Rear in view: a toast to our worthy friends

Fri, 07 Feb 2014 18:55:00

With one glorious year under our belt, we at Worthy Brewing Restaurant and Gardens raise a toast to:

All our homies on the East Side who’ve been such wonderful neighbors, and to the West Siders who’ve braved the long and arduous 10 minute trip over the Alps to get here.

Everyone who stuck with us when our kitchen was the size of a shoebox, when the food was cold, the beer lukewarm, or when the biergarten was too damn hot, or when the restaurant was so freezing cold you could see your breath.

Everyone who crammed into our seating area, squeezed by the bar, made room for the rowdy children, and shared their heretofore sacrosanct private zones with complete strangers.

Everyone who persevered the long waits on the weekend nights, and those sweet souls who cheered us up in the middle of the week when it was crickets, with a special shout out to the legendary Prineville Trio, our very first customers who returned to Worthy bright eyed and bushy tailed a year later on our anniversary, exemplifying the kind of loyalty that has earned them a permanent easement in perpetuity to grill brats on their hibachi for every birthday party hereafter, as long as the kraut’s warm and we get a bite.

Everyone who dug in when the staff ‘s A game was a letter or two off, or the when the kitchen sent out the wrong plate, but they saw that we were determined to get it right, they had the faith through our dusty kitchen expansion, and they kept coming back.

Everyone who was tempted to go negative on Yelp, Trip advisor, etc, but instead they focused on the positive, offered up constructive suggestions, and gave us sincere encouragement.

Everyone who believed that if we didn't get it right he first time, eventually we would, and their investment would be worthy, and they could feel proud of being part of our success.

Thank you!

And most of all, to everyone who said “thank you,” who gave us props for bringing our version of Beertopia to the forgotten East Side, who celebrated our beer, enjoyed our food and cottoned to our culture, and who measured us up and found us Worthy.

A toast to all of our Worthy friends.  There’s a special place in heaven for those who show gratitude and keep the faith. We have heard you, we appreciate you, and we will get up everyday determined to live up to our name. May our beer slake your thirst, our food fill your tummy, and joy and laughter fill your heart.

BGL

2/7/14