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Tomorrow marks three months since we opened the doors to our new restaurant 😵‍💫❤️

We’ve spent most of our careers opening restaurants for other people… turns out it’s a LOT more stressful when it’s your own money. 😂

In May 2024, we took the leap and bought The Tapas Room in Tooting Broadway. Admittedly, that leap was a little easier - it was already up and running, had its own identity and was happily doing its thing.

Just over two years later, we somehow decided one restaurant wasn’t stressful enough… so we opened another one. This time, from scratch.

And tomorrow, we’ll be three months in.

Three months of incredible highs, a few lows, plenty of sleepless nights, stressing about absolutely EVERYTHING, a few more grey hairs and definitely a little less hair. 😂

Has everything gone perfectly? Absolutely not.

Is it finished? Not even close.

But Rome wasn’t built in a day - and apparently neither is a restaurant!

There are still a million things we want to change, improve and add, but seeing the restaurant full, watching new guests become regulars, and seeing something that started as an idea actually come to life makes every stressful moment worth it.

To all of our friends and family who have popped in and helped in any way possible - whether that’s picking up a paintbrush, moving furniture, fixing something, giving advice, listening to us moan, having a drink with us, or simply showing up and supporting us… thank you. ❤️

And obviously, a MASSIVE shoutout to our little but mighty Tapas team. 💪❤️

You’ve put up with the chaos, the constant changes, the “can we just quickly…” requests, and everything else that comes with opening a new restaurant. We genuinely couldn’t do it without you.

We might be a small team, but what a bloody brilliant one.

Three months in. Still learning. Still changing things. Still stressing. Still having sleepless nights. And still occasionally wondering what the hell we’ve got ourselves into. 😂

But more than anything, we’re incredibly proud of what we’re building.

And this is just the beginning. 🥂❤️
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