Today I'm posting my first blog 1-9-10. Let me introduce myself. I am Susan Parks and I own a small cafe in a very small town . I bought this cafe over nine years ago with my husband Joe. When we bought the cafe it was named Anongs and we changed it to Ranch House Cafe. Over a period of time the name has expanded to Gripey Joe's Ranch House. The name is self explanatory if you ever come in the cafe as my husband has a very unique personality! In fact, we had gas company make t-shirts that feature his infamous sayings. But more about the cafe.
We serve truck stop food. By that I mean chicken fried steak, hamburgers and etc. I have always loved to cook and believe me, it gets a little overwhelming at times. I plan to use this space to give you updates on the happenings at Gripey Joes as it possibly might be good therapy for me. Also I would like to include some tips that work for me,some tips on buying food and some recipes.
It is finally Friday and really looking forward to it! Have been short handed and a little busier-go figure. I also had a catering job this week which helps the bottom line, but tires me out. You know it's a long day when your feet are throbbing. I bought some new shoes but they aren't helping. I was wearing White Mountain clogs which I really like, but can't seem to find any. We had a only at Gripey Joe's moment today. Here is how it happend. One of our customers brought her childs food up to me to be heated while I am trying to fill orders while people are waiting to have a seat. I really can't understand why she couldn't order something off the menu - we do serve mash potatoes and vegetable! In the mean time, she is questioning me about catering an event that I had already turn down because of the size of it. I think I need to get out of the business as these people are driving me crazy.
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