I play tennis. I am from India. I moved to the US when I was a teenager. I like cooking. I am employed as a chef at a family-owned diner. I enjoy the reguolar customers that come in. I live in central New York. I hate cold weather. I own many hoodies. I like summertime in NY. I have never been to he Smokey Mountains. I live across the country from them. I would like to go there. I love the Catskills and the Delaware Water Gap. I grew up near the Poconos. I have a cousin attending Temple. I think Philadelphia is a cool city. I worked in Michigan for awhile. I like the location of the new diner. I need help developing the business plan.
I enjoy running. I am from Alaska. I live in Minnesota. I like grilling. I like steaks and burgers. I am a coder. I am a math major. I write math function computer code for Mathematica. I have a friend who lives in Indonesia. She came to visit me recently. My favorite nature spot is the Smokey Mountains. I live 5 hours from the Smokey Mountains. I go there 3 or 4 times per year. I went to college in Philadelphia. I visited the Poconos one winter. I went to LaSalle for college. I have a relative that works at Temple University. I found Philadelphia to be a bit of a culture shock, but I adapted and love it now. I have been to visit it several times. I know how to run business/restaurants. I would like to trial food from new places.  I enjoy eating. I like greasy food. I have a busy schedule so I like to plan ahead and be organized.
We got the final permits for the new diner and I have a contact for refurbished kitchen equipment! That's fantastic! Congrats!! How soon is everything going to be set up? It will be a little bit before the equipment can be delivered and then I have to order the food and train workers, so it might be a while yet.  Still, that's still amazing. Do you know what item you want to add to you rmenu? I think I'm going to do Southern/LowCountry food. It's my favorite! What kid of a restaurant would you pick if you were going to open one? That sound delicious. Have you been cooking up a storm figuring out recipes? And probably something related to grills. I love grilled anything.  I have! Lots and lots of cooking. Not as much in the past lil bit though because it's so hot, even with air conditioning. Oh man I get that. The heat can be unbearable in the kitchen. If you ever need a taste tester, I'm your person :) Are you opening the resturant on your own or do you have a partner? No, it's just me. I have control issues - I don't want to have to wait for someone else's input if I need to make a decision. More work in the beginning, but more reward if it pays off. Wow that must be tuff. But hey you have experience, so you'll do great! That is so true, more work than play definitely pays off in the long run. Well, let's hope. Something like 9 of every 10 new restaurants fail within a year, so it's a risk. Do you like Southern food? I didn't know that, best of luck, though hard work is more important :) I grew up in the north so I haven't been exposed to a lot of Southern food. I'll drop by your restaurant whenever you open.