hmmm...

[Silvergun X]

danish dodonpastry

I LOL'd.

[Emir]

I have invented a few new cakes:


Shenmuseli flapjack
danish dodonpastry

[VR46]

seemed to have strayed bit off topic here chaps.

[Stoise]

Indeed.
New topic for this kind of tomfoolery.

[boxhead]

on the contrary my dear moderator. The topic is still very much geared toward the lack of decent import shops in manchester and, er... well, You can't have an import shop without videogame themed cakes... so, er... Yes... I am wrong, aren't I?

Sorry

seemed to have strayed bit off topic here chaps.