Recessed

Recess

Remember...?
Third grade, after math and before reading? A wondrous break in the middle of a stressful, information packed day. Sometimes involving a snack. Almost always involving kickball. A short stint in the cafeteria...sorry...lunch room...when the weather was bad. In Ireland they call it "play lunch" In Britain "little lunch"

Good times, Good times

Recession

Nothing like recess at all.

I'm told that we are in the middle of a recession. Not exactly sure what that means but I don't like the sound of it. Seems like allot of bad. Bad bad bad. Nothing but bad.
(I watch allot of MSNBC and CNN)

Well I don't like bad. Its not good. I like good. My friends like good. My family likes good. My customers like good.

So... We're good.

Yup...good. Me, my staff, my customers. We're good....Well, pretty good anyway.
We refuse to take part in a recession. We come to work, we clean, we prep, we get ready and we please. We please In the only way we know how. With food and drink and ambiance.
It's been that way for 8 years (happy anniversary to us this past Feb. 14th). And it continues to be that way. If you need us, we are here, ready to please.

Just because they say it on the news doesn't mean that we have to curl up and die. We're still working, very hard, and the folks that visit us are still working, very hard, and they want what we provide, so, we happily provide it...it's all good.

Okay, before you attack me with statistics of unemployment and bad stock market numbers let me just say that I have the deepest sympathy for anyone who has lost their job or house because of this situation. I'm sure it is an awful thing. But you cant quit. You have to keep moving forward. That's what I do every day. And so that became our mantra here at the restaurant.

These days it's not how hard you can hit that matters...
It's how hard you can GET hit and keep moving forward.

And believe me, I'm getting hit. I've been forced to shut down two out of three of my restaurants. It was a truly painful experience. I have leftover expenses and tax responsibilities that I will be taking care of for quite a while. Not to mention the emotional heartache of having to tell 50 people that they have to find another job. But, I'm still moving forward. I HAVE to. The alternative is unthinkable.

I am a staunch believer in the power of positive thoughts and actions.
We love what we do, we feel that we do it well, and folks respond.

Good right?

So, as many of my patrons have already heard me say,
"Inside these four walls we refuse to acknowledge a recession"

Silly?...maybe, but it seems to work. If the TV and the news makes you sad...We'll try our best to make you happy.

With food... really good, luscious, fattening, wonderful food, or,
If you just want a drink and some company, we'll can do that too.

and I have a kickball in the kitchen and a HUGE parking lot...if it clears the roof that's a
home run.