I think my retirement project is to start a traditional bread bakery somewhere, with a coffee shop in the front of the house. Bakeries typically peak hours are

I think my retirement project is to start a traditional bread bakery somewhere, with a coffee shop in the front of the house. Bakeries typically peak hours are 4-7am and then coffee shops are 6-9am with a steady trickle of business 9am-7pm. You're right, to run a coffee shop you need a table, two chairs, a cash register and an espresso machine. While traveling I ran across a coffee shop in an outdoor market that was just a wood-fired espresso machine on a cart hauled around with a donkey. The donkey didn't look super happy but the owner looked like they were doing ok for themselves.