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The Best Deli In Wilmington? Gnome Nom Nom
Episode 206 • 13th May 2026 • Whiskey & Wisdom • Whiskey & Wisdom
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Nom Nom Nom’s Rob Stang on Gnomes, New York-Style Deli Life, and Building Community in Wilmington On the Whiskey and Wisdom podcast, Chris Kellum and Tyler Yaw welcome guest Rob Stang of Nom Nom Nom, tasting Penelope Havana whiskey and discussing drink preferences. Rob shares his background from upstate New York, years in retail management, and his shift to entrepreneurship with his wife, leading to three gnome-inspired Wilmington businesses: Nom Nom Nom deli in the Cotton Exchange, Gnome Garden ILM (gnomes, mushrooms, houseplants), and Cape Fear Gnomies Dispensary focused on education and quality. He explains the origin of the gnome/“nom nom” concept, the deli’s New York-style emphasis on fresh-sliced ingredients, Apple Annie’s bread, Jess Bagels from the Bronx, breakfast all day, and empanadas tied to his Puerto Rican heritage. They cover community support, seasonal traffic, new desserts, social handles, and Rob’s views on success and advice to his younger self.

00:00 Welcome And Guest Intro

00:44 Penelope Havana Tasting

02:40 Mixers And Whiskey Habits

03:25 Rob Origin Story Retail To Owner

04:38 Gnome Obsession Explained

08:48 Nom Nom Nom Brand Origin

10:01 Three Gnome Businesses Tour

11:21 Dispensary Education And Market

13:47 What Makes A Real Deli

18:32 Cotton Exchange Community Buzz

20:21 Growth Plans Empanadas Hours

21:55 All Day Breakfast NY Bagels

23:50 Bagels Bread Debates

24:24 Travel Food Mixups

25:19 Too Tired To Cook

25:56 Chicken Coop Chronicles

28:15 Egg Brand And Side Hustle

29:00 Finding Nom Nom Nom

29:50 Empanada Flavor Lab

30:34 Hotdog Cart Upgrade

32:38 Store Collabs And Merch

34:40 Dessert Drops And Specials

37:08 Schmear Vs Cream Cheese

39:12 Defining Success And Advice

42:16 Wrap Up And Where To Go

Transcripts

Boys:

welcome back to the Whiskey and Wisdom podcast.

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It's been a long time.

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So you got your constant cohost,

Chris Kellum, and I'm with...

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Tyler Yaw.

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And our special guest today...

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Rob: Rob Stang from Nom Nom Nom.

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I

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Boys: love it.

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I know.

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Every time I go to say it,

people are like, "Huh?"

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What?

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Rob: Yeah.

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Boys: It was

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funny- I- ... I was, I was telling

him too, and I, I made it a

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kinda like a behind-the-scenes

inside joke on the invite.

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So I was telling one of my friends

that we, we're bringing you on

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today, and she was like, "Oh, nom,

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nom."

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nom, nom."

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I was like, "Okay, you added too many

noms to it, but yeah, that's fine."

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Rob: The best thing.

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Yes.

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You, they open the door, and

they just come and go, "Nom nom."

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And I'm like, "Yes, yes, that's exactly

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it."

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It's

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Boys: like, what, do, what do I need?

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today?

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Mm, just noms.

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Just

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noms.

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Yeah.

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Just noms.

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So before we get too crazy into it,

you do like whiskey, so we- I do

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so we brought a bottle.

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If you guys don't know, me and

Tyler are on a Penelope kick.

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Hey, if you're the Penelope rep in

the area, reach out to one of us.

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We'd love to hit you up and do something.

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That'd be fun.

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Just saying.

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So to- we were able to source

a bottle of Penelope Havana.

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One of my favorite

things is these bad boys.

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They do, like, different finishing

series, four of them throughout the year.

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Rob: Okay.

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Boys: we had the Rio, as you

know, one of our favorites.

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Havana technically comes out before Rio.

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I think it's their, like, springtime-

Mm ... and Rio's their summer.

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Ooh.

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And then there's two more.

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At some point we might

find it, we might not.

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We'll see.

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We'll see.

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We're never in North

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Carolina.

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Yeah.

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But super interesting.

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The, as part of the Cooper series.

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Double

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O, so it's Cooper, right?

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Straight whiskey, paired in a

unique cask from around the world.

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This is--

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these are double

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finish in Caribbean rum barrels.

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So flavors, the aromas, molasses,

banana bread, and rich maple.

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Your body's gonna be some caramel corn,

charred oak, candied pecans, and on the

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finish you'll have a little vanilla,

brown suga- sugar, and syrup, with

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hints of mellow tobacco and spice.

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Interesting.

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Batch number two.

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Real- what?

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Yeah.

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Dang.

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That's Exciting.

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Dang.

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All right, so let's check it out.

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To the good stuff.

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Cheers.

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Cheerios.

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Whoop.

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I got the long arms.

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Distance cheers.

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Rob: Oh,

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wow.

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Boys: That's sweet.

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Rob: That's really good.

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It's good, though.

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As soon as you said the banana note in

there too, I was like, that's gonna be for

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me- Yeah ... 'cause I always really like

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something with a banana in it.

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Boys: I

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always think it's very interesting,

'cause it's not, like, too banana-y.

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Mm-hmm.

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But

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It's chill.

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Rob: I feel like

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it gives it,

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like, the warm taste at the end

that I look for with the whiskey.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yep.

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And that's where like, for me,

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sometimes it

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misses a little bit.

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Boys: I

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can see that.

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Mm.

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' Rob: Cause I like the flavorful

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aspect of it.

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I don't

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know.

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I'm not-

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I'm simple.

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I literally drink whiskey

and ginger ale at home.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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That's

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Boys: exactly what I do.

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Yeah.

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Or I do ginger beer.

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Rob: Yeah.

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We recently started mixing with

like pineapple soda too, just

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for like something different.

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Oh.

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Boys: interesting.

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Rob: So it's very different depending

on the whiskey that you use- Yes.

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and the

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different notes that you'll get

into Yeah ... with pineapple soda.

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Boys: Oh, you know, I

never thought of that.

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My

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drink is ginger

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ale.

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Not a surprise.

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People know me

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as like the ginger ale person-

Yeah ... too, when I go out.

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Yeah.

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It's like, "Hey, I'm okay with it."

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I love

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Rob: me some

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ginger ale.

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It started

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Boys: years ago.

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Yeah.

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It's Harper knocking.

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Rob: Yeah.

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Exactly.

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Boys: Oh, I wouldn't

have thought about that.

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So Tyler knows nothing about you.

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Okay.

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I know just a little bit.

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Rob: Yeah.

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Boys: so tell us a, a bit about

yourself for those who are watching.

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Rob: Crazy world.

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I'm originally

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from New York, so upstate New York.

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I've been down here about 17 years

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now.

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I--

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when I moved down here,

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I was

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kind of just like lost finding my

way through the the job market,

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and I landed a job as

a store manager where I

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eventually grew into a,

a district manager, then

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a regional manager, and we exploded with

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crazy stores.

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You know, we

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had 130

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retail

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stores down the East Coast.

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Wow.

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COVID happened, and we

scaled that back a lot.

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Boys: Mm.

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Rob: And then again,

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and then again.

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And then my wife and

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I

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started dating around that same

timeframe, and we were like, "Why don't we

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kinda

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keep what we've got going

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and just kinda go out onto our own?"

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We've been doing it

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at a corporate level

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for so many years.

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We were like, "We can do this

ourselves and we put everything

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into building out our first

store," which we don't even have

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anymore, which is Wow ...a

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whole crazy different story.

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And then

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over the years we've, going on

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six years now, started

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working for ourselves, and

here we are to this day

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with three

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different gnome-inspired stores

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and-

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just kinda rocking out the

crazy, whimsical life of

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downtown, which has been Really fun.

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Boys: So let's start with that real quick.

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Where did the love of gnomes come from?

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Rob: I guess

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I've always had

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it my

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entire life, just never

realized how much it

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was

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there, like, looking back now.

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But I think one

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day

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somebody was like, "Hey, you

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like gnomes," and we

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just ran with it.

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But even when

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my wife and I

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started dating,

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the first thing she ever bought

me was a gnome riding a rooster

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with an

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American flag.

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Even funnier, we have 24 chickens

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now, so

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No way.

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Well.

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know, we

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we have the

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full collection there,

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so it's crazy.

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And really since then

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it's just been nothing but gnomes.

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We've realized every, like

holiday there was something of

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gnomes or, Yeah ...you

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know, a gnome planter a gnome this, Yeah.

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and

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now we just have a wild

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estate of gnomes.

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Boys: So what's your house

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Rob: look like?

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Gnomes

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and plants.

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Yeah.

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Gnomes and plants.

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That's awesome.

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Literally.

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Boys: I could see that.

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So like, did you ever go to Airlie

when they had the gnomes out on

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display?

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Rob: No, I didn't know that.

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it, it wasn't

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really...

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I, I

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knew about them.

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I didn't get an

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opportunity to go out there then.

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I,

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I really didn't do a

lot of activities for a

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lot of years.

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I was just so focused on work, so

really, like, I didn't have that

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personal life to go out and do things.

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Boys: Understandable.

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Rob: And, you know, now

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we're here trying to live our

life, so it's a little different.

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Boys: That is.

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It's interesting, because

I'm in the same boat.

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Yes.

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'Cause people...

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I remember growing up, 'cause

I've been in retail for

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almost 20 years now- Yep ... which makes

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me feel really- Geez ...really

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old.

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Sad.

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And I'm like, "But I'm not."

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But I am.

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And my friend's like, "Man, you've

missed out on so many things," and

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I'm like, "Yeah, I'm in retail."

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Yeah.

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"I work on weekends,

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Like All the holidays ... my days off."

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Rob: was normal.

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Yeah.

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Boys: Yeah.

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And all you guys got

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cool jobs- Yep ... that required

a degree that I didn't get

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so...

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I'll tell you

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what, though.

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I do miss having, like, two random days

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off.

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during the week.

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Correct.

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Like

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'cause- Yeah ...everyone's

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doing everything on the weekends

anyway, so why do you wanna be

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out with everyone

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else?

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Yeah

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like, in lines out the wazoo?

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Like it's so much easier to go

get your hair cut on a Tuesday.

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Rob: Very much.

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Boys: True.

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Rob: At this point in my life, I

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schedule them

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every five

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weeks so I don't

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miss it.

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Exactly what I do.

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I'm like, "If I don't schedule

this appointment with you,

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I'm gonna miss it, and I

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can't," so.

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Boys: Right.

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Wow.

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Yeah.

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That's exactly- I'm the most, like,

I wanna be on it and be like, "Every

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two weeks, let's get this done,"

and then the two weeks comes and

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I'm like, "Oh, well, my schedule didn't

work out for this, so let me, let me

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push..."

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And

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my barber's just like, "Chris."

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Yeah.

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"It's okay."

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"I know you're

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gonna show up at some

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point."

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I'm gonna

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Rob: be

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Boys: here.

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So I'm just laughing that

you guys have to schedule

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your haircuts- Oh ... five weeks out.

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Well, mine's- I- ... usually

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three to four.

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Rob: but- I don't leave

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unless he schedules my next

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one, 'cause Right ...the

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way

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my life works, I'll forget it,

and then next thing you know, I'll

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just be completely

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full

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curls coming out the hat

and I'm like, "I need a

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haircut now."

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Yes.

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And

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I'm balding

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now, so it doesn't

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Boys: help.

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'Cause I get the poofy,

poofiness on the side of my head.

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Yeah, yeah.

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So, like, my hair on top will look

decent, and then on the side it

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looks like I'm trying to get an afro.

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It's the weirdest thing in the world.

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See.

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Yeah, I wish I could go five weeks

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between haircuts- Yeah

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without looking real rough.

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Rob: the

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the hat helps.

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The

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hat helps.

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Oh.

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You

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know, I started balding a few

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years ago, and

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I was like, Let's just- ... let's

just cap it and keep it moving.

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Boys: So you balded before the hats?

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Rob: Apparently I've always been balding.

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I just was holding onto

this fake life for myself.

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I was

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looking back at pictures, and I,

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even, I laughed at

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myself one day.

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I was looking in the mirror, and I came

out and looked at my wife and I was

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like, "I wasn't always this bald, right?"

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I can see more of my scalp."

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And she kinda looked at me and

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I

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" was like, Oh, I was.

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Got it."

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Got it.

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Boys: Nice.

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Very nice.

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Rob: Good to know now.

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Good to know now.

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Boys: So I

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guess that's your other

connection to gnomes.

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'Cause no one

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knows if they have hair or not, 'cause

they always have those bi- big, hats on.

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Exactly.

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Rob: true.

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It, It's always

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a mystery.

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Boys: I

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Rob: think the cool thing about

the gnomes it's like everybody's

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got their own version of it

and like what it means to them.

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Mm-hmm.

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But in some aspects, it's always like

a good luck thing for them, you know?

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Mm-hmm.

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And, and I've seen people even from,

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like, the UK who have been downtown

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Wilmington, they're

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obsessed with the gnome theme.

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and they tell me like, when they go

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back home, it's a huge presence there

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for them.

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And like Really?

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...gnomes are

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just

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everywhere.

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They just have a different

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meaning or a

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different version for literally everyone.

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Boys: Oh, wow.

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Rob: Even

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at, I

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had a friend

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who traveled

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to

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Italy.

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brought

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us back

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an Italian gnome, but it looks

like an Ireland gnome because

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it's just an orange beard

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and a green

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body, but it's Mm ...all

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of the Italy, is Sicily

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actually- Mm, okay ... is

where she got it from.

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So it's hysterical to just see

the different versions- I know

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of them too.

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Boys: Yeah.

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I would collect those.

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Is there a meaning for you behind it?

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Rob: No, not really.

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You know, I, I want there to be in

a sense, but there really isn't.

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For us, a lot of it

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just was kind of creating

something that meant something

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to both of

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us.

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Right.

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And that was just a random

manic decision for us.

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You know, when, when we found

the deli initially, believe it

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or not, it was on Craigslist.

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Boys: Oh.

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Wow.

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Rob: So I found a turnkey

operation business who was selling

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equipment

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essentially for a

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similar concept.

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I've, I grew up

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in the deli life, so the deli life

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for me has always

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been a passion.

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Anybody who's

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ever known me always

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knew I said, "One day I'm

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gonna have a deli.

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or, One day I'll have this."

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And then one day I scrolled on

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Craigslist."

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and I see this ad, start

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communicating.

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We got home that night and we

were like, "If we were to open

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this, what would this look

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like?"

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And we joked around and we said gnome,

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and then

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nom nom.

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It's just the enjoyment of eating, right?

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Like, kids say that when they eat.

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joked, put it together, and then the logo,

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my wife actually created, and we just kind

of landed on it as we continued and- Wow.

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Nice ... now

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we're finessing that, and

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we just recently

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done some stuff with

the deli, like the mural

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and, you

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know, the floor changes and

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stuff.

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but it's

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like, full encompass now.

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It's weird.

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Boys: What are the two other

gnome-inspired businesses?

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Rob: So

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we've got the Gnome Garden ILM

downstairs in the Cotton Exchange.

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Oh, okay.

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It's next

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to the German cafe.

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Yeah.

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Mm.

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Anything gnomes, mushrooms,

and h- houseplants.

