[Chat] Two Sisters Grille is a success!

[Judy Berlin]

supposedly debbie had to cook on sund because dave wasn't fast enough. 
without debbie he's not going to be any faster. i'm wondering why they 
didn't buy pete's grill when it was up for sale. already had a customer 
base. i used to work at pete's grille about 5 yrs ago. they used to 
play people against each other.         judy
On Dec 23, 2006, at 10:01 PM, Kathleen Wilsbach wrote:

> At 12:28 PM -0500 12/23/06, Judy Berlin wrote:
>> what happens to pete's grille? kathy and debbie both worked there. i'm
>> guessing that's not the case now.       judy
>
>
> I'd guess they hire and train some new waitresses.  It's not exactly
> a position with a lot of upward mobility so understandably
> most people don't want to stay in that kind of job forever.
>
> I'm sure Pete's will continue to be very popular.  We'll definitely
> still eat there as well.  I get the impression that a lot of their
> customers come on foot and 27th and Howard is a bit far to be cutting
> into that customer base.  And the two sisters is a place you
> can go with a group and all sit at a table.  You can't do that
> at Pete's so they are filling a need that Pete's doesn't.
> I don't think you have to choose one or the other.  We also sometimes
> eat at the New Wyman Park Restaurant but they aren't open on the
> weekends.  Sometimes we go out for breakfast to Carme's, and when
> we want to splurge, to Gertrude's.  Oh, and to the Thirtea First
> Street Cafe too.  And there's also the Paper Moon.  They all fill
> a slightly different breakfast niche for me.
>
> -Kathleen
>
>
>> On Dec 22, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Emil Volcheck wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello, neighbors,
>>>
>>>  Today the Two Sisters Grille opened at 27th and Howard.
>>>
>>>  Kathleen and I just returned from eating a late breakfast there, and
>>>  we were favorably impressed.  We had eggs, home fries, blueberry
>>>  pancakes, and a waffle.  They were all quite tasty and were just as
>>>  good as at Pete's Grille.  The home fries and blueberry pancakes 
>>> were
>>>  excellent.  The service was also fast (probably because there were
>>>  only six customers total).
>>>
>>>  Two Sisters is open every day of the week from 7 to 7 Sunday
>>>  through Thursday, and 7 to 11 Friday and Saturday.
>>>  The phone number is (410) 467-0550.
>>>
>>>  Debbie and Cathy started the Two Sisters Grille.  They both worked 
>>> at
>>>  Pete's for about twenty years.  A few years ago they had the idea of
>>>  starting their own place.  About four or five months ago is when 
>>> they
>>>  learned that the Korean bar, 1.7th Generation, would be closing and
>>>  that the property would become available.  The place still very much
>>>  looks like a bar.  The restaurant has two levels: a wooden bar up
>>>  front, and tables on a raised area in the back.  The kitchen is
>>>  separate, so you don't get to see the cook working, but then there's
>>>  also less smoke.
>>>
>>>  The liquor license transferred over with no trouble.  They don't
>>>  have beer on tap yet but will soon.
>>>
>>>  Lou (former owner of Pete's) was there today, giving advice and
>>>  teasing them.
>>>
>>>  Dialogue overheard:
>>>
>>>  Lou: How much for one of your mugs?
>>>
>>>  Cathy: five dollars.
>>>
>>>  Lou: five dollars for a mug?
>>>
>>>  Cathy: It's five dollars for the memories, which are priceless.
>>>
>>>  Lou: Back at the other place, it was only two-fifty.  Oh, wait,
>>>  we jacked them up to five too!
>>>
>>>  Also overheard:
>>>
>>>  Lou (to a customer): Excuse me, you can't bus you your
>>>  own table.  We have waitresses for that.  (Looks at Cathy)
>>>
>>>
>>>  We have a great new restaurant in Charles Village.  I hope
>>>  you get to try it out.
>>>
>>>
>>>  --Emil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>>  Emil Volcheck
>>>  volcheck at acm.org
>>>  http://acm.org/~volcheck
>>>
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