While owning a bar isn't something especially laudable, I don't think I really mind

-Creating something, whether it be a painting, a song, a mathematical theorem, a new drug treatment, or a business can all be laudable things. It sounds to me like you are approaching this venture in the right way. Aligning yourself with a partner whose skill sets compliment your own, having a vision of integrity, putting the customers experience at the forefront but never at the expense of your employees well being... these are things that the coked out spoiled brats that often open bars/clubs don't think about.

You're going to be a part of something special. People are going to meet at your place for the first time. They're going to fall in love and spend a lifetime together. People are going to gather there and talk about the big ideas they have. People are going to breakup with their girlfriends, write bad poetry, write good poetry. People are going to celebrate birthdays, reunite with old college friends. They're going to get shit-faced after losing their job, they're going to drown their sorrows after burying loved ones. They are going to pony up to your bar to seek comfort after life hands them a rejection and they're going to come back in to celebrate when it doesn't. All of this at your place. -There is a lot of social value in opening a bar, if it's done right.... and it sounds like you will do it right.

I for one applaud you and think what you are doing takes a lot of courage. My hats off to you cgod, I look forward to visiting your establishment one day.

Congrats.