We started talking about opening a restaurant about 20 years ago. Ross has been cooking since he was 7 yrs old and according to him, I still can't cook!  Not True. My function at the restaurant is basically everything that doesn't involve cooking. 

I'm the Mom, Brenda. Ross is my oldest son, and after years of family dinner parties and small private events, he left for the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. After graduation, he completed the required externship at two restaurants in Telluride, he chose Telluride because it fit in with his life goals at the time. Snow Boarding! He missed us all so much so he returned to the Bay Area and we started a catering business in Los Gatos. I've always been very proud of Ross's culinary talents but even more so when he was chosen as a Rising Star Chef by Gentry Magazine! 

James Randall Hammond was my older brother. When he passed away he left me an inheritance with one stipulation, don't use it to pay for your bratty kids (his words, not mine my darling children) to go to college or to pay your mortgage.....use it for something you've always dreamed about!

After years of catering, which we loved, we decided that we should start planning for a restaurant. Ross moved back to San Francisco for a year long commitment at Firefly in Noe Valley. I stalked the owners of the La Maisson du Croissant space and they were finally ready to move on in December of 2005. I loved the charm of this old house, but as with any 100 year old building it comes with interesting quirks...some of which you can't actually see, and I'm not talking about it's wiring inside the walls.......bbbwwwaaaahhahhahha!
 
Here we are halfway through 2009, we haven't killed each other and people still love to eat here. (and Ross made me a Grandma!) 

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