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So when we first opened the

deli, everybody kept trying to

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buy, like- our gnomes and figurines.

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Yeah.

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And I'm like, "These are mine."

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You can't have these.

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No, no, no.

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So after a couple months we were

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like,

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" All right, I think there, you know,

we need to have There's a demand ...a

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little bit more of a retail

side of It, it's wild.

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It is wild.

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The things that are

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made with gnomes, the things

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that people ask for with gnomes, and the

things, and seasonal things that they buy

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all year round.

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Wow.

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Even still, we're selling

Christmas gnomes today.

508

:

And it's, you know, spring and summer

outside, which is- Yeah ... awesome.

509

:

It's crazy.

510

:

And then we do have Cape

511

:

Fear Gnemies Dispensary,

which is, wow ...two

512

:

blocks away on Water Street.

513

:

Boys: Okay.

514

:

Rob: and that's our version of

515

:

super

516

:

small.

517

:

It's, like 585 square foot.

518

:

We, you know, very limited

519

:

brands,

520

:

and we

521

:

keep it very

522

:

close

523

:

to heart.

524

:

I'm a, a,

525

:

an avid

526

:

user

527

:

myself,

528

:

so for me, it's very nice to have

quality and know where all the

529

:

products are coming from, Mm-hmm.

530

:

Right.

531

:

and that's kinda what we focus on a

little bit more, is just a little bit

532

:

s- simpler products with better education

533

:

around it.

534

:

You know, I want everybody

535

:

to feel comfortable

going in there and what

536

:

is this and how

537

:

is it gonna benefit me, and,

you know, get those answers

538

:

that they're looking for out of all of

these things, 'cause it's crazy out there.

539

:

Boys: That's it.

540

:

Yes.

541

:

yeah.

542

:

It's like the wild west.

543

:

as for sure.

544

:

It

545

:

Rob: really

546

:

is.

547

:

Boys: Oh my

548

:

gosh.

549

:

I just drove down-

550

:

like we

551

:

live out in, like, Castle Hayne.

552

:

Yeah.

553

:

And I was driving past

a spot and I'm like,

554

:

There

555

:

was something else there, and now-

Yep ... it's gonna be a vape shop."

556

:

Yeah.

557

:

And I'm Like,

558

:

it hurts every time I,

559

:

I

560

:

see, like, a new vape shop

561

:

pop up and I'm like- Yeah ... can

562

:

we just...

563

:

Rob: It is a

564

:

oversaturated

565

:

market, to say

566

:

the least.

567

:

And you

568

:

know,

569

:

it's a lot of

570

:

the same products, but the big

thing, it's just about education

571

:

for a lot of

572

:

people.

573

:

Yes.

574

:

Right.

575

:

And, you know, having

that quality environment.

576

:

Like for me, like even

now, like I don't have any

577

:

nicotine.

578

:

It's been three or four years since

I've had any nicotine- Oh, wow.

579

:

Mm-hmm ... which is wild.

580

:

I was a two pack

581

:

a day smoker, you know.

582

:

Boys: No

583

:

Rob: way.

584

:

And a

585

:

lot of people are like,

"Oh, does vaping help?"

586

:

Like,

587

:

It helped me in that sense, but

588

:

it doesn't mean it's gonna help everybody.

589

:

Sure.

590

:

But it's

591

:

all about

592

:

you as a user and how

593

:

you're

594

:

going to

595

:

use it.

596

:

But for me now, looking at

597

:

it,

598

:

like, I couldn't imagine sending my wife

599

:

into any random store and

be like, "Oh, just go get a

600

:

vape" without us

601

:

knowing any education on that.

602

:

Anything about it, yes.

603

:

Like, you know, there's

a comfortability that

604

:

you have to have behind that too.

605

:

Boys: And I, I,

606

:

I'm with you as, like,

607

:

if you can go in

608

:

a spot and they're actually

educated- Yeah ... then I'm

609

:

fine with it.

610

:

But then there's other people, like,

611

:

ugh.

612

:

Like the places in Brunswick

County that all, all got shut down

613

:

because they did raids on all of

614

:

them.

615

:

Rob: It's wild to see all that.

616

:

You know, the

617

:

fun part about

618

:

it is there is

619

:

a lot

620

:

of good product out

621

:

there- Right

622

:

that falls correctly

623

:

in the laws.

624

:

And, you

625

:

know, it's just a matter of having a

626

:

little bit more

627

:

of a social responsibility and- Yeah

... serving the correct stuff to the people.

628

:

Yeah.

629

:

Boys: Right.

630

:

Rob: As-

631

:

Boys: But I think if everyth- if

632

:

every,

633

:

Owner of a dispensary

634

:

ran their business like that,

one, there, there couldn't be the

635

:

oversaturation that there is, and

two, it probably wouldn't have the

636

:

the

637

:

stigma around it.

638

:

Yep.

639

:

Right?

640

:

Yep.

641

:

Because like

642

:

I've

643

:

gone to a bunch of

644

:

different dispensaries and

received different things in

645

:

there, but like

646

:

"I have people that help

me, like, kind of guide me.

647

:

Yeah.

648

:

Like, where am I going with this?

649

:

Rob: Yes.

650

:

So.

651

:

like, you know,

652

:

I m- the biggest thing too,

it's like imagine going

653

:

in there and overconsuming.

654

:

You know, Mm-hmm.

655

:

Right.

656

:

a lot of people don't

realize, like, when they're

657

:

reading packaging it's misleading.

658

:

Yeah.

659

:

So a lot

660

:

of

661

:

them, you have to break it down.

662

:

You're like, "Hey,

663

:

this is

664

:

actually what you're getting."

665

:

Yes.

666

:

And they're like, "Oh."

667

:

Yeah.

668

:

Boys: Like, "Oh, okay."

669

:

Rob: Yeah.

670

:

" Boys: Chill."

671

:

But

672

:

if

673

:

you overconsume,

674

:

sometimes you'll want to eat more

675

:

food.

676

:

Exactly.

677

:

Which

678

:

I feel like I'm starting

to see how this is vert-

679

:

vertically integrated.

680

:

now.

681

:

See?

682

:

See, it has a

683

:

little bit of everything I love.

684

:

Right.

685

:

See, you like my transition back?

686

:

I like it.

687

:

So

688

:

deli.

689

:

Rob: Yes.

690

:

Boys: Please explain for us

southern people- Uh-huh ... what

691

:

do you mean by a deli?

692

:

Rob: So a deli-- It's funny 'cause

yesterday I actually ran into

693

:

some customers and, you know, they had

694

:

stopped us.

695

:

They found

696

:

out that my wife and I

owned the deli, and they

697

:

just, you know, were complimenting it.

698

:

And They said "It is the most New York,

like northern deli I could find here Wow.

699

:

And for me

700

:

that's the biggest compliment,

701

:

Mm-hmm.

702

:

You know?

703

:

And it is

704

:

a little bit of freshness,

705

:

which is the biggest thing.

706

:

You know,

707

:

we slice all

708

:

of

709

:

our ingredients

710

:

very

711

:

fresh every day.

712

:

We

713

:

don't have just containers

of things sitting out waiting

714

:

for you to come and eat it.

715

:

that is

716

:

not who we are.

717

:

Our bread is delivered

718

:

fresh

719

:

every

720

:

morning from Apple Annie's.

721

:

Ah.

722

:

We

723

:

use that

724

:

product that day.

725

:

It doesn't

726

:

get, you know, stale,

727

:

and then we serve it.

728

:

But

729

:

for me, a deli,

730

:

it's quality big sandwiches that

you can go in there, and the

731

:

value of what you're buying, you

732

:

feel

733

:

like is worth it.

734

:

You know, if you're coming

735

:

to buy a

736

:

$14 Italian sandwich-

737

:

Boys: It's-

738

:

... Rob: it's

739

:

gotta have some weight to it.

740

:

Boys: Yeah.

741

:

Yeah.

742

:

Yes.

743

:

Now, So I never knew what Ital- like

744

:

deli stuff was, so I would always

go to Taste of Italy in Melltown.

745

:

Oh, yeah.

746

:

And they would give you

747

:

Rob: delicious-

748

:

Boys: Mm-hmm

749

:

... Rob: food.

750

:

Yes.

751

:

Boys: But I hate the traffic.

752

:

Rob: That's true.

753

:

We had a store across the street from

it, and we literally would drive around

754

:

the corner just

755

:

to go there.

756

:

'Cause if you haven't treated yourself

to their Philly cheese steak on the

757

:

big seeded sub bun- I've had it ...do

758

:

yourself a favor.

759

:

It is a Sunday coma for you.

760

:

Boys: Gosh, I haven't had that in so long.

761

:

I, I had- it.

762

:

Rob: That's, That's where we would

go if we don't eat at our own spot.

763

:

Boys: Yeah.

764

:

Yeah.

765

:

My, my

766

:

former life

767

:

I had friends who were from,

like, Long Island and New York,

768

:

and they were, they would send me

769

:

to

770

:

Taste of Italy- Yep ... to

bring food down to Shallotte.

771

:

And I'm just like- All right

772

:

"I'm down."

773

:

Yeah.

774

:

I guess

775

:

it has to be real if y'all are all for it.

776

:

The bread

777

:

Rob: is really

778

:

good.

779

:

That's the big thing, too.

780

:

The freshness, the quality

behind it, you know, there,

781

:

there's so much different things.

782

:

Like, I enjoy making those pasta

salads every day, every other

783

:

day, because for me- Oh, you make

784

:

Boys: the salads?

785

:

Rob: Oh, yeah.

786

:

We make all of

787

:

Wow ... our pasta salads

788

:

in-house.

789

:

Yep.

790

:

That's why I

791

:

stopped making potato salad, I was like, I

792

:

can't boil any more potatoes this year."

793

:

So, we're gonna pause on that.

794

:

But

795

:

yeah, we make all of that fresh in-house.

796

:

You know, we partner with

797

:

other bakeries and

798

:

stuff like that for like, our

crumb cakes and things like that.

799

:

Mm-hmm.

800

:

But yep, it is a small

801

:

585 square foot

802

:

operation there, but

803

:

we max it out.

804

:

Boys: Now, I remember

805

:

back

806

:

in high school that used to be

807

:

at, like multiple iterations.

808

:

It was a,

809

:

hotdog stand.

810

:

Yep.

811

:

That's

812

:

right.

813

:

And-

814

:

Rob: Yeah.

815

:

Boys: Yes.

816

:

Yep.

817

:

And I'm like, "Oh,

818

:

this is

819

:

great."

820

:

But

821

:

I'm like, "This is

822

:

so small."

823

:

Rob: Yeah.

824

:

Boys: Mm-hmm.

825

:

And

826

:

now I'm like, you've got so much going

on in there, but I feel- Yeah ... like

827

:

it actually makes sense for the space.

828

:

Rob: You know, It's funny

'cause we just yesterday

829

:

saw pictures, 'cause I

was, I was, like looking

830

:

for timeline.

831

:

We looked at

832

:

pictures from when

833

:

we

834

:

first took over the space-

835

:

Mm-hmm ...and

836

:

how closed it

837

:

looked, and, like, how different

838

:

it looks

839

:

from now.

840

:

Yes.

841

:

And we just added in a bar to, like, kind

of rearrange our seating a little bit.

842

:

Mm-hmm.

843

:

'Cause it opens up.

844

:

You know, it's very small

845

:

in

846

:

there.

847

:

Mm-hmm.

848

:

But, you know, now that you can actually

fit 15 or 20 people while they're waiting

849

:

in line to order that sandwich and

850

:

still

851

:

seat six people behind you.

852

:

it means a lot

853

:

to them.

854

:

Yeah.

855

:

'Cause, you

856

:

know, they're grab and go.

857

:

Whether you're at an office

or you're at college or,

858

:

you know, you're just

859

:

kinda driving by in the

middle of the week, Yeah.

860

:

like, we have a lot of people

861

:

who

862

:

just stop in very quickly.

863

:

They're not

864

:

looking

865

:

for

866

:

that sit-down grab and,

867

:

you know, or that- Yeah

868

:

sit-down experience.

869

:

They wanna get in and get

870

:

out.

871

:

Boys: Which

872

:

makes sense.

873

:

I am one of those people.

874

:

Do I like...

875

:

I like the vibe, I like coming in,

876

:

but when I realized I could order

877

:

online-

878

:

Rob: Yeah

879

:

... Boys: and not have to wait in the store,

880

:

Yep ... because

881

:

the reason why I know

Rob is because- ... it

882

:

is our Sunday meal, so, like, every Sunday

morning, I'm like, "Okay, it's 9:00.

883

:

Let's

884

:

press the order button."

885

:

Yep.

886

:

Go up,

887

:

get my food, come back.

888

:

We'll watch

889

:

it.

890

:

we'll watch Max's videos.

891

:

And that was just one of the things

where I'm like, "This is a great

892

:

dude," because I would show up every

Sunday and get one, and the Sundays

893

:

I missed, the staff would be like,

894

:

"Hey, Kurt- "Where were you?"

895

:

you okay?"

896

:

Like, I went in one- Where were you?

897

:

I went in one Sunday and ordered late.

898

:

Like, I didn't place my order

till, like,:

899

:

Yeah.

900

:

And legit walked in, they're like,

"Man, we thought you weren't coming in.

901

:

"Your order wasn't in at

902

:

like, 9:05.

903

:

Something's wrong."

904

:

I was like, now that's the s- the,

905

:

the, wholesomeness and the that small

906

:

community that I love.

907

:

If you

908

:

miss two

909

:

weeks, there's gonna be police knocking

at your door making sure- genuinely.

910

:

... you're, Yeah.

911

:

doing wellness check.

912

:

No.

913

:

I, I don't think I've missed three

914

:

weeks in a row.

915

:

We've done two because

I was out of town and,

916

:

and

917

:

then something else, like back to

back, and then I was like, "Yeah."

918

:

We- I

919

:

Rob: need my bagel

920

:

we literally have people

down here who will just be

921

:

like, "Give me a six count of bagels.

922

:

I'm leaving

923

:

for a few days.

924

:

and I can't not have these."

925

:

So it's awesome.

926

:

No.

927

:

Like,

928

:

it's really

929

:

wild.

930

:

I- the

931

:

big thing for

932

:

me, too, like, that sense of community-

Mm-hmm ... down in the Cotton Exchange,

933

:

We were

934

:

welcomed so

935

:

quickly when we got there, it was crazy.

936

:

Like for us, we didn't

937

:

know what

938

:

to expect, you know?

939

:

I have never owned a

940

:

food service

941

:

before.

942

:

We were

943

:

in retail our

944

:

entire

945

:

lives and all of that.

946

:

I, I've

947

:

worked

948

:

in food service,

949

:

but

950

:

going into there,

951

:

it was insane to see

952

:

the community just show up day

953

:

one, go, "This is exciting.

954

:

We

955

:

want,

956

:

you know, to be there."

957

:

I've had

958

:

customers last week

959

:

who came in and they're like,

"Hey, we were here your first week

960

:

that you opened."

961

:

And they were like, "You know, I remember

962

:

like, this all looked so different."

963

:

And then a couple days go by, we had

another guy who came down from Virginia.

964

:

Mm-hmm ... and He brought

his girlfriend, and he goes,

965

:

"I tell everybody who c-

966

:

tells me they're going to

Wilmington, 'Find the gnome guy.'"

