WEBER'S FAMILY RESTAURANT VOTED
No 1 in State
Customers
not only come first at Webers Family Restaurant, but they are what Dick
Weber says he and wife, Juanita , enjoy most about their business.
Webers restaurant was voted no 1 in the state of Indiana in the Nov/Dec
issue of Midwest Foodservice News and showcased as part of their Best of
the Midwest feature.
A trade magizine with a circulation of 40 thousand
thought a six-state area, this magizine, once a year features on
restaurant from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia. Weber says a secret shopper is sent and a list of criteria of
seven items ranging from food quality and cleanliness to marketing and
employee training are observed. There are no chain or fast food
restaurants considered. For Weber,s this was not there first award. Two
years ago they were rated No 2 out of 1,000 considered for best family
Restaurant in Main Street Dining.
When talking with Weber on can see the pride in his face
and one feels that he is one of those rare lucky people whom truly loves
his job. The Webers have spent nearly forty years in the food service
business and feel very fortunate. Weber stated only one out four start
up restaurants make it past the first year. It take a lot of time and
hard work
Along
with wife Juanita, daughter Katrina, and grandsons Nicholas, Justin and
Joey, this is truly a family business. The Webers
put in 80-90 hours each week plus all the paper work , but he loves
every minute of it . It is very rare to walk into Webers and not finding
him in the kitchen or out front checking his customers satisfaction.
Webers has 17 year round employees which include
Weber and his wife and they usually hire three to four more employees
for the summer months .He has five management employees who are state
Board of health certified and he trains his employees to bend over
backwards to accommodate his customers. Suggestion cards left on the
tables give Weber a insight on how his customers feel and he says they
are 99 percent complimentary
by Pam Sanders