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Originally Posted by Patiently Watching
There are indeed many positive changes going on at 'the restaurant' and the next two weeks closed will be well worth the wait.
In addition to kitchen repairs and spring cleaning, among the biggest news is that Kirk Daniels has joined the team bringing his years of experience (4yrs/Bald Peak, 12yrs/The Woodshed) to the food service and will be working along with current chef Nick McGuire (who was the original chef at the opening in 2009 and is responsible for many of the favorite menu items) starting.
Sadly, Lydia's Meeting House did not work out in the space next door, so it has opened up the opportunity for expansion and will become the pub side of 'the restaurant' when it all reopens in early April.
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Nothing about this latest development in the musical chairs game that's been going on over there with The Restaurant, Lydia's, and Café Olé sounds "positive" to me. A popular little establishment expands and supposedly improves itself in the bigger space while a promising little new one opens in its former space, and both abruptly close about three months after opening in the off-season with rotten weather because the reinvented Lydia's "did not work out"?
We never thought that turning Lydia's into a big place that would compete with The Restaurant in the evenings made any sense, and the news of Rob's departure was a major bummer, but our family was really looking forward to Café Olé, based on photos and descriptions of their creative offerings and the enthusiastic reactions of customers on Facebook. Now you've apparently been told the former Café Olé, née Lydia's, or did you mean the more recently former Lydia's Meeting House, née Cornish Pottery, will serve as "the pub side" of The Restaurant?? Doesn't exactly square with these postings on the official Lydia's Meeting House and Café Olé Facebook pages, but either way, my rule of thumb is that people who don't know what they're doing...don't know what they're doing.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lydias...=wall&viewas=0
https://www.facebook.com/CafeOleWolfeboro
Tuesday
Good Tuesday Morning!
An old English proverb has it that “opportunity seldom knocks twice”. Seldom it may be, but it has happened today – an opportunity loaded with positive possibilities knocked, and walked right through a welcoming doorway.
Effective next week, Hunter Emory will bring Lydia’s Café back into the Café Olé space and offer a combination menu featuring the best of these two popular eating places – and more!
Café Olé will be closed for business as of today, but do drop by if you’re passing by and let us know which of our menu items you would like to see continue at the new Lydia’s Café. If you still have a Café Olé Gift Certificate, please know that these will be honored at Lydia’s.
The most rewarding and joyful experience at Café Olé is the enthusiastic support the community is giving to the concept of an organic, local and seasonal dining experience, and fulfilling the needs of those with special dietary needs such as gluten-free, raw and vegan. And, a happy satisfaction comes from knowing that Café Olé‘s mission is being given the possibility to continue its growth from seed to plant this Spring. Thank you for your generous support, your meaningful conversations, your helpful feedback and your warm companionship this Winter - please continue to nurture this seed with Hunter at Lydia’s Cafe!