967

:

So

968

:

like, it's just crazy the

969

:

wild spread that, you know, it brings.

970

:

and It's, it's fantastic.

971

:

I love it.

972

:

Boys: How long

973

:

have you guys been open now?

974

:

Rob: So

975

:

we opened August of 2024.

976

:

Boys: Okay.

977

:

Rob: So

978

:

this

979

:

is

980

:

our third summer technically,

981

:

which is insane.

982

:

Boys: Gosh,

983

:

Rob: Yeah.

984

:

This it's wild.

985

:

Boys: Do you see

986

:

a huge pickup during the

summer for being in the Cotton

987

:

Exchange?

988

:

Rob: Yes, Yeah.

989

:

definitely.

990

:

But

991

:

it's funny, 'cause right now

we're in the transition of,

992

:

like colleges graduating, Mm.

993

:

so all the college

994

:

kids are,

995

:

who are

996

:

normally there, and then we're just

997

:

gonna supplement them for a little bit

998

:

more, like daytime walk-through traffic.

999

:

in a sense.

:

00:19:44,069 --> 00:19:44,419

Yeah.

:

00:19:44,449 --> 00:19:45,349

But it's been

:

00:19:45,349 --> 00:19:46,179

really cool to see,

:

00:19:46,179 --> 00:19:47,579

'cause even, like, starting at Azalea

:

00:19:47,579 --> 00:19:48,859

Fest, for example, like there's a lot

:

00:19:48,859 --> 00:19:49,309

of people who

:

00:19:49,309 --> 00:19:50,119

travel for that,

:

00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:50,209

Right.

:

00:19:50,399 --> 00:19:51,849

so they come every year for that.

:

00:19:52,039 --> 00:19:54,379

So we're starting to see a lot

of repeat people Yeah ...who

:

00:19:54,379 --> 00:19:58,089

come often just to this side of

Wilmington or downtown, and they're like,

:

00:19:58,089 --> 00:20:01,749

"Oh, now we have so much more to look

at," and like, come by and hang out.

:

00:20:01,809 --> 00:20:02,369

So it's fun.

:

00:20:02,369 --> 00:20:02,559

That's

:

00:20:02,559 --> 00:20:02,719

Boys: neat.

:

00:20:03,059 --> 00:20:04,269

I love it.

:

00:20:04,849 --> 00:20:04,989

Yeah.

:

00:20:05,249 --> 00:20:05,339

I

:

00:20:05,339 --> 00:20:08,739

remember at one point in time, Tyler and

I had looked at a spot, and we were like,

:

00:20:08,989 --> 00:20:11,079

"We could open up our own distillery-

:

00:20:11,339 --> 00:20:11,449

Yeah.

:

00:20:11,449 --> 00:20:12,829

in the Cotton Exchange."

:

00:20:12,829 --> 00:20:14,639

And then four weeks later, someone

:

00:20:14,639 --> 00:20:15,319

else had done it.

:

00:20:15,319 --> 00:20:15,849

Yep.

:

00:20:15,849 --> 00:20:16,589

And I'm like, "Well."

:

00:20:16,619 --> 00:20:16,819

Well.

:

00:20:16,819 --> 00:20:18,839

It was obviously a good idea.

:

00:20:18,839 --> 00:20:20,219

Right.

:

00:20:20,939 --> 00:20:21,109

Rob: Right.

:

00:20:21,109 --> 00:20:21,549

That's awesome.

:

00:20:21,769 --> 00:20:23,689

Boys: Now, I need someone to...

:

00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:25,689

e- I need someone to put some food-

:

00:20:26,219 --> 00:20:26,289

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:20:26,399 --> 00:20:28,209

Boys: In the like Castle Hayne area.

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Rob: Castle Hayne area.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Boys: Castle Hayne and some point-

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Rob: I'd be lying if I said I

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didn't look all the time, you know?

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Yeah.

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There's

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always opportunity somewhere.

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Like for

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for

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us, we genuinely

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love it, and I I would love

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to be able to

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kind of expand that more, you know.

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Mm.

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We are

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all of

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585 square feet, so we did- Outgrow that

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in

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a sense.

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Yeah.

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But

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for us, you know, we're living

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in

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that space and it's amazing, but

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definitely would love

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a little bit more square

footage Yeah for us to

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do a little

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bit more.

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Boys: And this...

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I mean, it's a great spot, but there's no,

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like...

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You can't, "Hey, let

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me get the space beside us and push out."

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Yeah.

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You know?

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Like...

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Rob: Can't just expand that.

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easy.

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Right.

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The,

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The big

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thing too that we have,

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that

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it's a little different

for the Dailies, we sell

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empanadas also.

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Mm.

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Oh, okay.

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So that's a huge portion

of, you know, what

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we do and, like, we hand-crimp

them all there as well.

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And it's really

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cool- Yeah ... 'cause a lot of

the stuff like we use the boar's

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head meats and stuff like that

that are incorporated into them.

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So it's fun finding that, like niche of,

like how we can use quality products into

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what we

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have, too.

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So like that would be crazy.

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I mean,

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I could

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expand

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empanadas for days.

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Boys: Right.

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Rob: My chef literally

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ate one yesterday and was like,

"Can we do a, b- like a bacon

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barbecue cheeseburger one?"

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And I'm like, "Go ahead and do it."

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Good.

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Let's go.

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Have

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Boys: at it.

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Rob: Do it up.

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Boys: What are your hours down there?

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Rob: right now we're 7:00 in

the morning to 5:00 in the

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afternoon.

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Oh, wow.

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okay.

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We're hoping to expand that a

little bit for the summertime.

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Sundays we're 9:00 to 5:00, but

other than that, we're there 7:00 to

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5:00.

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Boys: Wow.

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Yeah.

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I do

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Sundays, so- Yeah.

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I didn't know that they

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opened at 7:00

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A.

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Rob: Yeah.

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It's,

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Boys: like, breakfast

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sandwiches?

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Rob: Oh, yeah.

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Okay.

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We do

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breakfast all day.

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You know, bacon, bacon, egg,

and cheese and all that.

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We have kaiser rolls

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from Apple Annie's, but our

bread, or bagels, we get,

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From Jess

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Bagels out

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of the Bronx, New York.

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Boys: Oh.

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nice.

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Rob: Okay.

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So you get an authentic, chewy New

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York bagel as well.

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Mm.

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Mm.

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Boys: Wow.

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Rob: we just

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got

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the

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jalapeno cheddar.

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I don't know if you saw that

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one.

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Oh.

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I didn't see that

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this morning.

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That was a new flavor we

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just got added in.

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So it's been

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really

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cool to see-

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We serve

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breakfast all

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day.

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Oh.

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and when

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I say that, I will cook eggs until

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4:00 in the afternoon.

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Like, no joke, I'm there all

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00:22:26,649 --> 00:22:26,929

day

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cooking eggs.

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Boys: Gosh, I can see that.

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00:22:29,419 --> 00:22:29,519

Yeah.

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Like, somebody is like,

"You know, I really want..."

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I am that person.

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00:22:33,909 --> 00:22:34,769

Rob: Yeah.

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You, you and half of Wilmington, honestly.

:

00:22:36,609 --> 00:22:36,769

Yeah.

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00:22:36,799 --> 00:22:36,929

Oh,

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Boys: really?

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00:22:37,279 --> 00:22:41,419

See, I stop- Eggs to me, like,

I don't expect to have it after

:

00:22:41,419 --> 00:22:41,899

1:00.

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Rob: It's me and my chef.

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Yeah.

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And It's so funny, 'cause We'll be back

there like "It's 2:00 in the afternoon.

:

00:22:45,189 --> 00:22:46,259

Like, "Why are we making eggs?"

:

00:22:46,289 --> 00:22:48,489

But Literally everybody all day is like,

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"Breakfast."

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00:22:49,319 --> 00:22:49,399

Yeah.

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00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,029

"Whatever you want, that's

what we're here for, so.

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Yeah.

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Boys: And their bagels

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00:22:53,999 --> 00:22:54,629

are legit.

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Legit.

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00:22:55,069 --> 00:22:59,319

'Cause we went, we went to New

York for Caitlin's engagement.

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Mm-hmm.

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00:22:59,789 --> 00:23:02,669

And we went and hit the

same spot with these bagels.

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00:23:02,869 --> 00:23:05,499

And mind you, up in New

York they were, like,

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00:23:06,239 --> 00:23:06,839

thick.

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00:23:06,869 --> 00:23:06,929

Mm.

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00:23:07,169 --> 00:23:07,329

Yeah.

:

00:23:07,439 --> 00:23:08,369

And these boys, they're

:

00:23:08,369 --> 00:23:10,579

not as thick, but they have that same

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00:23:11,259 --> 00:23:11,989

texture.

:

00:23:12,109 --> 00:23:12,179

Yeah.

:

00:23:12,179 --> 00:23:13,999

That Fluffy airiness to it.

:

00:23:14,449 --> 00:23:14,599

Made

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00:23:14,599 --> 00:23:14,779

with the

:

00:23:14,779 --> 00:23:15,409

same water

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up there.

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00:23:15,739 --> 00:23:15,829

It...

:

00:23:15,829 --> 00:23:16,249

Exactly.

:

00:23:16,249 --> 00:23:17,709

It's a

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00:23:17,849 --> 00:23:18,319

little different.

:

00:23:18,319 --> 00:23:18,799

Yeah,

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00:23:19,049 --> 00:23:19,899

yeah.

:

00:23:20,009 --> 00:23:20,159

Yeah.

:

00:23:20,159 --> 00:23:20,819

Which is crazy to

:

00:23:20,819 --> 00:23:23,259

think that like my

:

00:23:23,259 --> 00:23:27,149

brain never comp- computes that,

hey, we're on the same coast,

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00:23:27,149 --> 00:23:27,999

we're getting the same water.

:

00:23:27,999 --> 00:23:28,689

But you're not.

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00:23:28,939 --> 00:23:31,179

Rob: It, you know, it, it is

so wild too 'cause obviously

:

00:23:31,179 --> 00:23:31,690

they're everybody's

:

00:23:31,690 --> 00:23:33,800

gonna have their own thing,

whether it's the pizza or the

:

00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:34,819

bagels or the Chinese food.

:

00:23:34,819 --> 00:23:35,999

It's always gonna be something, right?

:

00:23:35,999 --> 00:23:38,190

But even I tell my chef,

like, "I have to take you

:

00:23:38,190 --> 00:23:39,859

there and just do a food crawl with you."

:

00:23:39,889 --> 00:23:40,080

Yeah.

:

00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:44,309

'Cause it is so different

and it's So authentic for it,

:

00:23:44,339 --> 00:23:44,459

and

:

00:23:44,459 --> 00:23:45,019

it's awesome.

:

00:23:45,229 --> 00:23:45,830

Like, you get

:

00:23:45,859 --> 00:23:47,179

everything that you ever want

:

00:23:47,179 --> 00:23:47,979

from flavor

:

00:23:48,279 --> 00:23:48,650

down to

:

00:23:48,650 --> 00:23:50,050

u- uniqueness Mm-hmm ...also

:

00:23:50,050 --> 00:23:50,499

with it.

:

00:23:50,789 --> 00:23:51,330

But something as

:

00:23:51,330 --> 00:23:52,539

simple as a bagel or for

:

00:23:52,539 --> 00:23:56,260

me, bread, like sesame seeds on

an Italian bread, it's a must.

:

00:23:56,260 --> 00:23:59,639

Like semolina bread for

me is the only way to go.

:

00:24:00,339 --> 00:24:00,569

Boys: Wow.

:

00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:01,539

Rob: But it's different

:

00:24:01,539 --> 00:24:02,089

for everyone- Yeah

:

00:24:02,089 --> 00:24:02,819

when it comes to it.

:

00:24:04,029 --> 00:24:05,109

Boys: just like when you go

:

00:24:05,109 --> 00:24:05,209

to

:

00:24:05,209 --> 00:24:06,059

New York to eat

:

00:24:06,089 --> 00:24:06,489

up there

:

00:24:06,489 --> 00:24:08,349

too, the whole experience is different.

:

00:24:08,409 --> 00:24:08,470

Yeah.

:

00:24:08,599 --> 00:24:09,519

Like, that's the other part of it

:

00:24:09,519 --> 00:24:09,999

too, I think.

:

00:24:10,370 --> 00:24:10,539

Whether

:

00:24:10,539 --> 00:24:10,669

it's

:

00:24:10,669 --> 00:24:13,449

the water or not, I think part of

it is just the experience of sitting

:

00:24:13,449 --> 00:24:14,489

down and knowing- Yeah ... like, that

:

00:24:14,489 --> 00:24:15,970

Italian family has been there

:

00:24:15,970 --> 00:24:19,650

for, like, six generations making

that pizza the exact same way.

:

00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:20,150

Yeah, exactly.

:

00:24:20,150 --> 00:24:20,749

The whole entire time.

:

00:24:20,749 --> 00:24:21,300

You're Italian?

:

00:24:22,220 --> 00:24:22,319

I

:

00:24:22,319 --> 00:24:23,830

mean, I don't know.

:

00:24:24,109 --> 00:24:27,410

I w- So we went to Switzerland

the other week, and we went...

:

00:24:27,589 --> 00:24:29,770

E- Everyone's like, "Oh,

check out this Italian joint."

:

00:24:29,770 --> 00:24:29,830

Yeah.

:

00:24:29,830 --> 00:24:32,069

I walked in, I'm like,

"Oh, this is great."

:

00:24:32,550 --> 00:24:34,919

And the guy started talking to us,

and I'm like, "That's not Italian."

:

00:24:35,389 --> 00:24:36,899

He's speaking French.

:

00:24:37,050 --> 00:24:37,759

Rob: That's hysterical.

:

00:24:37,759 --> 00:24:40,460

Boys: Because he asked us

a number of people and and,

:

00:24:40,899 --> 00:24:42,169

like, my, the guy

:

00:24:42,169 --> 00:24:45,520

I was with told him,

like, four in Italian.

:

00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,279

And the guy was like, "Okay,"

and set up a table for six.

:

00:24:48,279 --> 00:24:49,020

And I'm like Oh.

:

00:24:49,109 --> 00:24:49,149

Oh,

:

00:24:49,149 --> 00:24:49,270

Rob: they

:

00:24:49,270 --> 00:24:51,929

Boys: weren't speaking

Italian- Yeah ... were

:

00:24:51,929 --> 00:24:51,999

they?

:

00:24:51,999 --> 00:24:52,279

You're

:

00:24:52,279 --> 00:24:53,029

Rob: just going with it.

:

00:24:53,029 --> 00:24:53,869

Boys: Yeah, we're just rolling.

:

00:24:54,169 --> 00:24:54,399

And

:

00:24:54,399 --> 00:24:57,519

one of the guys who showed up with

our group did speak French, and

:

00:24:57,519 --> 00:25:01,209

he's like, "I know enough to order

anything off the menu, so we're good.

:

00:25:01,929 --> 00:25:03,079

But now if you ask me to have a

:

00:25:03,079 --> 00:25:07,089

full, deep conversation about who

you are, no, it's not happening."

:

00:25:07,299 --> 00:25:07,559

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:25:07,809 --> 00:25:08,099

Boys: So.

