A Loco Christmas Eve Day

Well, the experiment wasn't a dismal failure, but the locosguys won't be opening next Christmas eve - even for lunch. As you can see Darryl (right) and I (left) were elves of the day - he ran the bar and I took care of the dining room. And that's Joe in the middle (a rose between 2 thorns, he said) with the big red bow.  (Click the image to embiggen, if you wish.)  Although the diehard customers brought good cheer to the day, it wasn't what one would call a success.  A lot of work, kitchen staff, front end staff and bar.

God knows we worked hard enough to make it happen.  I posted ads every day on various networks. Newspaper sites were included and received phone calls about the day's specials.  Didn't seem to be enough.

Still, I was pleasantly surprised by Joe's mom who decided to make perogies for those of us who love them and can't get them here.  She loves to make them and does so 2 or 3 times a year.  It's a lot of time consuming hard work, but she says that she enjoys the process, when the urge strikes her.  I hope it strikes again around Easter next year.

It's past my bedtime, so I'll wish you all a Happy Christmas and shutdown this monster.

And so it goes.
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