This was originally posted on official page for “the” kitchen on Facebook.
Had my first experience in “the” Kitchen last Tuesday morning. Your fine establishment is a welcome addition to our lovely, rapidly evolving community.
Mostly coming on here to praise the efforts you guys have put in and to offset some of the negativity I have heard (and read). I live just down the road from you guys and have seen first-hand how busy you guys have been to get where you are today. When the doors first opened, I thought it would be best to give you time, giving you ample time to figure out all the weird nooks and crannies, and how to navigate the storm of hangry Sussex locals that have a bar set so high for you that it is situated somewhere in the clouds.
Really unfair to come on here and drop M&M’s name like that. @Mike Lutz called it when he said “growing pains”. If you’ve ever spent any amount of years in the back of the house, you know exactly what these people are going through right now and have been since they opened. This goes without saying to any long-time locals of Sussex, but we all should know the shoes these guys are trying to fill. They couldn’t have done anything more to distinguish themselves from M&M, short of physically moving the building. I applaud every effort these fine people have made to the establishment. These guys should not have to come on here and defend particular positions in their brigade, it’s really unfair especially if you’ve never had to balance double-digit top tables on a space no larger than a card table.
Keep up the hard work! Get some t-shirts or bumper stickers made so when while we’re walking around downtown Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, or hanging out by Pewaukee Lake we can get the word out for you guys. Speaking as a Sussex resident who remembers people who used to work at the Canning Factory, thank you very much for taking up the burden of keeping the building a locally owned restaurant. We don’t need any more insurance agents or financial advisors in this fine village of ours. Push away and forget all this negativity now and in the future. Keep the words of Soichiro Honda fresh in your minds: “Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% of failure.”