:

00:25:08,169 --> 00:25:10,429

Rob: I'd be lost but I'll, I'll

point and then- ... we'll try

:

00:25:10,459 --> 00:25:10,499

it.

:

00:25:10,499 --> 00:25:11,619

Right.

:

00:25:12,399 --> 00:25:13,089

" Boys: Yeah, that looks like...

:

00:25:13,659 --> 00:25:14,369

I think that's..."

:

00:25:14,804 --> 00:25:15,554

Pepperonis?

:

00:25:15,554 --> 00:25:15,804

Rob: Right.

:

00:25:15,804 --> 00:25:16,174

Boys: We'll go with

:

00:25:16,174 --> 00:25:16,424

that.

:

00:25:16,484 --> 00:25:16,684

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:25:16,894 --> 00:25:17,634

Boys: Neapolitan.

:

00:25:17,634 --> 00:25:17,754

I'll eat

:

00:25:17,754 --> 00:25:19,074

anything anyway, so that one.

:

00:25:19,394 --> 00:25:19,674

yeah.

:

00:25:19,704 --> 00:25:20,144

Rob: At this point

:

00:25:20,144 --> 00:25:20,234

in my

:

00:25:20,234 --> 00:25:22,934

life, anything I don't have to

prepare for myself, is a good meal.

:

00:25:22,964 --> 00:25:24,394

You know, I cook all day

long- Every day ...so

:

00:25:24,394 --> 00:25:25,204

I just don't want to anymore.

:

00:25:25,564 --> 00:25:25,834

Boys: True.

:

00:25:26,514 --> 00:25:26,714

Rob: I can see that.

:

00:25:26,714 --> 00:25:27,354

"That's the difference, too.

:

00:25:27,354 --> 00:25:28,704

I'm like, I don't wanna.

:

00:25:29,014 --> 00:25:29,404

Boys: Yeah.

:

00:25:29,444 --> 00:25:30,444

Rob: We had mac and cheese for

:

00:25:30,444 --> 00:25:31,224

dinner last night.

:

00:25:31,224 --> 00:25:32,584

Like just mac and cheese.

:

00:25:32,664 --> 00:25:32,774

Yeah.

:

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Like, By the time we get-- 'Cause my

:

00:25:34,334 --> 00:25:35,594

wife works just as much as I

:

00:25:35,594 --> 00:25:35,894

do.

:

00:25:35,924 --> 00:25:37,764

Like I'm at the deli six days

:

00:25:37,764 --> 00:25:40,424

a week, but, you know, she's at

one of the other two stores- Right

:

00:25:40,424 --> 00:25:41,924

bouncing around, doing errands and all.

:

00:25:42,154 --> 00:25:42,254

So

:

00:25:42,254 --> 00:25:43,434

by the time we get home and, you

:

00:25:43,434 --> 00:25:43,594

know,

:

00:25:43,594 --> 00:25:46,544

24 chickens and three dogs, Like we're

:

00:25:46,544 --> 00:25:47,204

Wow ...we're

:

00:25:47,204 --> 00:25:47,584

done.

:

00:25:47,584 --> 00:25:49,024

We don't wanna do anything else.

:

00:25:49,024 --> 00:25:49,304

Boys: Gosh.

:

00:25:50,104 --> 00:25:50,474

So

:

00:25:52,554 --> 00:25:54,304

many thoughts and questions.

:

00:25:54,524 --> 00:25:54,714

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:25:54,754 --> 00:25:56,474

Boys: Is one,

:

00:25:56,474 --> 00:25:58,984

how did you end up with all the chickens?

:

00:26:00,144 --> 00:26:00,354

Because

:

00:26:00,354 --> 00:26:02,904

you can't use the, their eggs at work.

:

00:26:03,074 --> 00:26:03,364

Rob: No.

:

00:26:03,734 --> 00:26:05,334

Boys: So what do you do with all

:

00:26:05,744 --> 00:26:06,034

Rob: of them?

:

00:26:06,034 --> 00:26:07,294

Oh, there's like 15 dozen sitting on my

:

00:26:07,294 --> 00:26:07,644

counter.

:

00:26:07,644 --> 00:26:09,004

We, get, we give so many out.

:

00:26:09,004 --> 00:26:10,184

it's not even funny.

:

00:26:10,234 --> 00:26:10,364

But it

:

00:26:10,364 --> 00:26:10,484

was

:

00:26:10,484 --> 00:26:12,104

funny 'cause it was more

of just like a random

:

00:26:12,104 --> 00:26:12,404

thing.

:

00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:13,404

Like, we had some time.

:

00:26:13,404 --> 00:26:15,524

We always kinda wanted to

like start a little bit more

:

00:26:15,524 --> 00:26:17,024

like farmhouse style.

:

00:26:17,054 --> 00:26:17,174

Yeah.

:

00:26:17,174 --> 00:26:17,264

Right.

:

00:26:17,354 --> 00:26:17,854

So

:

00:26:17,894 --> 00:26:18,314

the wife and I

:

00:26:18,314 --> 00:26:21,074

went to Tractor Supply one day, and

we literally were like, "All right,

:

00:26:21,074 --> 00:26:21,664

let's just do it."

:

00:26:21,664 --> 00:26:21,804

And we

:

00:26:21,804 --> 00:26:22,874

just left with chickens and

:

00:26:22,874 --> 00:26:23,904

all the starter stuff.

:

00:26:24,194 --> 00:26:24,294

They

:

00:26:24,294 --> 00:26:24,854

lived in,

:

00:26:24,854 --> 00:26:25,634

like the front

:

00:26:25,674 --> 00:26:26,834

room of our house.

:

00:26:26,834 --> 00:26:28,104

Mm-hmm ... until they were old enough.

:

00:26:28,134 --> 00:26:28,194

Yeah.

:

00:26:28,394 --> 00:26:28,684

Her and

:

00:26:28,684 --> 00:26:28,804

I

:

00:26:28,804 --> 00:26:29,734

built a chicken

:

00:26:29,734 --> 00:26:31,244

coop together outside.

:

00:26:31,594 --> 00:26:32,084

So we,

:

00:26:32,084 --> 00:26:33,524

like, had the full house and

:

00:26:33,524 --> 00:26:33,974

all that.

:

00:26:34,014 --> 00:26:34,624

And then,

:

00:26:35,274 --> 00:26:35,874

God, I think it's been like

:

00:26:35,874 --> 00:26:37,004

two years, and

:

00:26:37,004 --> 00:26:37,134

they...

:

00:26:37,134 --> 00:26:38,674

I mean, we had the full enclosure,

:

00:26:38,674 --> 00:26:39,164

everything.

:

00:26:39,164 --> 00:26:39,224

Yeah.

:

00:26:39,224 --> 00:26:39,654

She built

:

00:26:39,654 --> 00:26:41,304

them perches, the whole nine.

:

00:26:41,494 --> 00:26:42,154

To the point

:

00:26:42,154 --> 00:26:42,344

to where

:

00:26:42,344 --> 00:26:44,124

like, the, you know, the

:

00:26:45,184 --> 00:26:45,984

chain is starting

:

00:26:45,984 --> 00:26:46,574

to sag and

:

00:26:46,574 --> 00:26:48,364

all that, so, like, we're

hitting our head on it.

:

00:26:48,534 --> 00:26:48,674

Uh-huh.

:

00:26:48,674 --> 00:26:50,164

And we're like, "This has gotta change."

:

00:26:50,194 --> 00:26:50,294

Yeah.

:

00:26:50,294 --> 00:26:53,484

So we had somebody come out and

professionally build us a chicken coop.

:

00:26:53,484 --> 00:26:53,694

Mm-hmm.

:

00:26:54,104 --> 00:26:54,854

We could live in there.

:

00:26:54,904 --> 00:26:55,974

The thing is like a mansion.

:

00:26:55,974 --> 00:26:57,404

It's absolutely amazing.

:

00:26:57,724 --> 00:26:57,854

So

:

00:26:57,854 --> 00:26:58,094

then

:

00:26:58,094 --> 00:26:58,814

w- we moved

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00:26:58,814 --> 00:26:59,964

them, and a friend

:

00:26:59,964 --> 00:27:00,804

who's a teacher.

:

00:27:00,804 --> 00:27:01,614

Mm-hmm ...her

:

00:27:01,614 --> 00:27:04,834

husband calls me and is like,

"Hey she's got chickens that they

:

00:27:04,834 --> 00:27:06,034

just hatched, and they're gonna

:

00:27:06,034 --> 00:27:06,584

sex them

:

00:27:06,584 --> 00:27:07,074

at the school.

:

00:27:07,074 --> 00:27:07,464

Do you guys

:

00:27:07,464 --> 00:27:08,094

want them?"

:

00:27:08,194 --> 00:27:08,614

And I'm like,

:

00:27:09,284 --> 00:27:09,574

Yeah ..."Well,

:

00:27:09,574 --> 00:27:10,254

I guess.

:

00:27:10,254 --> 00:27:11,424

Like, what do you mean do we want them?"

:

00:27:11,424 --> 00:27:13,164

So we just have six new chickens.

:

00:27:13,314 --> 00:27:13,524

Oh, wow.

:

00:27:13,524 --> 00:27:14,644

And then soon we have a

:

00:27:14,644 --> 00:27:14,964

friend

:

00:27:14,964 --> 00:27:15,244

who's gonna

:

00:27:15,244 --> 00:27:18,664

be relocating to Italy, and they've

got a bunch of Polish chickens, so

:

00:27:18,664 --> 00:27:20,414

we'll probably inherit them as well.

:

00:27:20,994 --> 00:27:21,684

Boys: That's crazy.

:

00:27:21,684 --> 00:27:21,854

Dang.

:

00:27:21,854 --> 00:27:22,154

So

:

00:27:22,204 --> 00:27:22,434

Rob: now

:

00:27:22,434 --> 00:27:22,754

we're just the

:

00:27:22,754 --> 00:27:23,354

chicken people.

:

00:27:23,354 --> 00:27:23,554

on

:

00:27:23,554 --> 00:27:23,834

top Okay

:

00:27:23,834 --> 00:27:24,904

of the gnome people, you know?

:

00:27:24,904 --> 00:27:25,184

Gnome people.

:

00:27:25,184 --> 00:27:25,364

Boys: There you

:

00:27:25,364 --> 00:27:25,544

go.

:

00:27:25,734 --> 00:27:26,164

But you don't

:

00:27:26,164 --> 00:27:26,444

live

:

00:27:26,554 --> 00:27:28,224

in Wilmington, so- No ... that's fine.

:

00:27:28,554 --> 00:27:29,174

Rob: Pender County.

:

00:27:29,174 --> 00:27:32,064

We we moved out there, and

we have some land, so it's a

:

00:27:32,064 --> 00:27:33,014

little bit easier, you know?

:

00:27:33,014 --> 00:27:33,474

Boys: Yeah.

:

00:27:33,694 --> 00:27:34,254

Rob: I have no laws out there.

:

00:27:34,254 --> 00:27:35,504

the neighbors don't hate us as much

:

00:27:35,504 --> 00:27:36,854

with the rooster going off-

:

00:27:36,884 --> 00:27:37,114

Boys: True

:

00:27:37,114 --> 00:27:37,264

Rob: all

:

00:27:37,264 --> 00:27:37,684

day long.

:

00:27:38,074 --> 00:27:38,264

Boys: So.

:

00:27:38,264 --> 00:27:39,344

Rob: He thinks it's

:

00:27:39,344 --> 00:27:41,084

5:00 AM literally every hour.

:

00:27:41,084 --> 00:27:41,294

Every

:

00:27:41,294 --> 00:27:42,844

Boys: time he opens

his eyes, it's 5:00 AM.

:

00:27:42,924 --> 00:27:43,254

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:27:43,464 --> 00:27:45,924

We-- And we got two roosters by mistake.

:

00:27:45,924 --> 00:27:46,794

We didn't even go and,

:

00:27:46,794 --> 00:27:47,704

like, pick them out.

:

00:27:47,874 --> 00:27:47,934

Yeah.

:

00:27:47,974 --> 00:27:50,764

They just happened to grow up and

be a rooster, and we're like, "Yeah,

:

00:27:50,764 --> 00:27:51,714

that- That's- ... funny ...that's

:

00:27:51,714 --> 00:27:52,364

where that came from."

:

00:27:53,004 --> 00:27:53,134

So.

:

00:27:53,134 --> 00:27:53,224

Ugh.

:

00:27:53,849 --> 00:27:54,689

But it's not so bad.

:

00:27:54,689 --> 00:27:54,839

Look at

:

00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:55,359

Boys: you having

:

00:27:55,719 --> 00:27:56,629

baby chickens around

:

00:27:56,629 --> 00:27:58,029

now too, with the two roosters?

:

00:27:58,029 --> 00:27:58,369

Rob: You know, it's

:

00:27:58,369 --> 00:27:58,819

wild.

:

00:27:58,819 --> 00:28:00,249

We don't really let them

:

00:28:00,409 --> 00:28:00,899

go broody.

:

00:28:00,899 --> 00:28:01,149

Oh, okay.

:

00:28:01,149 --> 00:28:01,209

We

:

00:28:01,209 --> 00:28:03,279

kind of take the egg from

them because, you know, my

:

00:28:03,279 --> 00:28:04,649

wife's got too much commitment

:

00:28:04,649 --> 00:28:05,339

issues with them.

:

00:28:05,339 --> 00:28:05,449

Yeah.

:

00:28:05,449 --> 00:28:06,279

So, like if they're

:

00:28:06,279 --> 00:28:08,309

babies, she's gonna be there 24/7 with

:

00:28:08,309 --> 00:28:09,099

them, So- Right.

:

00:28:09,099 --> 00:28:09,219

Yeah.

:

00:28:09,479 --> 00:28:10,399

We, we try not to

:

00:28:10,399 --> 00:28:13,129

let them get broody, otherwise

they, they will have so many.

:

00:28:13,709 --> 00:28:13,829

Right.

:

00:28:14,099 --> 00:28:14,459

That, that's

:

00:28:14,459 --> 00:28:15,199

a whole job

:

00:28:15,199 --> 00:28:15,759

in itself.

:

00:28:15,789 --> 00:28:16,879

we could sell eggs- Yeah, sure.

:

00:28:16,879 --> 00:28:17,169

Yeah.

:

00:28:17,199 --> 00:28:18,079

... in different breeds of

:

00:28:18,079 --> 00:28:19,039

chickens, but

:

00:28:19,449 --> 00:28:19,479

Boys: That'd

:

00:28:19,479 --> 00:28:19,819

Rob: be cool ...one

:

00:28:19,819 --> 00:28:20,069

day.

:

00:28:20,259 --> 00:28:20,409

One

:

00:28:20,409 --> 00:28:20,479

day.

:

00:28:20,479 --> 00:28:20,989

Boys: Yeah.

:

00:28:21,219 --> 00:28:21,369

Add

:

00:28:21,369 --> 00:28:21,629

that to

:

00:28:21,629 --> 00:28:21,719

the

:

00:28:21,719 --> 00:28:22,239

repertoire.

:

00:28:22,269 --> 00:28:22,559

Rob: We already

:

00:28:22,559 --> 00:28:24,379

have the name, It's The

Gnome stead Cluckery.

:

00:28:24,809 --> 00:28:26,769

Boys: Oh, that's fantastic.

