Ive never owned one but ive managed one before.
The first thing i did before 'hiring or firing' was to take a less active approach for the first week of ownership and just become a 'regular' in the bar, see who is doing what, how well they do and, more importantly, how well they interact with the customers.
If the customers are happy, keep the staff you have.
Changing the wrong staff member can suck the moral out of the rest of the team and that, will work its way into the customer base depending on the type of relationship they have with the staff especially if the staff have been there a while.
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