When I first opened Ancho Honey, a small, takeout-focused restaurant in a tiny coastal fishing village in Maine, I was a little overwhelmed by the structure of the restaurant space. Located in a converted early 20th century residential farmhouse, the building wasn’t exactly crying out to be a restaurant; a side entry door led to a tiny room, which led to another tiny room, and another. There wasn’t a natural “flow” for customers walking in the door,… Continue Reading »

Note: This is part two of a post detailing my experiences converting a residential farmhouse into a commercial restaurant space. In part one, I described the building, secured a loan from my sister, and started renovating the space, so if you missed part one, you’ll definitely want to start there.

With the arrival of my sketchy restaurant equipment due any day, I tried to plan the… Continue Reading »

A little over two months ago (which is kind of bonkers, now that I think about it), an opportunity presented itself which I had to take advantage of: A house two doors down from where I live, on the corner of a major intersection* with lots of tourist traffic became available for rent.

Because I live in coastal Maine, in this case “major intersection” means “the corner between that one road that goes… Continue Reading »