:

00:28:27,239 --> 00:28:29,439

Please tell me you've already, like,

trademarked it before someone else-

:

00:28:29,469 --> 00:28:29,929

Rob: Oh, we have.

:

00:28:29,929 --> 00:28:30,049

It-

:

00:28:30,049 --> 00:28:30,549

it's good.

:

00:28:30,589 --> 00:28:30,619

Oh.

:

00:28:30,619 --> 00:28:31,439

My wife's

:

00:28:31,439 --> 00:28:33,479

got labels and everything made

for it- Oh, nice ... 'cause we've,

:

00:28:33,479 --> 00:28:34,559

like, thought about selling the

:

00:28:34,559 --> 00:28:35,639

eggs and stuff like that.

:

00:28:35,929 --> 00:28:36,909

It's just a matter of if it was time.

:

00:28:37,539 --> 00:28:39,069

Like we both- For sure genuinely work-

:

00:28:39,519 --> 00:28:39,699

Boys: a lot.

:

00:28:39,699 --> 00:28:40,239

All the time.

:

00:28:40,299 --> 00:28:40,779

Rob: All the time.

:

00:28:41,149 --> 00:28:41,339

Boys: Gosh.

:

00:28:41,459 --> 00:28:42,319

Rob: This is our

:

00:28:42,319 --> 00:28:43,439

day off and- Yeah

:

00:28:43,439 --> 00:28:44,379

you know, a little bit of freedom.

:

00:28:44,379 --> 00:28:45,399

We stopped

:

00:28:45,399 --> 00:28:46,179

up at World

:

00:28:46,179 --> 00:28:47,649

Market and, Oh, yeah ...Big

:

00:28:47,649 --> 00:28:49,479

Lots, And we were like,

"What are "We We don't go

:

00:28:49,479 --> 00:28:49,669

out

:

00:28:49,669 --> 00:28:50,649

ever, so this is fun."

:

00:28:50,649 --> 00:28:51,429

Right.

:

00:28:51,919 --> 00:28:52,089

Boys: Yeah.

:

00:28:52,169 --> 00:28:53,059

Thanks for coming through.

:

00:28:53,239 --> 00:28:53,839

Rob: Thanks for inviting

:

00:28:53,839 --> 00:28:53,899

Boys: us.

:

00:28:53,899 --> 00:28:54,629

Yeah, it was- It's awesome

:

00:28:54,859 --> 00:28:55,799

I ran into him,

:

00:28:56,149 --> 00:28:58,509

obviously, on my Sundays-

Yeah ... to pick up.

:

00:28:58,769 --> 00:28:59,139

So

:

00:29:00,699 --> 00:29:03,049

I learned about Nom Nom

:

00:29:03,049 --> 00:29:08,869

Nom because one of the guys who

cuts hair in Queen Street, I

:

00:29:08,869 --> 00:29:10,439

think Queen Street upstairs- Mm.

:

00:29:10,539 --> 00:29:10,819

Mm.

:

00:29:10,819 --> 00:29:11,449

Was like,

:

00:29:11,519 --> 00:29:11,949

"Hey,

:

00:29:12,329 --> 00:29:12,579

this is

:

00:29:12,579 --> 00:29:14,179

an amazing breakfast sandwich.

:

00:29:14,179 --> 00:29:14,889

You should try it out."

:

00:29:15,249 --> 00:29:16,729

I was like, "Well, I'm off today.

:

00:29:17,039 --> 00:29:17,659

Let's go check it

:

00:29:17,659 --> 00:29:17,899

out."

:

00:29:18,479 --> 00:29:18,709

Heck Yeah.

:

00:29:18,829 --> 00:29:19,019

And then

:

00:29:19,019 --> 00:29:20,169

I told my wife, I'm like,

:

00:29:20,449 --> 00:29:21,449

"This bagel's amazing."

:

00:29:22,749 --> 00:29:26,429

And so we're bagel people, so on

Sunday mornings we get a bagel.

:

00:29:26,719 --> 00:29:26,809

Yep.

:

00:29:27,039 --> 00:29:27,949

And I've...

:

00:29:28,459 --> 00:29:28,929

My first

:

00:29:28,929 --> 00:29:30,409

time I went by myself, which

:

00:29:30,409 --> 00:29:32,339

was stupid- ... because I

:

00:29:32,339 --> 00:29:37,899

got bagels and three empanadas

and some salad and dessert, and

:

00:29:37,899 --> 00:29:39,529

I'm like, "I'm not even high."

:

00:29:39,559 --> 00:29:40,729

I'm just-

:

00:29:40,729 --> 00:29:41,209

Rob: Just good.

:

00:29:41,239 --> 00:29:42,859

Boys: I'm just not allowed to, like, try

:

00:29:42,859 --> 00:29:43,879

new things by myself.

:

00:29:43,969 --> 00:29:44,359

Rob: That's me.

:

00:29:44,374 --> 00:29:44,704

Boys: 'cause- Want

:

00:29:44,704 --> 00:29:45,384

Rob: a little bit of everything

:

00:29:45,384 --> 00:29:46,154

... Boys: a little bit of everything.

:

00:29:46,494 --> 00:29:46,584

Yeah.

:

00:29:46,584 --> 00:29:47,754

And yes, their empanadas are So good.

:

00:29:50,214 --> 00:29:50,604

That's great.

:

00:29:50,604 --> 00:29:50,894

Where did

:

00:29:50,894 --> 00:29:51,014

the

:

00:29:51,014 --> 00:29:51,804

empanadas come from?

:

00:29:51,964 --> 00:29:53,164

Rob: I'm actually half Puerto Rican.

:

00:29:53,204 --> 00:29:53,384

Oh, okay.

:

00:29:53,384 --> 00:29:53,764

Oh, okay.

:

00:29:53,764 --> 00:29:55,034

So for me, it's kind of just like a

:

00:29:55,034 --> 00:29:56,804

normal snack and delicacy.

:

00:29:56,804 --> 00:29:56,924

Yeah.

:

00:29:56,964 --> 00:29:57,114

Yeah.

:

00:29:57,174 --> 00:29:57,654

And then, you

:

00:29:57,654 --> 00:30:01,524

know, I just big back, so we decided

to add some different flavors- ...and

:

00:30:01,524 --> 00:30:02,304

all that to them.

:

00:30:02,624 --> 00:30:04,634

Like, we have a Cubanada,

which is literally a Cuban

:

00:30:04,634 --> 00:30:05,714

sandwich in the empanada.

:

00:30:05,714 --> 00:30:05,994

Ah.

:

00:30:06,354 --> 00:30:07,944

We put pickles in an empanada.

:

00:30:08,184 --> 00:30:08,374

Boys: Hm.

:

00:30:08,624 --> 00:30:08,744

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:30:08,744 --> 00:30:10,174

It's the weirdest- That actually

sounds pretty good ... thing

:

00:30:10,174 --> 00:30:10,774

you could think of,

:

00:30:10,774 --> 00:30:11,244

Yeah but

:

00:30:11,244 --> 00:30:12,194

it is awesome.

:

00:30:12,494 --> 00:30:12,994

It is one of our

:

00:30:12,994 --> 00:30:13,894

top sellers.

:

00:30:14,244 --> 00:30:15,894

So we're about to expand a little

:

00:30:15,894 --> 00:30:16,134

bit

:

00:30:16,134 --> 00:30:16,894

with more of them.

:

00:30:16,944 --> 00:30:18,934

We've got the barbecue cheeseburger one

:

00:30:18,934 --> 00:30:19,614

that he wants to do.

:

00:30:19,614 --> 00:30:19,674

Mm.

:

00:30:19,964 --> 00:30:24,114

and then he's been dying to do a

jalapeno popper style empanada.

:

00:30:24,114 --> 00:30:24,504

So

:

00:30:24,764 --> 00:30:25,164

Boys: The buffalo

:

00:30:25,164 --> 00:30:25,794

chicken was my

:

00:30:26,334 --> 00:30:26,654

Rob: favorite.

:

00:30:26,654 --> 00:30:26,834

Boys: Yeah.

:

00:30:27,484 --> 00:30:28,124

Rob: It's that good.

:

00:30:28,494 --> 00:30:29,114

That's

:

00:30:29,114 --> 00:30:29,424

Boys: my favorite too.

:

00:30:29,644 --> 00:30:31,954

I'm waiting for them to be like,

"Oh, yeah, we have a Gnome food truck

:

00:30:31,954 --> 00:30:32,384

now."

:

00:30:32,424 --> 00:30:33,484

Rob: That would be so awesome.

:

00:30:33,574 --> 00:30:33,964

Boys: Right?

:

00:30:35,884 --> 00:30:36,184

Rob: We did,

:

00:30:36,184 --> 00:30:38,094

It's sad we were fortunate

enough to get a hotdog

:

00:30:38,094 --> 00:30:39,264

cart at Azalea Fest.

:

00:30:39,264 --> 00:30:39,324

Mm.

:

00:30:39,564 --> 00:30:40,344

Boar's Head let us

:

00:30:40,344 --> 00:30:41,894

use their hotdog cart, Mm.

:

00:30:41,954 --> 00:30:43,344

And it opened our eyes up to a little

:

00:30:43,344 --> 00:30:44,044

bit of that avenue.

:

00:30:44,044 --> 00:30:45,264

It was like, this is really cool.

:

00:30:45,534 --> 00:30:46,054

So we now

:

00:30:46,054 --> 00:30:47,154

sell Boar's Head hotdogs

:

00:30:47,154 --> 00:30:48,614

instead of Nathan's Hot Dogs as well.

:

00:30:48,644 --> 00:30:48,914

Oh.

:

00:30:48,954 --> 00:30:48,984

Boys: Oh,

:

00:30:49,024 --> 00:30:49,384

wow.

:

00:30:49,414 --> 00:30:49,554

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:30:49,984 --> 00:30:50,444

So- I didn't

:

00:30:50,854 --> 00:30:51,454

Boys: even know they had hot

:

00:30:51,454 --> 00:30:51,774

dogs.

:

00:30:51,804 --> 00:30:52,094

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:30:52,294 --> 00:30:52,544

And they're-

:

00:30:52,544 --> 00:30:52,924

delicious.

:

00:30:52,954 --> 00:30:53,884

I don't think anyone does.

:

00:30:53,934 --> 00:30:54,724

Yeah.

:

00:30:54,754 --> 00:30:56,444

You know, the big thing

for me, is I've been

:

00:30:56,444 --> 00:30:57,254

Nathan's my entire

:

00:30:57,254 --> 00:30:57,774

life you know.

:

00:30:57,774 --> 00:30:57,804

Mm-hmm.

:

00:30:57,804 --> 00:30:58,774

All-beef hot dogs Right ...and

:

00:30:58,774 --> 00:30:59,764

all that, but The New

:

00:30:59,764 --> 00:31:00,284

Boys: York thing

:

00:31:00,284 --> 00:31:00,554

... Rob: getting

:

00:31:00,554 --> 00:31:02,274

older and, you know, I,

have, you know, heartburn

:

00:31:02,274 --> 00:31:02,674

and all that.

:

00:31:02,674 --> 00:31:02,734

Yeah.

:

00:31:02,734 --> 00:31:03,394

And I just, for me,

:

00:31:03,394 --> 00:31:03,654

it was a

:

00:31:03,654 --> 00:31:05,734

difference of like

quality when you eat it.

:

00:31:05,934 --> 00:31:08,584

I realized like 10 minutes later,

I'm like, I don't have that e- weird

:

00:31:08,584 --> 00:31:10,084

indigestion and stuff like that.

:

00:31:10,114 --> 00:31:10,174

Yeah.

:

00:31:10,394 --> 00:31:11,824

The big thing, Boar's

Head makes their beef

:

00:31:11,824 --> 00:31:12,134

block.

:

00:31:12,214 --> 00:31:15,824

like the beef that they actually produce

their hot dogs with, they make it.

:

00:31:15,824 --> 00:31:16,454

It's not like

:

00:31:16,454 --> 00:31:18,434

it's just random ingredients

Right, right, right ...thrown

:

00:31:18,434 --> 00:31:19,114

together for it.

:

00:31:19,144 --> 00:31:19,194

Oh.

:

00:31:19,194 --> 00:31:22,254

So I think the quality behind

that helps a little bit and just

:

00:31:22,254 --> 00:31:22,314

the

:

00:31:22,314 --> 00:31:23,254

processing, too.

:

00:31:23,924 --> 00:31:24,144

Boys: Oh, neat.

:

00:31:24,384 --> 00:31:24,904

That's good to know.

:

00:31:25,234 --> 00:31:25,964

Never realized that.

:

00:31:26,004 --> 00:31:26,214

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:31:26,254 --> 00:31:27,024

I didn't until

:

00:31:27,024 --> 00:31:28,254

we started to carry them, you

:

00:31:28,254 --> 00:31:28,324

Boys: know?

:

00:31:28,324 --> 00:31:29,264

Yeah.

:

00:31:29,404 --> 00:31:31,814

So y- you'll have to do a, a stop in.

:

00:31:31,904 --> 00:31:32,204

It is...

:

00:31:32,254 --> 00:31:32,324

I

:

00:31:32,324 --> 00:31:34,554

mean, technically you could

pass it on the way into town.

:

00:31:34,714 --> 00:31:35,044

I was thinking

:

00:31:35,044 --> 00:31:35,544

about that.

:

00:31:35,904 --> 00:31:35,964

Yeah.

:

00:31:35,994 --> 00:31:38,194

I was like, if it's s- stuff- We'll

set this up at the deli one day-

:

00:31:38,194 --> 00:31:38,354

and like

:

00:31:38,354 --> 00:31:38,774

Rob: package it nicely ... and

:

00:31:38,774 --> 00:31:40,114

do a big tasting, You know?

:

00:31:40,144 --> 00:31:40,984

Boys: Oh, yeah.

:

00:31:41,434 --> 00:31:42,434

Don't have to ask

:

00:31:42,434 --> 00:31:42,934

Rob: us

:

00:31:42,934 --> 00:31:43,774

Boys: twice.

:

00:31:43,774 --> 00:31:44,114

We can do this.

:

00:31:44,184 --> 00:31:45,464

People look in joke, and they're

:

00:31:45,464 --> 00:31:46,084

like, Oh, you should

:

00:31:46,084 --> 00:31:46,924

set up," and I'm like,

:

00:31:47,574 --> 00:31:48,694

we just have to have the time.

:

00:31:48,944 --> 00:31:49,064

Yeah.

:

00:31:49,064 --> 00:31:49,394

don't

:

00:31:49,564 --> 00:31:51,904

don't give me an option- Yeah ... to

show up at a joint and just try

:

00:31:51,904 --> 00:31:52,304

food-

:

00:31:52,364 --> 00:31:52,554

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:31:52,664 --> 00:31:52,764

Boys: Yeah.

:

00:31:52,764 --> 00:31:52,994

'cause I

:

00:31:52,994 --> 00:31:53,774

will do it.

:

00:31:53,814 --> 00:31:55,224

Rob: We can make this

happen pretty easily.

:

00:31:55,434 --> 00:31:55,964

Boys: That means- That's why

:

00:31:55,964 --> 00:31:57,644

we got the wireless mics now.

:

00:31:57,674 --> 00:31:58,034

True.

:

00:31:58,344 --> 00:31:59,534

We have the wireless mics.

