Budding Entrepreneurs

Greta and her friend Mary were playing waitress this morning. The game got old after about ten minutes, and they came bounding down the stairs asking if they could start a real restaurant. I could hear them in the next room coming up with a name, and after a few minutes of discussion The Hungry Cap was born:


Of course, any good restaurant needs a menu:

Turns out we were out of waffles, pancakes, ice cream sandwiches and didn't have the supplies for the Make Your Own Sundae idea. And the salad was too complicated. So it became a sandwiches, soup and apple type of establishment.

Thirsty? No problem. The Drinks Menu:

Upon further inquiry, the figure at the bottom is winking, not drunk on lemonade.

I made them a plate of sandwiches and a few bowls of soup, and they set it all up on the back porch:



They felt it was too self-serving to keep all the profits for themselves, so they decided all the proceeds from the Hungry Cap would go to the poor, and set up a bucket for donations:

Now for advertising. They made a sign for the front yard, and on Mary's suggestion, made it is as "dramatic" as they could, so people would feel compelled to come:




It reads: "Hungry Cap! Restaurant out back that way! And we're not kidding it's true! Help save money for the poor and we mean it! Now! Please help, please, we're just seven please we're begging you!"

They taped the sign to a tee-ball post, put it out by the end of the driveway, and waited for the masses. I had the pleasure of being their first customer. I was treated to a salami and cheese sandwich, fresh water, an apple, and live entertainment in the form of a skit, stand up comedy ("why did the cookie go to the doctor? because he was feeling crumby!") and Irish dancing.

A restaurant with a social conscience - what could be better?