In helpful hints Merchant Circle tells me to show off my expertise with a blog! It's a great way to connect with potential customers. Yes, I dearly want to expand my customer base and reach out more to people on the internet. But who is really going to read this? And what real expertise do I have? I own a bar and restaurant. It's in a small town. I have no formal training in cooking or drink service. I just happen to be really, really good at customer service and at managing a business. All the other stuff, expertise? It makes me feel a bit like a fraud.
And this, my inaugural blog - is a momentous occasion and excuse to begin re-exercising my writing skills. So I am not going to start spouting off a bunch of crap that I don't know anything about. I am a single mother with just barely enough time to do the basics for my business plus be a mother to a very capricious 3 year old. I don't run out to the local farms every morning to grab farm fresh eggs to serve to my customers that morning. I don't have fresh strawberries to blend into my daiquiris. And, I'm sorry, but I don't have equal parts vegan options on my bar's menu for every hamburger we sell. (the kitchen is just too small - we do great things back there, but it is small).
What I will write about is what I know. I know people. I know what it is too struggle in this relentlessly lousy economy. I know what it is like to be a single mother and try to do all this on my own and still be a good parent. I know that I have created a tremendous product and experience and once people walk through The One Horse Tavern's doors they will instantly see that it is much more than a simple, small town tavern. There is art, there are cocktails, a wonderful staff, great food - when you are out on Highway 47 sampling Oregon's wine's I hope you will stop in for lunch or dinner and give us a try.
http://www.theonehorsetavern.com/
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