-: All right, my name's Toby Shelton,
one of the owners of Fox Gardin Kitchen & Ale.
When we opened originally, Jake my partner was the chef,
I was the front-of-the-house guy,
and he was cooking, I was bartending.
And as we grew as a business, our roles changed and evolved,
and now it's our motto, or thing that we're working on is
to work on the business, not in the business.
So we're trying to take our feet out of it a little bit
and put our managers in roles to succeed,
but some days it's run the shift,
some days it's step behind the bar and wash dishes,
some days it's go to a meeting
and figure out how do we grow as a business,
or meeting with my accountant,
or meeting with my liquor vendors.
It all falls in between, or all over, so.
A busy week, I have meetings almost daily
with different vendors.
It's trying to figure out
if we're getting the right price here,
or do we have more buying power with another restaurant,
or with opening another restaurant or.
What are the trends?
Are trends changing around us?
We're in a growing, very populous area,
but it's continuing to grow and grow and grow,
and what type of families are moving in here?
Are they younger families?
Are they older families?
And do we need to adjust our menu, or our advertising model,
or different things depending on the people
that are moving in?
So, the reason that we were able to build,
to set up the third, or even to build the second,
or even have a food truck,
it's being able to trust and have those people in place
that we know that things are getting done,
and they're answering questions
the way we would answer them.
We teach our people to act as an owner.
Everyday's different in a restaurant,
especially when you have multiple.
Everyday is different, so.
Sitting behind a desk has never been my thing.
I like moving around,
I like walking around talking to people,
but at the end of the day, it keeps us hungry knowing
that every single day is different and.