:

00:32:00,094 --> 00:32:04,054

I mean, for the longest time we would

just do on locations- Yeah ... because

:

00:32:04,054 --> 00:32:05,394

we didn't have a place to do it,

:

00:32:05,674 --> 00:32:05,894

So,

:

00:32:06,094 --> 00:32:10,444

Rob: so we do a whiskey pairing with some

like, empanadas and something like that.

:

00:32:10,474 --> 00:32:10,534

Oh.

:

00:32:10,534 --> 00:32:12,374

We'll Just get together

and just figure it out.

:

00:32:12,374 --> 00:32:12,544

I

:

00:32:12,544 --> 00:32:12,984

Boys: like it.

:

00:32:13,164 --> 00:32:13,524

Mm.

:

00:32:13,944 --> 00:32:16,164

Rob: I, I see- Yeah ... some

summer action happening.

:

00:32:16,524 --> 00:32:16,784

Boys: Yeah.

:

00:32:17,374 --> 00:32:17,804

Or...

:

00:32:18,924 --> 00:32:20,924

I mean, is summer, is it

not gonna be hot in there?

:

00:32:21,594 --> 00:32:21,874

Rob: No,

:

00:32:22,174 --> 00:32:22,454

no.

:

00:32:22,514 --> 00:32:23,194

we'll be all right.

:

00:32:23,254 --> 00:32:23,344

Boys: Okay.

:

00:32:23,604 --> 00:32:24,714

Rob: Yeah, we, we keep it pretty

:

00:32:24,714 --> 00:32:25,214

cool in there.

:

00:32:25,214 --> 00:32:25,824

You know, there's a lot

:

00:32:25,824 --> 00:32:26,424

of equipment,

:

00:32:26,424 --> 00:32:29,974

but the big thing is I don't think that

AC has been turned off since I got there.

:

00:32:29,974 --> 00:32:31,244

That

:

00:32:31,244 --> 00:32:32,804

thing is running on overtime.

:

00:32:33,024 --> 00:32:34,164

Yeah, we're, we're pretty fortunate.

:

00:32:34,164 --> 00:32:34,894

We've replaced like

:

00:32:34,894 --> 00:32:35,214

most of the

:

00:32:35,214 --> 00:32:36,754

lights at this point with, like, fans too.

:

00:32:36,754 --> 00:32:37,204

So it does

:

00:32:37,204 --> 00:32:38,284

circulate pretty good.

:

00:32:38,284 --> 00:32:38,444

Good.

:

00:32:38,614 --> 00:32:41,314

And we're actually g- p-

probably this year we'll do some

:

00:32:41,314 --> 00:32:42,884

different graphics on the windows.

:

00:32:43,794 --> 00:32:44,354

We just had a

:

00:32:44,354 --> 00:32:45,454

mural done at the store.

:

00:32:45,814 --> 00:32:46,284

I saw that.

:

00:32:46,284 --> 00:32:46,374

Nice.

:

00:32:46,374 --> 00:32:46,434

It

:

00:32:46,434 --> 00:32:48,054

is absolutely phenomenal.

:

00:32:48,144 --> 00:32:50,754

The artist, MGR Art, is the go-to.

:

00:32:50,784 --> 00:32:50,934

Oh, yeah.

:

00:32:50,934 --> 00:32:51,584

Oh, yeah.

:

00:32:51,614 --> 00:32:51,844

I love her.

:

00:32:51,874 --> 00:32:52,064

Yeah.

:

00:32:52,064 --> 00:32:52,464

Yeah.

:

00:32:52,684 --> 00:32:52,904

So

:

00:32:52,904 --> 00:32:53,594

she's been doing a

:

00:32:53,594 --> 00:32:54,164

lot for us.

:

00:32:54,164 --> 00:32:54,324

Awesome.

:

00:32:54,384 --> 00:32:55,304

And she, yeah.

:

00:32:55,354 --> 00:32:55,754

And she

:

00:32:55,754 --> 00:32:56,844

put out the mural there,

:

00:32:56,844 --> 00:32:57,854

and I was like, "This is

:

00:32:57,854 --> 00:32:59,764

eye-catching," and It is insane.

:

00:33:00,004 --> 00:33:00,484

So we're getting ready

:

00:33:00,484 --> 00:33:00,664

to do

:

00:33:00,664 --> 00:33:01,194

t-shirt

:

00:33:01,194 --> 00:33:02,514

prints and stickers of it, too.

:

00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:03,274

Boys: Perfect.

:

00:33:03,514 --> 00:33:03,584

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:33:03,584 --> 00:33:03,684

Yeah.

:

00:33:03,684 --> 00:33:03,844

it looks

:

00:33:04,054 --> 00:33:04,144

Boys: cool.

:

00:33:04,144 --> 00:33:05,284

I was joking with my wife.

:

00:33:05,284 --> 00:33:05,654

I'm like,

:

00:33:06,024 --> 00:33:06,744

"If you're a place I

:

00:33:06,744 --> 00:33:09,754

frequent and you have a 2XL, I will gladly

:

00:33:09,754 --> 00:33:10,354

wear it."

:

00:33:10,354 --> 00:33:10,924

Rob: Good to know.

:

00:33:10,924 --> 00:33:11,774

Good to know.

:

00:33:12,224 --> 00:33:12,554

Yeah, I didn't

:

00:33:12,554 --> 00:33:13,174

know your sizes.

:

00:33:13,174 --> 00:33:13,594

I was totally

:

00:33:13,594 --> 00:33:14,514

gonna bring you guys T-shirts.

:

00:33:14,514 --> 00:33:14,704

Oh, that's all right.

:

00:33:14,704 --> 00:33:15,104

I just brought

:

00:33:15,104 --> 00:33:16,044

stickers and-

:

00:33:16,074 --> 00:33:16,694

I

:

00:33:16,904 --> 00:33:17,614

Boys: love stickers.

:

00:33:17,614 --> 00:33:18,014

That's fair.

:

00:33:18,014 --> 00:33:19,294

We have a whole- Yeah.

:

00:33:19,324 --> 00:33:21,304

We bought a fun colored beach

:

00:33:21,384 --> 00:33:21,974

cooler-

:

00:33:22,094 --> 00:33:22,424

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:33:22,514 --> 00:33:24,704

Boys: a couple years ago, and

that's literally what it's

:

00:33:24,704 --> 00:33:25,934

for, is for our stickers.

:

00:33:25,934 --> 00:33:26,614

Rob: That's the-

:

00:33:26,784 --> 00:33:27,914

Ooh, the updated...

:

00:33:28,284 --> 00:33:28,564

Oops,

:

00:33:28,564 --> 00:33:28,784

Boys: sorry.

:

00:33:29,654 --> 00:33:33,004

Rob: That's the updated, Sorry ... logo

for the dispensary, and then we have

:

00:33:33,004 --> 00:33:34,384

some of the deli stickers there.

:

00:33:35,384 --> 00:33:35,454

there.

:

00:33:35,454 --> 00:33:35,575

you go.

:

00:33:35,694 --> 00:33:35,914

Boys: Oh.

:

00:33:35,914 --> 00:33:36,554

I'm not, like-

:

00:33:36,554 --> 00:33:36,614

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:33:36,614 --> 00:33:37,965

Here you go.

:

00:33:38,364 --> 00:33:38,715

there you go.

:

00:33:38,864 --> 00:33:38,984

Cool.

:

00:33:39,134 --> 00:33:39,424

Sorry.

:

00:33:40,534 --> 00:33:40,944

Boys: Make a pile.

:

00:33:42,044 --> 00:33:43,245

Rob: Yeah, stickers are a big thing.

:

00:33:43,245 --> 00:33:44,064

People love stickers.

:

00:33:44,064 --> 00:33:44,094

Mm-hmm.

:

00:33:44,094 --> 00:33:47,644

You know, I didn't really realize

that until we put- started

:

00:33:47,644 --> 00:33:48,364

going through a lot of them.

:

00:33:48,954 --> 00:33:49,054

Boys: Yeah.

:

00:33:49,054 --> 00:33:50,024

We have a filing cabinet At our

:

00:33:50,024 --> 00:33:50,434

house, and

:

00:33:50,434 --> 00:33:51,274

that's where our

:

00:33:51,274 --> 00:33:51,794

stickers go.

:

00:33:51,794 --> 00:33:52,034

Yeah.

:

00:33:52,064 --> 00:33:53,324

The whole side of it is just-

:

00:33:53,324 --> 00:33:55,794

Rob: For Christmas, we got

our employees Hydro Flasks.

:

00:33:55,824 --> 00:33:56,074

Oh, yeah, yeah.

:

00:33:56,074 --> 00:33:56,674

And we had special

:

00:33:56,674 --> 00:33:58,394

stickers designed They were all three

:

00:33:58,394 --> 00:33:59,064

businesses,

:

00:33:59,444 --> 00:33:59,654

and it

:

00:33:59,654 --> 00:33:59,864

was

:

00:33:59,964 --> 00:34:00,944

etched on it.

:

00:34:00,944 --> 00:34:01,484

also.

:

00:34:01,784 --> 00:34:01,984

so they

:

00:34:01,984 --> 00:34:02,564

got to fully

:

00:34:02,564 --> 00:34:04,334

sticker it, all of our

hashtags and all that

:

00:34:04,334 --> 00:34:04,704

kind of stuff.

:

00:34:04,734 --> 00:34:04,864

Oh, nice.

:

00:34:04,864 --> 00:34:05,584

So it was really cool.

:

00:34:05,964 --> 00:34:06,364

Boys: Very

:

00:34:06,364 --> 00:34:06,774

nice.

:

00:34:07,094 --> 00:34:08,444

So one day I'll have a business cool

:

00:34:08,444 --> 00:34:09,134

enough to do that.

:

00:34:09,244 --> 00:34:10,083

It's crazy.

:

00:34:10,083 --> 00:34:10,224

It's

:

00:34:10,504 --> 00:34:11,043

Rob: been really-- fun.

:

00:34:11,043 --> 00:34:11,364

We do A lot

:

00:34:11,364 --> 00:34:11,603

of cool

:

00:34:11,603 --> 00:34:13,464

stuff with the employees,

which has been nice.

:

00:34:13,614 --> 00:34:14,313

even this year, like

:

00:34:14,554 --> 00:34:14,744

we're gonna

:

00:34:14,744 --> 00:34:14,984

plan

:

00:34:14,984 --> 00:34:15,034

a

:

00:34:15,034 --> 00:34:16,454

beach day to where it's just like we shut

:

00:34:16,454 --> 00:34:17,004

The Daily down.

:

00:34:17,004 --> 00:34:17,833

It's a mental health day.

:

00:34:17,833 --> 00:34:19,123

We're just gonna- That's awesome ...-go

:

00:34:19,123 --> 00:34:19,454

to the beach.

:

00:34:19,543 --> 00:34:19,804

I don't know

:

00:34:19,804 --> 00:34:20,274

when it's gonna

:

00:34:20,274 --> 00:34:21,444

be, but we'll figure that out.

:

00:34:21,444 --> 00:34:22,694

Boys: It'll have to

:

00:34:22,694 --> 00:34:23,284

be a Tuesday.

:

00:34:23,583 --> 00:34:24,623

Rob: Yeah, one of those days.

:

00:34:24,623 --> 00:34:25,143

like a Monday or

:

00:34:25,143 --> 00:34:25,534

Tuesday.

:

00:34:25,534 --> 00:34:25,623

'Cause

:

00:34:25,623 --> 00:34:29,284

Boys: Monday's the day when everybody

who's in the industry is off, so

:

00:34:29,284 --> 00:34:30,534

you have to do it on Tuesday- Yeah

:

00:34:30,744 --> 00:34:31,634

so it's less people.

:

00:34:31,844 --> 00:34:31,974

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:34:31,974 --> 00:34:32,194

Boys: True.

:

00:34:32,563 --> 00:34:33,393

And you can park.

:

00:34:33,494 --> 00:34:34,853

Rob: Yeah, exactly.

:

00:34:35,154 --> 00:34:36,114

You can actually get there.

:

00:34:36,333 --> 00:34:36,634

Yes.

:

00:34:37,018 --> 00:34:37,498

Boys: so

:

00:34:38,759 --> 00:34:39,268

we've gone through a

:

00:34:39,268 --> 00:34:39,879

bunch of stuff.

:

00:34:40,119 --> 00:34:40,309

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:34:40,339 --> 00:34:41,978

Boys: I do wanna have a, a question.

:

00:34:42,188 --> 00:34:44,168

You just added a dessert to your menu.

:

00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:44,458

Rob: Uh-huh.

:

00:34:44,714 --> 00:34:47,364

Boys: can you tell people what

it was and where you got that

:

00:34:47,364 --> 00:34:47,893

idea from?

:

00:34:47,944 --> 00:34:48,754

'Cause my wife loves

:

00:34:48,754 --> 00:34:48,914

it.

:

00:34:49,134 --> 00:34:49,563

Rob: Which one?

:

00:34:49,563 --> 00:34:50,014

I'm sorry.

:

00:34:50,014 --> 00:34:50,074

The...

:

00:34:50,074 --> 00:34:51,684

Boys: Is it a German cake?

:

00:34:51,724 --> 00:34:52,994

Rob: Oh, the German butter cake?

:

00:34:53,154 --> 00:34:53,414

Boys: Yeah,

:

00:34:53,603 --> 00:34:54,114

Rob: Yeah, the German

:

00:34:54,114 --> 00:34:54,333

butter

:

00:34:54,333 --> 00:34:54,623

cake.

:

00:34:54,623 --> 00:34:55,154

is awesome.

:

00:34:55,154 --> 00:34:55,444

So that

:

00:34:55,444 --> 00:34:57,024

actually c- comes from a bakery out

:

00:34:57,024 --> 00:34:58,014

of New York also.

:

00:34:58,204 --> 00:34:58,504

Boys: Mm.

:

00:34:58,534 --> 00:34:58,824

Rob: A lot

:

00:34:58,824 --> 00:34:59,544

of the sweet

:

00:34:59,544 --> 00:35:01,844

treats that we have-

-come from New York also.

:

00:35:02,214 --> 00:35:02,584

But that

:

00:35:02,584 --> 00:35:03,414

is one of their newer

:

00:35:03,414 --> 00:35:03,604

ones.

:

00:35:03,604 --> 00:35:05,114

It's just a German butter cake.

:

00:35:05,114 --> 00:35:06,934

It's like a super decadent

:

00:35:06,934 --> 00:35:07,944

vanilla style cake

:

00:35:07,944 --> 00:35:08,154

with, like,

:

00:35:08,154 --> 00:35:09,284

sugar on top of it.

:

00:35:09,714 --> 00:35:10,374

See, we

:

00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:10,944

don't have,

:

00:35:10,944 --> 00:35:11,394

like, ice

:

00:35:11,394 --> 00:35:13,484

cream or like sit-down

service but, like that

:

00:35:13,484 --> 00:35:15,834

paired with, like, a scoop

of ice cream would be-- and

:

00:35:15,834 --> 00:35:18,164

warmed up a little bit

would just be amazing.

:

00:35:18,914 --> 00:35:21,254

Boys: I never thought

to do it with ice cream.

:

00:35:21,484 --> 00:35:21,714

Rob: Oh.

:

00:35:21,814 --> 00:35:22,644

wait until next Sunday.

