Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]
5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property and equipment consists of the following at December 31, 2012 and 2011:

 

    2012     2011  
             
Office and computer equipment   $ 35,076     $ 32,179  
Furniture and fixtures     47,686       67,794  
Construction in progress     -       217,001  
Restaurant furnishings and equipment     2,826,760       1,437,729  
      2,909,522       1,754,703  
Accumulated depreciation     (593,376 )     (249,644 )
    $ 2,316,146     $ 1,505,059  

 

 

Construction in progress consists of costs incurred as of December 31, 2011 for our Emperor’s Palace location in Johannesburg, South Africa, which opened in February 2012. Restaurant furnishings and equipment consists of leasehold improvements, and bar, kitchen and restaurant equipment used in our five locations opened as of December 31, 2012. Depreciation expense was $364,645 and $74,238 for the years ended December 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011, respectively, including $35,314 and $9,869 for capital lease assets. Restaurant furnishings and equipment includes capital lease assets from three of our South African restaurants of $141,413 with a net book value of $96,230 and $131,544 at December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.