As the title implies, Friday was a squash and a squeeze and
we sold out of food again.
Once again we were blessed with a sunny day, so when the
place was empty at 12.05pm, save two customers, one of whom was asleep, we
thought that everyone had decided to take advantage of the weather and picnic
in the park. We were wrong. At 12.10pm a steady stream of customers began
arriving and they didn’t stop. Soon our
40 seats were filled, one family ate on the sofa and another party had to wait
a good 20 minutes to sit down.
Fortunately they are good friends of ours and didn’t grumble in the
slightest; thank you Margarita, Val, Isabella, Louis and Charlotte, you are
golden. The only thanks we could offer
them was to save the last piece of sweetshop cake for the little girls, which
was by that point a bit sticky, but nevertheless in demand elsewhere.
Like an episode of Sesame Street we seemed to have a letter
of the week for our menu. F. Falafel and Fishcakes. Both of which were delicious and completely
gone by the time service was over and I wanted some. This is becoming a pattern, but I am glad of
it, if we can sell out the pilot, then there is a much stronger chance of it
working in September when we open every week.
Of course I am aware that the same folk won’t come every week like they
are now, but word will get out (even if we have to drag it out with our bare
hands) and people will come and bring their friends, just as they have done so
far. We even had some new people who
weren’t friends, relations or friends of either. One lady came in, nosed in the kitchen,
refused even so much as a cup of tea and moseyed off again, I think she was a
spy! We must be getting good! Glad she
came when we were bursting at the seams, weep in fear competitors!
So it’s off to half term and more funding applications we
go. Fridays will seem much more sedate,
until July 6th that is!
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