That's "cherry blossom" in Korean. It's a tough one to say ('beojkkoch').
Ian and I took a walk downtown today after the meeting with Craig, the current owner of Oasis Pizza. Things are moving forward pretty quickly. We may be proprietors here very soon. Ian had Steve, his boss at Villa (and a former restaurant owner) take a look at the numbers. From the looks of things, it's pulling in about $5,000 /week. That's with no management or oversight ...and 11 folks on crew. Craig only goes in for about an hour a day, five days a week. He's ready to be done with the place. There's room for improvement and a whole lot of potential here. The place just needs somebody to care.
We have a second meeting with Craig tomorrow at Oasis and Ian called the landlord (a Thai fellow named Na) today to discuss the future of the lease, as there isn't one right now. That's something we'll need to nail down. We need a written guarantee from Na.
This is all a little bizarre to me. I never really imagined myself as a business owner, but I always saw it in Ian. I'm stoked to see him so excited.
