Back at the end of March of 2016 my family decided to expand our family business from Miami to Tampa. My mother has always been the driving force behind the business and she has always pushed my brother and I to open our own business. We jumped on the opportunity to lease a massive 5000 sq ft restaurant in Tampa open up a Peruvian restaurant/bar. This was the beginning of NAZCA bar and grill.
We were very happy with the location of this restaurant and have been looking forward to opening it. However we have run into a big problem being that the hood ventilation system is not properly working. The owners who seemed kind and caring have been asked to please change the hood and put in a new one as per a few inspectors coming thru the hood is not up to code and is a fire hazard.
To make matters worse, when the fire marshal comes thru to inspect he keeps passing the hood even though it is not properly up to code and we suspect foul play as that person may be "bought off" by the owners of the building...
I am blogging about this as it has been a frustrating process and we are definitely learning quite a bit about the cutthroat aspects of the business world. Please my fellow community if you have any suggestions or advice I would greatly appreciate it! We are currently working with a lawyer on suing these people as they have delayed our planned opening of this business and are not being compliant per the contract.
I will keep you guys posted on our progress and hopefully we can open our restaurant at some point and welcome the Tampa community to share Peruvian cuisine which is internationally recognized as one of the best!
Thank you,
DXA