11/29/2024
It's hard to be thankful when your dealing with the loss of a loved one. I know I'm not the only one, actually a few of our guests I feel come in because they're dealing with the same thing. Recently, I asked one of our guests how he was doing and he said not good and I replied I know how you feel. He responded, I hope not and went on to tell me he just lost his wife of almost 50 years. Unfortunately we had something to bond over. It's not fair to the rest of you who help support us to not be informed about what your help and eating at our restaurant does for the community. When you eat at FK YOUR DIET you get a great meal. I honestly don't believe you can find a better, hotter meal served by a better team. Amy and I find ourselves in a restaurant often and we're so much better because we care more. A good portion of our guests are on vacation, seasonal, just passing through and we feel it's our responsibility to make their visit special. We had some out of town guests this week and after they ate they told me how it was the best biscuits and gravy they have ever had and since they were going back home to another state later that day they wish they would of found us sooner. When they ordered they were torn between sausage gravy and eggs Benedict. After telling me this i made them and eggs Benedict and brought it out for them to try. They were in awe. Best ever they said but they were confused. The said we told you we were leaving and no matter how amazing your food is we won't be back, why would you do it, they asked. I answered honestly, I told them they deserve it, just because we may never see one another again doesn't mean I don't owe them the same love and respect we would show a regular. I remember the days when I would put the family in the mini van and would drive 25 hours to visit a place like Florida. After all the bathroom breaks, kids fighting in the back, 3hour traffic jam in Atlanta, more construction on the highway and finally we get to our temporary home for a week. After settling it's time to eat and off we go to some restaurant. Unlike at home, we don't know anyone at the restaurant. We're just a number and treated as such. We order our food and it's nothing special and definitely doesn't look like the picture on the menu and the food kinda warm. A lot of the time the gratuity is often included so the service is nothing special. Meal after meal the same result. Never did I feel like anyone at the restaurant cared that l worked hard, sacrificed and saved, traveled multiple states to eat at their restaurant. Just a bad or average meal with service to match. We think our out of town or visitors deserve to be treated like they saved, scrimped, traveled multiple states to just eat at our restaurant. Imagine if every restaurant you went into knew what you had to do in order to afford to eat there. If the cook knew in a few short days you would be driving back to some state where it's freezing and your going to have to go and work another 358 days till you get to take another vacation. Well, when we're cooking for you, waiting on you, that's what we think of. You deserve it, you saved for it, you paid for it and we owe you.
Most of my posts talk about what we do for the less fortunate in our community. Yesterday we gave over 1000 meals out for Thanksgiving. We also gave awesome gift bags and electric scooters to foster kids living in group homes. We can do these things because you eat at our restaurant. Some of you help us with our community out reach and we can't thank you enough. I guess what I'm trying to say is no matter where your from or who your are, you deserve to be treated like your our best friend of family. Love you all and whether your mourning, celebrating ,traveling or are our neighbors we invite you to come in and let I s serve you.
