thank you

They say more than 80% of restaurants go out of business in their first year. 5yrs ago today, I opened a new concept with characteristics that this City had never seen before, but sorely needed, called Rockit Bar & Grill, w/my partners Brad Young & Arturo Gomez. We received Best Restaurant locally, Best Burger nationally (something we set out for from day one) & the picture above shows us stunned to all heck when we were honored nationally as operators of the year!

I owe this good life to all the hard work, faith, loyalty, support, commitment & sacrifice put forth every day & night for years & years by my partners Brad & Arturo, and from our 500+ employee / teammates, and those that worked w/us in the past, and to our investors for believing in us even when we weren’t proven, and to all the visiting guests & fellow chicagoans out there that allowed us to serve them, and anyone who has in anyway been nice to us and shown us a fair chance & friendly support….

….thank you for letting us do what we love….