V&V Restaurant

04/11/2026

Good morning 😁 Thank you for everyone that has messaged, called and sent love over the past few days. We got caught up on some rest and we are excited to start the next chapter of our lives 😍
So we are looking for someone that is interested in taking over the Doran Diner. Our lease is up at the end of the month so we are hoping to find someone before then so we can leave everything hooked up and ready to reopen. We are offering a discount for someone that can pick up where we left off 🥰. This is a beautiful location with a large parking lot and a outside area for dining. The building was completely remodeled one year ago and is fully equipt. Just a few of the things included:

Hoodvents completely updated last year.
Ice machine
8 ft warming station

The double ovens, grill, fryers and everything else needed to run it including the dishes are included. If you are interested in coming to view everything just send me a pm. I sent out messages to everyone that contacted me last week to set up a viewing. If I missed you please send me another message. 🥰
Thank you all for the support over the past 4 years. You all helped us do something we never thought was possible and we will never forget all the memories we got to make with u all in the process 😊 We love u all and you will see me soon .. maybe at a table near you 🤔😍 I will keep u updated 😊

04/10/2026

Good morning 😁 Thank you to everyone that has messaged me over the last few days. We are doing great and we took a few days to just stay home and catch up on some long overdue time off.
Im going to be going through everything and getting up with everyone about the Doran Diner today. If you are interested in coming to view it just send me a pm and I will try to set you up an appointment this weekend 🥰
Thank you to everyone that supported us on our adventure. We got a offer a couple weeks ago to renu our lease for another two years. At the time we obviously thought we were going to take it and started making plans to get involved in the trail and add more events and all the things we have worked for the past 4 years 😊
Then it hit me as I watched everyone out Easter weekend having fun with the trails and beautiful weather. We put so much of our time into getting the diner set up that we hadnt had time for any of that 💔 Our kids were young when we started this and now we have one thats 21 and one thats almost 16. We cant get the past 4 years of holidays, weekends and vacations back but we can start making up for lost time now. We decided to go ahead and close down Easter weekend and we spent the last week just enjoying time together.
We are hoping to find someone that is looking to open a diner to take the spot over before we sell the equiptment separate. The diner was fully remodeled when when we opened a year ago. Everything is in working order and ready to reopen. You will have to get everything put in your name and get a lease but the building and everything in it is ready for business. We are offering a discount for someone that can take this over and finish what we started 🥰

04/07/2026

For anyone wondering how we are doing bc of the lack of updates... We bought our house right before we bought the restaurant and had so many projects going on bc as you know I love a good project 😅
Imagine my surprise when I open the door in my laundry room tonight and find forgotten rooms. Only bc avas new cat found the door open and I was home long enough to hear the noise.
We worked forever to get this house and right after got the restaurant. We left our home half finished for 4 years to work on something to give us more time with our family not realizing how quick 4 years go by or the craziness that would follow. Standing in this tiny hallway with the new cat ava got rediscovering the house I never thought was possible makes me realize how much I underestimated the happiness of the victories i once dreamed of when i always think i need to keep doing better.
Better is different for me now and I wish it was sooner. We got some rest today and spent the evening going out for just us and enjoying the moment without the constant distractions. Im sorry for anyone I havent messaged back about the restaurant I will get back to everyone in the next couple of days but for now we are enjoying having time to just rediscover the things we kinda forgot about over the past 4 years 🥰 We are going to go in this week and do an inventory of everything and message everyone back about the info on the diner. We love you all and cant wait to get back to the basics 😊 Added a pic of one of the cute add ons that we camt wait to have time to discover in the home we havent had time to enjoy. We love u all and will keep u updated ❤️

04/06/2026

Good morning 🥰 I have a important update for the Doran Diner long read 😁

As you all know this has been a project of mine for 4 years now. And we have come so far that i cant believe we made it.. This weekend was our first event on the trail and it was supposed to be our kick off to a summer of fun events for everyone to enjoy. But instead me jeremy and ava spent the whole week and weekend on doubles bc we are short staffed again 😫 This has been a problem at every restaurant I've ever worked at and we thought having a small diner would help fix it but it didnt.
I know its easy to say noone wants to work anymore and we have had our share of people coming to work that had no intention of actually working. But thats not the only reason restaurants have such high turnover. The reality is that the work is extremely fast moving and stressful and not many people want to do it anymore. And I know a simple solution would be to pay more but as a small diner that is still trying to get settled thats just not a option for us. So instead we have been covering the spots we cant keep filled thinking if we just kept going we could get to that point. Now im not saying we wouldnt ever get there but I realized its not a guarantee.
For the past 4 years my family has put our vacations, weekend trips and honestly every family moment on hold so they could help me build my dream 🥰 I should be happy this weekend should have kicked off our first summer event in the beautiful diner we built from the ground up. Its everything I wanted it to be but I realized saturday night as me and jeremy were scrubbing the floors and dishes again at almost 11 to try to get home to tell ava that once again we are short handed so if she wouldnt care to come work Easter sunday with us again that we would celebrate together later that I couldnt make that promise bc I had made the same one the last 3 years. Suddenly as I looked around at this place I wanted so bad I didnt see the perfect diner that we have. All I could see was every vacation, weekend and moment that we missed the last 4 years to get here 💔
I decided then that they have given up enough for me. I put a closed sign on the door and we spent sunday at our house enjoying some long past due family time. I know it seems crazy to go ths far just to stop. Last week we were hauling new warming tables to install and this week we are closing this chapter of our lives. But we started this journey to be able to spend more time together and after 4 year s of putting everything we have into building it we realized that in this business something always goes wrong and when it does you have to put everything on hold to fix it and for us that is no longer a option.
We are past due for family vacations and weekends off and to be honest clocking out and going home while someone else handles the mess every day seems like a dream these days. We appiciate the love and support you all have gave us to get us here.
We do still want this diner to thrive bc it is a beautiful place that we have worked so hard to set up and we do still see the potential for someone that has the time and energy to finish what we started so we are hoping to find someone that is interested in taking it over. And bc we are only this far bc of the amazing people that donated equiptment, time and money to help us get set up bc they to want to see another business thrive here we are going to sell it at a discount completely set up and ready to open. If you think you might be the person we are looking for send me a message 😊 Dont worry if you dont see me for a little bit i will be soaking up some much needed family time before I get back to work. I guess i just need to figure out what to do next 🤔 I started waiting tables at V&V almost 20 years ago, bought it 4 years ago, shut it down and built the diner a year ago so im not really sure what to do next. All I do know is whatever it is will be during the day so I can be home with my family. If you know of anywhere hiring let me know 🥰
Thank you all again for everything you have done for us. We will always be grateful for the love and support ❤️ We are so excited to start this next chapter of our lives and we will see you all soon 😚

04/04/2026

We are here until 8 😁

Specials today at the Doran Diner 😋

04/04/2026

Specials today at the Doran Diner 😋

04/04/2026

If your our riding the spearhead trails today be on the lookout for eggs 🥚
Doran Diner is about to send out a whole new batch for you all to find today😍🤑

They start on trail one on the parking area next to the food city gas pumps. They go all the way through trail one to the parking area on the whitewood side. We will be putting out a large gold egg that includes a $50 for someone to find tomorrow 😊

04/03/2026

Its a beautiful day to be on the trail today ☀️ Be on the lookout for easter eggs along the trail all weekend 😁 Every egg has a cupon for the Doran Diner 🤩 I will update in more detail shortly.

04/03/2026

Specials today at the Doran Diner 😋
We also have a game for anyone on the trails today. Stay tuned i will be updating shortly 😁