Thanks for all of the kind words.
I was smart enough to take things in perspective before we opened, and prepare myself for a few months of hard hard work to get things headed in the right direction. It was my 8th wedding anniversary this past Monday, and they "let me off" early that day to be at home. I wanted to just make dinner for the wife and kids and set around the house. That is what we did. I gave my wife 8 roses and we drank a bottle of martini and rossi asti (my favorite cheap champagne). I am definitely taking time to embrace all of the really cool things that have taken place. To create and compose, then R&D, implement and execute a somewhat involved scratch menu in less than 2 months is a pretty big feat. I had to spec out groceries for each item, cost out the entire thing, and write recipes for everything. Then teach it all to the cooks. That part isn't done yet, and we're still tuning it...
The grand opening went very well today. We'll get some decent publicity from it.
The crab cakes have become our signature dish. The "italian egg", now called the DaVinci is our hottest breakfast. Some guy was recently caught licking my bbq sauce off his plate in the dining room. People are asking where the chef was trained...what his name is, etc. In our little town, this is probably the only place WITH a chef.
The crab cakes are awesome by the way...nothing but crab...only enough mayo and bread crumbs to bind them. Seared in butter...
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