:

00:35:22,644 --> 00:35:23,464

I've got a dessert

:

00:35:23,464 --> 00:35:24,664

for you They just

:

00:35:24,664 --> 00:35:26,024

brought me a...

:

00:35:26,744 --> 00:35:28,294

It's essentially like a tart.

:

00:35:28,504 --> 00:35:28,754

Boys: Mm-hmm.

:

00:35:28,854 --> 00:35:28,974

Rob: And

:

00:35:28,974 --> 00:35:30,774

it's got, like, a vanilla style,

:

00:35:30,774 --> 00:35:31,824

like, cream in the middle.

:

00:35:31,824 --> 00:35:32,474

Boys: Mm.

:

00:35:33,264 --> 00:35:33,344

Rob: It

:

00:35:33,344 --> 00:35:34,984

was so good that I ate half of

:

00:35:34,984 --> 00:35:37,144

it and left the other

half for my chef with my,

:

00:35:37,144 --> 00:35:38,024

Like teeth marks.

:

00:35:38,274 --> 00:35:40,194

You have to eat this.

:

00:35:40,194 --> 00:35:41,794

Like, so we're gonna do, like, a fruit

:

00:35:41,794 --> 00:35:44,705

style tart and put some, like,

strawberries and blueberries and

:

00:35:44,705 --> 00:35:45,834

stuff like that on top of it.

:

00:35:45,834 --> 00:35:46,455

I have to remember that.

:

00:35:46,455 --> 00:35:46,514

it.

:

00:35:46,514 --> 00:35:47,104

Is...

:

00:35:47,415 --> 00:35:47,794

That's gonna

:

00:35:47,794 --> 00:35:50,224

be the newest crave for us for the summer.

:

00:35:50,574 --> 00:35:51,964

Our biscoff banana pudding,

:

00:35:52,354 --> 00:35:54,554

we can't keep in stock, but that

:

00:35:54,554 --> 00:35:56,944

is gonna be the- The new one

the dessert for the summer.

:

00:35:57,235 --> 00:35:57,395

I'm

:

00:35:57,395 --> 00:35:57,664

ready.

:

00:36:00,074 --> 00:36:00,454

Boys: Sorry.

:

00:36:00,454 --> 00:36:03,024

My brain is thinking like, do

I have-- how much time do I

:

00:36:03,024 --> 00:36:04,414

have to eat food next Sunday?

:

00:36:04,584 --> 00:36:04,804

I know.

:

00:36:04,804 --> 00:36:05,044

I'm

:

00:36:05,044 --> 00:36:07,004

Rob: just gonna make you a

doggy bag when you get here.

:

00:36:07,004 --> 00:36:08,554

We're gonna do samples of it all.

:

00:36:09,024 --> 00:36:11,164

Like, this past week we

did a cheese tortellini

:

00:36:11,164 --> 00:36:12,144

pasta salad.

:

00:36:12,144 --> 00:36:12,334

Boys: Mm.

:

00:36:12,584 --> 00:36:14,594

Rob: that Just- it it sold so quickly.

:

00:36:14,994 --> 00:36:15,064

I

:

00:36:15,064 --> 00:36:15,194

had

:

00:36:15,194 --> 00:36:16,394

some hot super saud, some

:

00:36:16,394 --> 00:36:19,434

different sausage, some fresh

mozzarella basil and we chopped

:

00:36:19,434 --> 00:36:21,174

it all, up and threw it together

:

00:36:21,174 --> 00:36:22,574

with cheese tortellini and it's,

:

00:36:23,004 --> 00:36:24,604

it's been the craziest pasta

:

00:36:24,604 --> 00:36:25,434

salad we had this week.

:

00:36:25,864 --> 00:36:25,954

Boys: Nice.

:

00:36:26,914 --> 00:36:28,244

So if you wanna

:

00:36:28,244 --> 00:36:29,334

try new stuff,

:

00:36:29,904 --> 00:36:30,994

check out their menu.

:

00:36:31,154 --> 00:36:31,344

Rob: Come

:

00:36:31,344 --> 00:36:32,524

Boys: as- Do you post it online?

:

00:36:32,654 --> 00:36:32,884

Rob: Yeah,

:

00:36:32,914 --> 00:36:34,104

We're on Instagram Okay and

:

00:36:34,104 --> 00:36:34,864

Facebook.

:

00:36:34,914 --> 00:36:36,304

And our, w- our lunch specials, they

:

00:36:36,304 --> 00:36:37,324

get posted weekly too.

:

00:36:37,324 --> 00:36:37,444

Very

:

00:36:37,834 --> 00:36:37,934

nice.

:

00:36:37,934 --> 00:36:39,084

So they're Monday through Friday.

:

00:36:39,084 --> 00:36:40,454

It's kind of like my chef,

:

00:36:40,454 --> 00:36:41,654

Bob, him and I just kinda

:

00:36:41,654 --> 00:36:43,534

come up with something, and we just put

:

00:36:43,534 --> 00:36:44,064

it out there.

:

00:36:44,284 --> 00:36:44,434

Boys: Okay.

:

00:36:44,434 --> 00:36:44,524

Nice.

:

00:36:44,604 --> 00:36:46,404

Rob: And it's our random

specialty that's not on

:

00:36:46,404 --> 00:36:46,604

the menu.

:

00:36:47,104 --> 00:36:48,114

Boys: Mm-hmm.

:

00:36:48,194 --> 00:36:48,904

So what do you...

:

00:36:48,944 --> 00:36:49,424

what are your

:

00:36:49,424 --> 00:36:49,894

handles?

:

00:36:49,894 --> 00:36:51,204

Is it Nom Nom Nom?

:

00:36:51,224 --> 00:36:53,254

Rob: gnome_nomnom.

:

00:36:53,614 --> 00:36:53,814

Boys: Okay.

:

00:36:53,954 --> 00:36:54,124

Rob: And

:

00:36:54,124 --> 00:36:57,534

then the Gnome Garden is

just gnomegardenilm, and

:

00:36:57,534 --> 00:36:58,884

then Cape Fear Gnomies is

:

00:36:58,884 --> 00:36:59,084

capefear_gnomies.

:

00:36:59,084 --> 00:36:59,764

Very nice.

:

00:36:59,814 --> 00:36:59,954

Very

:

00:37:01,094 --> 00:37:01,484

Boys: Nice.

:

00:37:02,114 --> 00:37:02,484

Very good.

:

00:37:02,484 --> 00:37:03,534

So I have

:

00:37:03,534 --> 00:37:04,974

a few final questions for you.

:

00:37:04,974 --> 00:37:05,254

Yes.

:

00:37:05,594 --> 00:37:06,964

A serious and a fun one.

:

00:37:07,064 --> 00:37:07,254

Rob: Okay.

:

00:37:07,254 --> 00:37:07,324

All

:

00:37:07,414 --> 00:37:07,594

Boys: right.

:

00:37:08,124 --> 00:37:09,534

So my fun question.

:

00:37:09,724 --> 00:37:09,844

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:37:10,714 --> 00:37:10,864

Boys: What's

:

00:37:10,864 --> 00:37:13,514

the difference between

schmear and cream cheese?

:

00:37:13,724 --> 00:37:14,444

Rob: Schmear and cream

:

00:37:14,444 --> 00:37:14,854

cheese.

:

00:37:14,924 --> 00:37:15,774

Schmear is a lot

:

00:37:15,774 --> 00:37:17,644

lighter, and they typically put a

:

00:37:17,644 --> 00:37:18,264

lot more

:

00:37:18,264 --> 00:37:18,674

on there.

:

00:37:19,064 --> 00:37:19,244

Boys: Okay.

:

00:37:19,244 --> 00:37:19,884

That's for sure.

:

00:37:19,884 --> 00:37:20,944

Rob: Cream cheese is just more

:

00:37:20,944 --> 00:37:23,244

of your basic style cream cheese.

:

00:37:23,244 --> 00:37:26,684

There's not really the crazy flavors and

all that to it, for me personally, anyway.

:

00:37:26,984 --> 00:37:27,124

Mm-hmm.

:

00:37:27,124 --> 00:37:27,184

Right.

:

00:37:27,184 --> 00:37:27,844

Schmear is a lot more of,

:

00:37:27,844 --> 00:37:32,174

like, the personally made, you

know, scallions and onions, and like

:

00:37:32,174 --> 00:37:33,544

this is a bacon and cheddar

:

00:37:33,544 --> 00:37:34,254

style.

:

00:37:34,724 --> 00:37:35,294

Cream cheese is a

:

00:37:35,294 --> 00:37:36,514

little bit more basic.

:

00:37:37,774 --> 00:37:37,974

Boys: Okay.

:

00:37:38,785 --> 00:37:40,574

No, I was a- just always curious- 'cause-

:

00:37:40,574 --> 00:37:40,774

Rob: For me.

:

00:37:40,774 --> 00:37:40,974

anyway.

:

00:37:41,215 --> 00:37:42,535

Boys: I didn't even know

there was a difference.

:

00:37:42,804 --> 00:37:43,355

I just thought- Well, I knew

:

00:37:43,355 --> 00:37:44,434

there- ... people from different areas

:

00:37:44,434 --> 00:37:45,044

just call it, like- Yeah

:

00:37:45,044 --> 00:37:45,324

...pop

:

00:37:45,324 --> 00:37:45,814

and soda.

:

00:37:45,814 --> 00:37:46,544

I just, that's what I

:

00:37:46,544 --> 00:37:46,965

thought it was.

:

00:37:46,965 --> 00:37:47,294

Well, I knew

:

00:37:47,294 --> 00:37:49,764

there was a difference when I

would get a bagel, and, like,

:

00:37:50,164 --> 00:37:51,364

the cream cheese was different.

:

00:37:51,364 --> 00:37:51,605

Good, good point.

:

00:37:51,605 --> 00:37:51,804

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:37:51,804 --> 00:37:51,884

Right.

:

00:37:51,884 --> 00:37:52,794

And, like, the c- like,

:

00:37:52,794 --> 00:37:53,934

the amount of cream cheese

:

00:37:53,934 --> 00:37:54,254

you get.

:

00:37:54,254 --> 00:37:56,584

Like- I did notice that ... some

people love seven ounces of

:

00:37:56,584 --> 00:37:58,355

cream cheese on a bagel, and some people

:

00:37:58,355 --> 00:37:59,134

love one

:

00:37:59,134 --> 00:37:59,824

ounce of cream

:

00:37:59,824 --> 00:38:00,374

cheese on a bagel.

:

00:38:00,374 --> 00:38:01,234

Yeah.

:

00:38:01,264 --> 00:38:01,444

You know?

:

00:38:01,444 --> 00:38:01,574

One

:

00:38:01,574 --> 00:38:01,884

Boys: ounce

:

00:38:01,884 --> 00:38:02,134

Rob: of cream cheese.

:

00:38:02,134 --> 00:38:02,954

It, it's crazy.

:

00:38:02,954 --> 00:38:03,614

Like, it's

:

00:38:03,614 --> 00:38:05,174

funny, me and my, my chef, are, we're

:

00:38:05,174 --> 00:38:06,254

two completely...

:

00:38:06,374 --> 00:38:07,395

We're so consistent on

:

00:38:07,395 --> 00:38:08,514

everything except for cream cheese.

:

00:38:08,514 --> 00:38:08,785

Interesting.

:

00:38:09,194 --> 00:38:09,804

'Cause for me,

:

00:38:09,804 --> 00:38:10,054

like, a

:

00:38:10,054 --> 00:38:10,424

cream

:

00:38:10,424 --> 00:38:11,574

cheese bagel, like, I want a little

:

00:38:11,574 --> 00:38:11,974

bit more.

:

00:38:11,974 --> 00:38:13,454

Him, it's like he wants it lighter

:

00:38:13,694 --> 00:38:14,054

'cause of- Yeah ...like

:

00:38:14,054 --> 00:38:14,264

the way

:

00:38:14,264 --> 00:38:15,904

that he toasts it, and I'm like, "No, you

:

00:38:15,904 --> 00:38:16,024

g- you

:

00:38:16,024 --> 00:38:16,364

gotta

:

00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:16,944

put it on."

:

00:38:16,944 --> 00:38:17,594

there."

:

00:38:17,855 --> 00:38:18,544

Boys: Scoop it.

:

00:38:18,804 --> 00:38:19,074

Rob: yeah.

:

00:38:19,184 --> 00:38:23,425

Boys: so- I think it's Einstein's that

puts a ton of schmear on their- Yeah

:

00:38:23,425 --> 00:38:23,825

bagels.

:

00:38:24,024 --> 00:38:24,575

Like, you get,

:

00:38:24,575 --> 00:38:25,535

like, UNCW has

:

00:38:25,535 --> 00:38:26,084

an Einstein's in it.

:

00:38:26,084 --> 00:38:27,374

Oh, okay ... That's when I

was going to college there.

:

00:38:27,774 --> 00:38:30,285

You would get like, this bagel, and

it wouldn't be a huge bagel- Yeah

:

00:38:30,285 --> 00:38:31,234

it wasn't like a true New York bagel.

:

00:38:31,444 --> 00:38:31,825

But when they put

:

00:38:31,825 --> 00:38:32,334

a schmear on

:

00:38:32,334 --> 00:38:34,905

it, it would be, like, this

big now 'cause it's just, like,

:

00:38:35,174 --> 00:38:35,834

Rob: a third of

:

00:38:35,834 --> 00:38:36,024

Boys: it is schmear.

:

00:38:36,024 --> 00:38:36,164

My

:

00:38:36,164 --> 00:38:36,355

wife and I

:

00:38:36,355 --> 00:38:37,795

Rob: stopped for a bagel

this morning, and I was

:

00:38:37,795 --> 00:38:39,094

like, "Can you go light on the cream

:

00:38:39,094 --> 00:38:39,405

cheese

:

00:38:39,405 --> 00:38:39,754

for me?"

:

00:38:39,754 --> 00:38:39,884

Yeah.

:

00:38:39,914 --> 00:38:41,034

And then I, I

:

00:38:41,034 --> 00:38:41,924

got two of them 'cause I'm

:

00:38:41,924 --> 00:38:42,465

husky.

:

00:38:42,465 --> 00:38:43,405

And then s- I

:

00:38:43,405 --> 00:38:44,155

wanted to see the,

:

00:38:44,405 --> 00:38:44,655

like

:

00:38:44,655 --> 00:38:46,564

the difference of the amount

of cream cheese on each of

:

00:38:46,564 --> 00:38:47,204

them- Yeah ... too, And it

:

00:38:47,204 --> 00:38:48,454

was about double.

:

00:38:48,534 --> 00:38:48,924

It was about

:

00:38:48,924 --> 00:38:49,235

double.

:

00:38:49,235 --> 00:38:50,625

and I was like, yeah, I I didn't need all

:

00:38:51,155 --> 00:38:51,215

Boys: that.

:

00:38:51,215 --> 00:38:51,825

That's crazy.

:

00:38:52,235 --> 00:38:52,344

Yeah.

:

00:38:52,344 --> 00:38:53,584

It's, it's painful

:

00:38:53,584 --> 00:38:54,254

'cause I like peanut

:

00:38:54,254 --> 00:38:55,125

butter sometimes.

:

00:38:55,204 --> 00:38:55,524

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:38:55,774 --> 00:38:57,024

Boys: And no one does...

