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So, it's Memorial Day weekend. Which means, rather than taking time off, we are going to open more hours for you guys to enjoy our company, our atmosphere, our food and drinks!!!! Hopefully it will just rain all weekend and you will have to come in! Just kidding, really, but you can come by before or after you head off to the beach!
So we will be open regular hours tonight, Friday night, and Saturday night. And we will open at 11 for brunch on Sunday, as usual. But we will also be open Sunday and Monday night. There will be shows at the Culture Room Sunday and Monday nights, so get here early. We will have orange cones reserving a few parking spots for Hot & Soul. You can use those spots, or you can always park across the street at the metered spots by Mattress Land. If you need change for the parking meters, please come in and ask us, and we will gladly pay for your parking! So, as a trial run, we will be open tomorrow for lunch 11:30 - 2. Here's our lunch offerings: Home Salad Steak & Arugula Salad Soba Noodle Salad Beet and Manchego Salad Veggie Sandwich w/Manchego and Romesco Sauce Vegan Yum Bowl Chicken Adobo Pulled Pork, Fries and Slaw Sandwich Memorial Day Weekend 2013 Schedule: Friday 11:30 - 2 (lunch), 4 - 11(or til) Saturday 4 - 11(or til) Sunday 11 - 3:30 (brunch), 3:30 - 11(or til) Monday 5 - til
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So, I got this crazy idea to do mainly vegetarian specials all next week. Why, you ask? Because we like vegetarian food too, and it's kind of more of a challenge to come up with vegetarian specials than meat and seafood ones. I mean, you can make a special with anything, and then put shrimp in it, and people will buy it when they hear the word shrimp.
We love vegetables, grains, and seeds and nuts. Yes, I did say it. We love nuts. lol. So, our challenge for next week is to make vegetarian specials and actually get you guys out there to come in and try these specials! They will be exciting and delicious, and some of them might even be healthy too!!! (some of them might be healthy) stay tuned for updates!  So, it's only been a month! I feel like the days have gone by fast... and the nights, slow. Although, we've appreciated every single guest who has walked through that door! Those nights when there has been some life in the restaurant have given us the forward momentum we've needed. We spent so much of our pre-opening time with getting the physical space up and running, but none of it on how we were going to get guests into that space!
It's interesting. Mike and I haven't been in South Florida too long. We don't know many people here. We don't have a following here, like we would, had we opened a restaurant in San Diego or New Orleans. And we did zero advertising beforehand. For our initial guests, we relied on our few friends, previous coworkers and bosses, vendors, and our neighbors who are too kind to us - especially Jim and Juan from JJ Whimsy and Michael and Sonja from Lifestream. And I have to say, their support by word of mouth has been more valuable than any ad in any paper, magazine, facebook page, yelp review, etc. The upside to being slow this first month, is that we've tried to give every single table the care and attention that is very important to us. Hopefully, as we grow, we won't lose that personalization of service as we get more repeat customers and develop a more festive atmosphere. We had hoped to develop a more casual style of restaurant, with counter style service, that would almost copy a well known restaurant in San Diego, Blind Lady Alehouse. But, the fact is, we haven't been packed, and it's been easier to give table service in a way. Whichever way we serve you, we want the service to be friendly, intimate, and informal. We aren't white tablecloth - more like mom and pop. Although my memory is terrible and I'm horrible with names... and faces, I still want to get to know our guests. And I love to know how you came to discover our little hidden space in the corner. If you have been in to Hot & Soul, I hope you come back. If you haven't been in yet, what are you waiting for?!?  So, for me, every day at Hot & Soul is Mother's Day. My mom, Luzviminda, was part of the inspiration and driving force for opening Hot & Soul. Not to get too heavy on you, but my mom passed away three years ago, May 20th. I miss her, but I celebrate her life and try to honor her by creating a homey restaurant with soulful food. My mom was always welcoming everyone into her home, and offering plate after plate of delicious home cooked food. And in some way, I try to emulate that.
For this Mother's Day, I want to celebrate my mother-in-law, Marianne, and all of your mothers as well. For this special day, we are offering several "traditional" brunch specials, in addition to our regular brunch menu. You can see the menus on our "menu" tab. We will also be offering bottles of Dibon cava with a carafe of blood orange juice for pouring your own blood orange mimosas. We generally don't recommend reservations, but we are accepting them for Sunday, as well as accomodating walk ins where we can. Let us help you honor your mothers this Sunday!!! |
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