Charleston Residents and Industry Veterans Bringing the First The Brass Tap to Charleston

Matthew Luciano and Crystal Coslop are packing up their New Jersey home and heading for South Carolina to introduce their favorite franchise, The Brass Tap, to the people of Charleston.

The couple have been around the bar industry throughout their lives and have dreamed of business ownership for as long as they can remember. In Vineland, New Jersey, Luciano came across The Brass Tap, and it soon became a neighborhood favorite. When the pair began exploring business opportunities of their own, they were pleased to find out The Brass Tap was a franchise they could open themselves. After falling in love with the brand, the couple is excited to personalize their location to the Charleston community and look forward to hosting exciting events in the near future.

• Crystal Coslop's background includes running a company that works with adults with developmental disabilities and mental health diagnoses. She has been doing it for seven years and has about 80 patients right now.
• Matthew Luciano has been a bartender for 20 years in various roles. He also owns a landscaping company that he's been doing off and on for the last 15 years.

Before franchising, Crystal worked as an emergency communications operator and grew up in the bar scene, gaining front end and back end experience. Matthew's experience includes owning a landscaping company and taking a hiatus to get his master's degree in criminal justice.

• Matthew's bartending experience is wide-ranging, from sports bars to Irish pubs and a nonprofit organization that worked with the Dave Matthews Band.
• Crystal agrees that franchising is the better way to go, citing the support team and the ability to bounce ideas off of each other.

The couple's perception of franchising changed when they started doing research. They learned that franchising allows for ownership with the support of the franchisor. Crystal came from a chaotic setting where it was not a franchise, and she appreciates the structure and support that franchising provides.

• Matthew and Crystal both agree that they wanted creative control with their business and were pleased to find that The Brass Tap offers this.
• The couple's ultimate goal is to have multiple locations of The Brass Tap.

Crystal hopes to achieve a good work-life balance with their business and be happy in what they do. Matthew wants to pass his landscaping business on to his son and eventually open multiple The Brass Taps.

• Crystal wants to make sure that everyone is enjoying themselves and safe, citing her experience working with people who have disabilities.
• Matthew's experience working with the Dave Matthews Band stands out to him.