06/19/2024
Hello Everyone,
This post is my most dreaded one and is effective immediately.
Bad News -
It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we have decided to close down the restaurant.
After much careful consideration and weighing everything out, we have decided that we need to take things in a different direction. This has been a very difficult decision and one that we went back and forth on many times over as we wanted to be as certain as we possibly could that we were making the best decision for us. There are many reasons for this decision but the biggest one is financial. We ran all the numbers and we had a deficit of roughly $13,000 our first 6 weeks in operation. We were not able to even make weekly payroll without taking it out of our personal savings account to cover it. While we do realize that it takes time for a business to grow and become established, we honestly thought it would do better than it has since itās right on a main busy highway but, unfortunately, that hasnāt been the case. People just donāt realize we are there despite everything that we have tried to do to make that known. We simply cannot continue to be financially hit like that week after week after week or we will be broke and homeless in a matter of months. Itās such a bummer because we had already developed our group of faithful regulars and steadily continued to get a few new customers in weekly. It was my goal to bring something to Oneonta that nobody else offered - homestyle cooking with fast food convenience and I did that. My only wish is that I couldāve done it much much longer. To my regulars - Iām so sorry I wasnāt able to serve you longer. It was a pleasure meeting and chatting with many of you! To my missed potential customers - Iām sorry we never got the chance to meet and serve you.
Good News -
We bought a food truck! We decided it would be better to go to where the people are rather than relying on the people to find us. This means that even though the restaurant will no longer be open, we will still be around and serving food! Going this route will save us a lot of overhead allowing us to continue our journey in the food service industry. No more monthly rent, monthly utility bills, monthly phone/WiFi bill, monthly liability insurance, etc will save us a ton of money so we can keep serving you.
You can follow along with us on our journey by checking out our updates here on our page. So stay tuned for new and exciting developments!!!