07-31-2019, 06:51 AM
Here’s my first story:
There’s a small restaurant that we have breakfast at once or twice a week. There’s room for a few booths, some tables and a small counter. It’s called. "Brenda’s Kitchen", and Brenda is there to greet everyone when the door opens, regardless of where she is at the time. The place is decorated with old kitchen utensils and do-dads that change with the season or holiday and reminds me of a small-town meeting and eating place in rural America. We get there early since it fills up quickly and can get a bit noisy once it does. However, you can still hear Brenda greeting someone over the din of people talking and eating. One real unique thing is that no two coffee cups are alike, and they too change along with the season. Your cup might be from Cheyenne Frontier Days, or advertising some insurance company in St. Louis one day and from the Statue of Liberty or just say, “the greatest dad” the next. I don’t know how many cups she has, but counting Christmas, Easter and patriotic holidays, I’m betting it’s well over a thousand. The great thing is that you still get to fill it with coffee for a dollar. Yeah, that’s right, $1.00 cup of coffee with as many refills as you can drink. Just remember, the place is too small for a public restroom, so drink responsibly. Brenda knows just about everyone and usually what their order is before they even sit down. You might get ready to leave and there’s no check, someone else is “paying it forward”, and picked up yours.
Most everything is reasonably priced, but as old-school as the place is, Brenda has picked up on the current Internet trend with advertising. Each day the servers are wearing a shirt advertising someplace different. It could be a plumbing company, an auction house, an accountant or a local store of some sort. Along with this, there are placards and business cards on each table from the same company that’s printed on their shirts. Just a fine way of offsetting selling coffee for a buck a cup.
There’s no punch line ending to this story, just that it’s a great place to start your day and make new friends while knowing you can still find places like Brenda’s, even in a large city, if you look hard enough.
There’s a small restaurant that we have breakfast at once or twice a week. There’s room for a few booths, some tables and a small counter. It’s called. "Brenda’s Kitchen", and Brenda is there to greet everyone when the door opens, regardless of where she is at the time. The place is decorated with old kitchen utensils and do-dads that change with the season or holiday and reminds me of a small-town meeting and eating place in rural America. We get there early since it fills up quickly and can get a bit noisy once it does. However, you can still hear Brenda greeting someone over the din of people talking and eating. One real unique thing is that no two coffee cups are alike, and they too change along with the season. Your cup might be from Cheyenne Frontier Days, or advertising some insurance company in St. Louis one day and from the Statue of Liberty or just say, “the greatest dad” the next. I don’t know how many cups she has, but counting Christmas, Easter and patriotic holidays, I’m betting it’s well over a thousand. The great thing is that you still get to fill it with coffee for a dollar. Yeah, that’s right, $1.00 cup of coffee with as many refills as you can drink. Just remember, the place is too small for a public restroom, so drink responsibly. Brenda knows just about everyone and usually what their order is before they even sit down. You might get ready to leave and there’s no check, someone else is “paying it forward”, and picked up yours.
Most everything is reasonably priced, but as old-school as the place is, Brenda has picked up on the current Internet trend with advertising. Each day the servers are wearing a shirt advertising someplace different. It could be a plumbing company, an auction house, an accountant or a local store of some sort. Along with this, there are placards and business cards on each table from the same company that’s printed on their shirts. Just a fine way of offsetting selling coffee for a buck a cup.
There’s no punch line ending to this story, just that it’s a great place to start your day and make new friends while knowing you can still find places like Brenda’s, even in a large city, if you look hard enough.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD