The Tavern (1999)

Director: Walter Foote
Cast: Al Espinosa, Bernie McInerney, Bruce Katzman, Cameron Dye, Carlo Alban, Carol Goodheart, Don Creech, Eric Kornfield, Frank Girardeau, Gary Perez, Greg Zittel, Henry Strozier, Jennifer Harmon, Jesse Doran, Kevin Geer, Kym Austin, Margaret Cho, Marla Sucharetza, Nancy Ticotin, Phyllis Esposito, Richard Mover, Richard Petrocelli, Robert Turano, Steven Marcus, Susan Cella, Tom Ryan

Synopsis:

Discomfited buddies Ronnie (Cameron Dye) and Dave (Kevin Geer), 30-somethings in New York City, are fed up with their lives. Ronnie has been a bartender for most of his life, while Dave is jaded by his day job. Borrowing money from anywhere they can, the two buy a bar in Manhattan. After a fast start, business slows considerably, despite their adding live music and a trained chef. As money flows down the drain, the aspiring bar owners realize just how much they actually have to lose.