08/17/2026
Sometimes I ask myself, why do I do this?
Is it worth putting your heart on your sleeve every single night?
Will people enjoy the food?
Will they understand what we’re trying to do?
How long is this sustainable?
When you care this much about something, those thoughts creep in more than you’d think.
Then you read a review from someone who gets it.
Someone who understands that there’s more behind the plate than just food. The long days. The early mornings. The mistakes. The constant tweaking. The obsession. The pressure you put on yourself to make the next plate better than the last.
The funny thing is, we’re not even really considered a restaurant. We’re not a pop-up either.
No big investors behind us.
No liquor license.
No walk-in box.
No massive kitchen or huge staff.
Just a small team with a vision, trying to create something we believe in with what we have.
We cook. We prep. We make the pasta. We change the menu. We f**k things up. We fix them. We obsess over the details. Then we open the doors and put it all out there for people to judge.
And somehow, a few words from someone sitting on the other side of the table can make all the blood, sweat, tears, stress and second-guessing feel worth it.
So when someone gets it… that s**t means everything.
Thank you to everyone who has sat at our table, supported us, told a friend, left a review, or just kept coming back.
We’ll keep cooking.
