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Amy's $10 Idea:
Saturday Brunch
By Kelly Kingsland, from the July 2000 Newsletter
Last winter Amy, our sweetest Deli cook, said: "Why don't we do Saturday brunch during the Farmers Market?"
Geez, why not? The Co-op's new location, close to the market, and the bigger more efficient service counter all seem to support our taking on more special projects, and Amy was willing to come up with a variety of brunch items AND come down early Saturday mornin' and cook them up. Viola! Amy got $10 for her great idea (as is Co-op policy) and we now get to eat brunch every Saturday morning. Originally we thought we would mirror the farmers market schedule, quitting in the fall and starting back up again in the spring. But now we've decided to keep it going through the winter.
Actually, as Amy and I sat anxiously awaiting our kids' performance of The Millennium Man, we were fantasizing about maybe doing a open mike thing, or playing Saturday morning cartoons to entertain the eaters when the weather turns and the Farmers Market freezes out.
I hate TV, so I prefer the open mike idea. But the whole thing is exciting to think about. Brunch sales are going well, and we've gotten a lot of good feedback about it.
We have found that we have a hard time pulling it all together by 8 a.m., and that we really get busier later on. So we've decided to change the hours to 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. If you haven't come in yet for breakfast you should.
