90 Days

So it has been just over 90 days since I opened The Florentine.  I gotta be honest, it feels a lot more like 6 months at least.  A lot has happened since we opened it November.  The menu has been changed quite a bit since we started, I would say about 80% or more.  I am really happy with the food, and where we are now.  I do believe that I have not worked this hard in about 8 years.  I have never felt better about a restaurant going forward, than I do now.  Does it mean there will not be changes, some sooner, some later. Of course.  A restaurant is an ever evolving beast, it grows, and it grows.  I guess it is like raising a child, or in some cases many children.  Food changes, staff changes etc.  Some people think we are crazy to be working in this business, the hours and everything that goes with it.  The thought of having to got to a Target on Saturday, makes me cringe, I would much rater be at work and wait till my day off on Monday.  All of you non-restaurant people can have that and everything else that goes on in the "normal world" on weekends.  Too much Chaos for me, and to much waiting in lines to pay for things, I do not really need.  I would have to say I could not have made it through opening The Florentine without my three time weekly trip to see my trainer at the gym.  It keeps me sane, you have no idea.  Even though it has been only 90 days, I can not wait till spring.  Opening a restaurant in the winter really makes you look forward to green vegetables and all that the spring gives us.  The Spring menu is already being planned.  So as we have changed the menu quite a bit since opening, be ready for more to come.