The absolute best part of running a restaurant is creating jobs and teaching people skills. True, the skill of cooking isn’t a big money-maker but it sure has served me well, on and off the court, if you know what I mean. Building a restaurant draws on every skill that I learned in all the low paying and volunteer gigs I have had in my life.

We have  hired only local, independent crafts people, laborers, and tradesmen, and bought equipment and supplies from independent merchants. We are proud of that and we have been rewarded with a karmicly correct quality  built place.

Manny Vargas, our next door neighbor has become our very first official employee, and Ba is his first official job. We made Manny a taxpayer. Ha ha. Fortunately, Manny is very talented mechanically and wants to persue a career in automotive technology. In the meantime he is learning a lot about plumbing. Riaz has shared his considerable concrete skills with him, and I have tutored him in the art of drains and water lines. We installed the first toilet together, but for the second one Manny was on his own. He did great and for the rest of his life Manny will know how to install or fix toilets.

Respect that when visiting his work.