A little over 40 years ago I was born into a restaurant family. My mom and dad own and operate the restaurant to this day and it is the place where we grew up and held all of our family functions. I spent my childhood running around the kitchen and between the tables, my teenage years delivering food and waiting tables, my twenties bartending; yet, at all times my heartbelonged in the kitchen. In my thirties, I was fortunate to meet my wife, Jenn, who shares the same passion for the food service industry as I do. Together we have run a restaurant and most recently we had a successful establishment on the Seaside Heights boardwalk. Amazingly, Superstorm Sandy, in just one night, destroyed both our family business and our home as well. But it did not destroy our spirit or passion for serving the public. What it did do was help us to reevaluate what was truly important to us and we have now ended up right here, in Toms River, with this wonderful business.

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