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coffee, wine, or food he served in his basement, but he did
occasionally receive tips.
In pursuit of the retail aspect of the Tasha’s Cafe concept,
petitioner identified and attempted to obtain retail space in
which to operate a Tasha’s Cafe in Lombard, Illinois. Petitioner
obtained interior design schematics for the location, negotiated
business loans for capital to install equipment and furniture at
the Lombard location, negotiated the rental contract for the
location, and developed advertising strategies for the store.
However, it became evident to petitioner that opening a retail
location was much more costly than he had previously estimated,
and he abandoned the retail aspect of the business in January
2003 without having opened a cafe or sold any inventory.
Petitioner also pursued the franchise aspect of Tasha’s
Cafe. In addition to demonstrating the Tasha’s Cafe concept in
his basement, petitioner occasionally rented space at hotels near
Chicago O’Hare Airport in which he would conduct similar
demonstrations of the concept to potential franchisees flying in
from beyond the Chicago area. Petitioner estimated that he held
“a couple of dozen” such presentations at airport hotels between
2001 and 2003. Petitioner continued to market the Tasha’s Cafe
franchise concept until May of 2003, when he concluded that he
could no longer fund the development of the franchise concept.
Petitioner never sold a Tasha’s Cafe franchise.
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