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| Nicole Sullivan | |
Nicole Sullivan, owner of BookBar and BookBed by BookBar, Denver, Colo., and a member of the board of the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, is adding another feather to her cap: she will also be part of the consulting group of Paz & Associates. She will, Paz & Associates said, help booksellers who are considering adding food and beverage service, assisting with "everything from calculating start-up investment needs to choosing equipment, laying out service counters to providing vendor lists. A café start-up package is available as well as consulting by the hour."
Sullivan studied culinary arts at the Art Institute of Colorado in Denver while working in financial corporations, and then combined her passions for books, food and wine to create BookBar in 2013. Last fall, Sullivan opened BookBed by BookBar, a book-themed B&B apartment above the store for book lovers, authors and writers.
"Expanding the traditional business model by adding food and/or beverage services creates some very unique and exciting opportunities," Sullivan said. "It also creates some unique challenges since they are vastly different businesses."