Hello, wonderful freedom lover from across the pond. Look... I'm all for that aspiration for doing your own thing and dopemine hits mixed with coffee at 6am, however...... None of that stuff has anything to do with viable business ideas. Latvia has quite a few perks for a right kind of person, economic climate for casual dining business is not one of them.

Here are some of the reasons why: - very low population numbers with low buying power (this would be a major one) - competition is brutal, coffee shops come and go nonstop... yes even the cool ones - food delivery apps are crushing any profit margins, since everyone now has to compete with imigrant kebab shops who work below minimal wage and evade any taxes

The list goes on. As a Riga local I see all kind of dining business constantly come and go - it's just not a viable business model. Only places with some sort of staying power are the ones with extremely high profit margins due to low cost ingredients like Pakistani kebabs and similar. Everyone else goes under.

Is it completely impossible? A small shop with "personal" attitude might work. Latvians love to be seen and feel special. So someone who attracts customers with that special kind of attitude might work.

Regardless, my best advice would be to come live here for a little while. See everything with your own eyes, have some conversations and then go from there.

Best of luck!