I have told my story of how the CIG started, but I have not told of my staff, the heart and soul of the CIG. They are my family. Being a stay at home mom for 15 years, I never understood relationship's between co-workers, I saw my husband have those relationships, he would do just about anything for the guys that worked for him, I did not get it.... OH MYLANTA, hit me over the head, do I get it now. When the CIG opened there was 3 waitstaff and 2 kitchen crew, the CIG now has 5 waitstaff, a counter girl, 4 kitchen crew and me, we really could use more, but we have no room for another person, we are on top of each other. We have had 4 babies born, 3 in 10 months, believe me, all of us not pregnant were really scared to drink the water, my beverage sales went up because my guest were scared to drink the water.We have pushed ourselves to our very limits together, and most of the time with great success. We have dealt with ketchup exploding on the Lubbock bomp squad, (it did take me a few days to see the humor in that), we have hidden in boxes, reach ins, the office, the bathrooms(with a mask) so we could watch our co-workers scream at the top of their lungs and then we all collapse on the floor in shear joy. We have had gas x delivered because one of my girls is gassy and bloated and needs relief... and geez we do work with the public. We sing constantly, and always shakin something, some of us have more to shake then others. We dress up for Halloween, we wear pajamas on Christmas Eve( oh they all think that needs to be weekly). We celebrate TEXAS TECH football on Fridays, and always have a friendly word to say to those non TEXAS TECH fans.The line will be out the front door and my kitchen crew is trying to win something on the radio by being the 10 caller, via one of my guest sitting at the bar. We have laughed at each other, we have laughed at ourselves, and we do not take ourselves very seriously, but we do take working at the CIG seriously, through all the fun, tricks and games that we share, we are good at what we do. Customer Service is #1 to all of us and our guest are treated that way. My crew, they are absolutely amazing and I love them, they are my family... and everyone person that walks thru the CIG doors love them also. I am BLESSED!!!
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I have told my story of how the CIG started, but I have not told of my staff, the heart and soul of the CIG. They are my family. Being a stay at home mom for 15 years, I never understood relationship's between co-workers, I saw my husband have those relationships, he would do just about anything for the guys that worked for him, I did not get it.... OH MYLANTA, hit me over the head, do I get it now. When the CIG opened there was 3 waitstaff and 2 kitchen crew, the CIG now has 5 waitstaff, a counter girl, 4 kitchen crew and me, we really could use more, but we have no room for another person, we are on top of each other. We have had 4 babies born, 3 in 10 months, believe me, all of us not pregnant were really scared to drink the water, my beverage sales went up because my guest were scared to drink the water.We have pushed ourselves to our very limits together, and most of the time with great success. We have dealt with ketchup exploding on the Lubbock bomp squad, (it did take me a few days to see the humor in that), we have hidden in boxes, reach ins, the office, the bathrooms(with a mask) so we could watch our co-workers scream at the top of their lungs and then we all collapse on the floor in shear joy. We have had gas x delivered because one of my girls is gassy and bloated and needs relief... and geez we do work with the public. We sing constantly, and always shakin something, some of us have more to shake then others. We dress up for Halloween, we wear pajamas on Christmas Eve( oh they all think that needs to be weekly). We celebrate TEXAS TECH football on Fridays, and always have a friendly word to say to those non TEXAS TECH fans.The line will be out the front door and my kitchen crew is trying to win something on the radio by being the 10 caller, via one of my guest sitting at the bar. We have laughed at each other, we have laughed at ourselves, and we do not take ourselves very seriously, but we do take working at the CIG seriously, through all the fun, tricks and games that we share, we are good at what we do. Customer Service is #1 to all of us and our guest are treated that way. My crew, they are absolutely amazing and I love them, they are my family... and everyone person that walks thru the CIG doors love them also. I am BLESSED!!!
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AuthorI opened the Cast Iron Grill in October 2007. Lots of changes have happened in the last 5 1/2 years. The CIG started with 55 seats in an office building located at 18th and K. After five years, we were bursting at the seams with now 167 seats, and 24 wonderful co-workers working on top of eachother to make it happen. 2012 the Lord chose a different journey for the CIG. We relocated the CIG and opened our doors on January 2nd, 2013, just four blocks away from the old location! It has changed my world completely! All of these stories are the happenings of the people and the joy and celebration that make the CIG what it is. Archives
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