:

00:38:57,235 --> 00:38:59,364

I want peanut butter to be

put on, like, cream cheese.

:

00:38:59,364 --> 00:38:59,765

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:38:59,914 --> 00:39:01,164

Boys: And then they're just

like, "Eh, here's a little bit."

:

00:39:01,164 --> 00:39:01,795

And I'm just

:

00:39:02,224 --> 00:39:02,485

sad.

:

00:39:02,485 --> 00:39:02,545

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:39:02,545 --> 00:39:02,724

Cream

:

00:39:02,724 --> 00:39:03,375

cheese and jelly

:

00:39:03,375 --> 00:39:04,355

is the way to go on a bagel.

:

00:39:05,164 --> 00:39:05,295

Boys: Huh.

:

00:39:05,724 --> 00:39:05,855

Rob: Yep.

:

00:39:06,015 --> 00:39:06,465

Boys: Never thought about that.

:

00:39:06,465 --> 00:39:06,564

It's

:

00:39:06,564 --> 00:39:07,054

Rob: a weird.

:

00:39:07,534 --> 00:39:07,614

Yeah.

:

00:39:07,614 --> 00:39:07,735

Whole

:

00:39:07,735 --> 00:39:08,185

Boys: new flavor ... but

:

00:39:08,185 --> 00:39:08,334

Rob: it.

:

00:39:08,334 --> 00:39:08,995

Boys: seems Messy.

:

00:39:09,174 --> 00:39:09,584

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:39:10,004 --> 00:39:12,334

Boys: Especially at my house

'cause we s- we split the bagels.

:

00:39:12,795 --> 00:39:12,825

Rob: Mm-hmm.

:

00:39:12,825 --> 00:39:12,855

Mm-hmm.

:

00:39:12,904 --> 00:39:13,994

Boys: so real question.

:

00:39:14,104 --> 00:39:14,425

Rob: Yes.

:

00:39:15,324 --> 00:39:15,945

Boys: What does

:

00:39:15,945 --> 00:39:17,134

success look like for you?

:

00:39:17,794 --> 00:39:18,104

Rob: Oof.

:

00:39:19,254 --> 00:39:19,524

That's a,

:

00:39:19,754 --> 00:39:20,824

that's a loaded one

:

00:39:20,824 --> 00:39:21,124

for me.

:

00:39:21,424 --> 00:39:22,454

Success for me, it's

:

00:39:22,454 --> 00:39:22,864

just, you

:

00:39:22,864 --> 00:39:24,134

know, honestly showing up

:

00:39:24,134 --> 00:39:24,774

more every day.

:

00:39:25,184 --> 00:39:25,774

I think the thing

:

00:39:25,774 --> 00:39:26,384

for me,

:

00:39:26,384 --> 00:39:30,874

realizing like my own

self-worth going from corporate

:

00:39:30,874 --> 00:39:34,644

to like our own personal life Mm-hmm

... was just me being present in all aspects

:

00:39:34,644 --> 00:39:38,184

of my life and always being there and

being ready for the next thing, whether it

:

00:39:38,184 --> 00:39:40,044

was something I could handle or not, you

:

00:39:40,044 --> 00:39:40,354

know?

:

00:39:40,354 --> 00:39:41,674

But I think now

:

00:39:41,674 --> 00:39:43,174

looking at it and realizing the

:

00:39:43,174 --> 00:39:46,964

stressors and the differences

that I've always had in my work

:

00:39:46,964 --> 00:39:48,364

life, if you will, and

:

00:39:48,364 --> 00:39:49,304

seeing it now, it's

:

00:39:49,304 --> 00:39:50,234

like, wow, I'm a lot

:

00:39:50,234 --> 00:39:54,444

happier in my own balance and my own pace

in life and doing a lot of the things that

:

00:39:54,444 --> 00:39:57,045

people said I couldn't or wouldn't before.

:

00:39:57,134 --> 00:39:57,295

Yeah.

:

00:39:57,404 --> 00:39:58,634

You know, that was a big thing too,

:

00:39:58,634 --> 00:39:59,884

and it's like finding

:

00:39:59,884 --> 00:40:01,944

that peace of just like the day-to-day

:

00:40:01,944 --> 00:40:03,064

operations are nice.

:

00:40:04,334 --> 00:40:04,594

Boys: Nice.

:

00:40:05,104 --> 00:40:05,234

So

:

00:40:05,234 --> 00:40:05,624

after looking

:

00:40:05,624 --> 00:40:07,295

forward a little bit on success, let's

:

00:40:07,295 --> 00:40:07,774

look back

:

00:40:07,774 --> 00:40:07,814

a

:

00:40:07,814 --> 00:40:08,304

little bit.

:

00:40:09,034 --> 00:40:11,234

If you could tell your younger

self one thing, what would it be?

:

00:40:11,344 --> 00:40:11,754

Rob: Do it.

:

00:40:12,104 --> 00:40:12,164

Do

:

00:40:12,164 --> 00:40:12,224

Boys: it.

:

00:40:12,224 --> 00:40:12,854

Rob: Don't stop.

:

00:40:13,024 --> 00:40:13,604

Don't wait.

:

00:40:13,914 --> 00:40:14,394

You know, I

:

00:40:14,694 --> 00:40:15,134

like I said,

:

00:40:15,134 --> 00:40:17,674

anybody who's ever known

me, al- I- that was

:

00:40:17,674 --> 00:40:17,724

the

:

00:40:17,724 --> 00:40:20,434

first thing they always heard

or knew that I wanted a deli.

:

00:40:20,434 --> 00:40:22,104

and I used to work in the

deli, and I'll have Ah ...a

:

00:40:22,104 --> 00:40:23,265

food space one day.

:

00:40:23,695 --> 00:40:26,144

And seeing it now, like even

:

00:40:26,144 --> 00:40:26,244

when

:

00:40:26,244 --> 00:40:26,664

we first

:

00:40:26,664 --> 00:40:29,335

opened, we were like, really like

this is gonna be a crazy difference.

:

00:40:29,335 --> 00:40:30,994

We don't know what we're walking into.

:

00:40:31,344 --> 00:40:31,604

But, you

:

00:40:31,604 --> 00:40:31,945

know-

:

00:40:32,504 --> 00:40:33,104

there's a lot

:

00:40:33,104 --> 00:40:33,734

more things

:

00:40:33,734 --> 00:40:37,085

that you're capable of doing as soon

as you just hit the ground running.

:

00:40:37,085 --> 00:40:40,214

You know, I didn't have it all

figured out when I started a year ago.

:

00:40:40,244 --> 00:40:40,304

Yeah.

:

00:40:40,434 --> 00:40:40,524

It

:

00:40:40,524 --> 00:40:41,545

was just me

:

00:40:41,765 --> 00:40:42,304

for the first

:

00:40:42,304 --> 00:40:42,774

month of

:

00:40:42,774 --> 00:40:44,424

operations, learning

:

00:40:44,765 --> 00:40:45,835

how to Everything put it together.

:

00:40:45,865 --> 00:40:45,994

Yeah.

:

00:40:45,994 --> 00:40:46,054

You

:

00:40:46,054 --> 00:40:46,295

know?

:

00:40:46,295 --> 00:40:46,744

and then,

:

00:40:46,744 --> 00:40:46,835

you

:

00:40:46,835 --> 00:40:48,994

know, we're, we're very

grateful that now we have

:

00:40:49,244 --> 00:40:51,945

staff who are there,

and the, it's fantastic.

:

00:40:52,234 --> 00:40:53,664

But, you know, it was

:

00:40:53,664 --> 00:40:54,405

a different life

:

00:40:54,405 --> 00:40:55,564

And being able to

:

00:40:56,975 --> 00:40:57,494

do what I

:

00:40:57,494 --> 00:40:57,664

do

:

00:40:57,664 --> 00:40:58,214

now.

:

00:40:58,244 --> 00:40:58,954

I would've loved the

:

00:40:58,954 --> 00:41:01,464

opportunity to have started it earlier.

:

00:41:01,554 --> 00:41:04,464

'Cause For me, I probably would've

moved downtown and never left.

:

00:41:04,835 --> 00:41:05,104

Right.

:

00:41:05,104 --> 00:41:05,664

Yeah.

:

00:41:05,824 --> 00:41:06,324

Like it is

:

00:41:06,324 --> 00:41:07,615

truly amazing.

:

00:41:08,225 --> 00:41:08,534

But now

:

00:41:08,534 --> 00:41:08,765

I got

:

00:41:08,765 --> 00:41:09,585

the taste of the farm

:

00:41:09,585 --> 00:41:10,604

life, so I can't go back.

:

00:41:10,604 --> 00:41:10,835

True.

:

00:41:10,905 --> 00:41:11,734

Boys: Yeah.

:

00:41:11,765 --> 00:41:12,344

I get that.

:

00:41:12,714 --> 00:41:14,094

We, we argue about that.

:

00:41:14,365 --> 00:41:16,734

Like I was sitting at work the

other day, and we were like,

:

00:41:16,734 --> 00:41:18,875

"So we have a house and space."

:

00:41:19,054 --> 00:41:19,234

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:41:19,304 --> 00:41:23,104

Boys: And, like, the people I know

who are in that younger bracket- Yeah

:

00:41:23,104 --> 00:41:27,414

like, under 40, are like, "Yeah, but

we still wanna experience things, so

:

00:41:27,414 --> 00:41:31,655

we'd love to, like, sell our house

and go back," 'cause we did the thing.

:

00:41:31,655 --> 00:41:32,434

You bought a house.

:

00:41:32,584 --> 00:41:32,864

Rob: Yep.

:

00:41:32,864 --> 00:41:33,655

Boys: You have space.

:

00:41:33,655 --> 00:41:36,235

And now we're like, "Yeah, but I

still wanna do stuff, so if I got

:

00:41:36,235 --> 00:41:38,405

a smaller condo or a townhouse,

:

00:41:38,955 --> 00:41:38,994

there's

:

00:41:38,994 --> 00:41:39,894

less maintenance."

:

00:41:40,015 --> 00:41:40,074

Yeah.

:

00:41:40,074 --> 00:41:41,354

And then I could travel more.

:

00:41:41,354 --> 00:41:42,864

And I was like, "Yeah, but then there's

:

00:41:42,944 --> 00:41:43,864

more issues."

:

00:41:43,934 --> 00:41:45,934

Yeah ... 'cause then I have to

share a wall with somebody, and

:

00:41:45,934 --> 00:41:47,535

then I gotta walk my dog, and

:

00:41:47,535 --> 00:41:48,434

I'm lazy and just

:

00:41:48,434 --> 00:41:49,104

wanna let him out.

:

00:41:49,104 --> 00:41:49,214

Just

:

00:41:49,214 --> 00:41:49,754

Rob: open the door.

:

00:41:49,754 --> 00:41:50,244

Boys: Yeah.

:

00:41:50,295 --> 00:41:50,354

Just

:

00:41:50,354 --> 00:41:50,485

Rob: run.

:

00:41:50,875 --> 00:41:51,035

Boys: Just

:

00:41:51,035 --> 00:41:51,334

Go.

:

00:41:52,045 --> 00:41:52,214

We were

:

00:41:52,214 --> 00:41:54,604

talking about that, joking

too, except we also have two

:

00:41:54,604 --> 00:41:54,974

kids.

:

00:41:54,974 --> 00:41:55,095

Oh, yeah.

:

00:41:55,095 --> 00:41:55,354

So that's,

:

00:41:55,354 --> 00:41:58,774

like, impossible to do when you

add kids to the, to the mix.

:

00:41:58,804 --> 00:41:59,414

Yeah.

:

00:41:59,655 --> 00:41:59,785

Yeah.

:

00:41:59,785 --> 00:42:00,414

No.

:

00:42:00,524 --> 00:42:00,765

Please.

:

00:42:01,214 --> 00:42:01,515

Yeah.

:

00:42:01,894 --> 00:42:02,604

They would kick us out in a

:

00:42:02,604 --> 00:42:03,244

heartbeat.

:

00:42:03,405 --> 00:42:03,474

Yeah.

:

00:42:03,474 --> 00:42:05,644

They'd be like- "All we hear is

doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,

:

00:42:05,845 --> 00:42:06,515

doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo."

:

00:42:06,815 --> 00:42:07,414

Rob: Yeah, I think that's

:

00:42:07,414 --> 00:42:07,905

my thing, too.

:

00:42:07,905 --> 00:42:08,184

like I'm

:

00:42:08,184 --> 00:42:08,754

already a light

:

00:42:08,754 --> 00:42:09,125

sleeper.

:

00:42:09,125 --> 00:42:10,194

I couldn't imagine, like hearing

:

00:42:10,194 --> 00:42:11,444

s- like those footsteps- Right

:

00:42:11,444 --> 00:42:12,065

and all that, like,

:

00:42:12,384 --> 00:42:12,554

" Boys: No, no

:

00:42:12,625 --> 00:42:12,774

Rob: No.

:

00:42:13,095 --> 00:42:13,675

No, thank you."

:

00:42:14,634 --> 00:42:14,694

Boys: No.

:

00:42:14,744 --> 00:42:14,904

Phew.

:

00:42:15,735 --> 00:42:16,165

painful.

:

00:42:16,395 --> 00:42:16,465

Yeah.

:

00:42:16,495 --> 00:42:17,215

But I

:

00:42:17,215 --> 00:42:19,165

wanna say thank you- Thank

you ... for coming out.

:

00:42:19,445 --> 00:42:20,645

I know it was a hard thing

:

00:42:21,355 --> 00:42:23,225

to convince you to h- hop on

:

00:42:23,225 --> 00:42:24,415

Rob: here.

:

00:42:24,445 --> 00:42:25,835

Boys: I mean, you do some great work.

:

00:42:25,835 --> 00:42:26,925

You make some great food.

:

00:42:27,305 --> 00:42:28,964

Really appreciate it ... and I

know people appreciate w- the

:

00:42:28,964 --> 00:42:30,355

work you're putting into the city,

:

00:42:30,355 --> 00:42:30,584

so.

:

00:42:30,745 --> 00:42:31,305

Rob: it's been awesome.

:

00:42:31,305 --> 00:42:32,654

I really appreciate you guys.

:

00:42:32,654 --> 00:42:34,584

You know, the last couple weeks,

you know, I was just telling my wife

:

00:42:34,584 --> 00:42:37,834

yesterday too, you know, it's been

very different for us 'cause we have a

:

00:42:37,834 --> 00:42:38,015

lot

:

00:42:38,015 --> 00:42:38,345

of people

:

00:42:38,525 --> 00:42:39,174

cont- coming

:

00:42:39,174 --> 00:42:40,225

up to us, congratulating

:

00:42:40,225 --> 00:42:40,385

us.

:

00:42:40,385 --> 00:42:41,265

They've seen us, you know,

:

00:42:41,265 --> 00:42:42,824

over the year now and- Yeah

:

00:42:42,855 --> 00:42:45,855

you know, it's been very humbling

for us to kinda have that

:

00:42:45,855 --> 00:42:47,544

warm welcome and opportunity.

:

00:42:47,544 --> 00:42:47,875

'Cause

:

00:42:48,125 --> 00:42:48,294

In the

:

00:42:48,294 --> 00:42:50,544

dispensary life, you're a little

bit more closed off, although

:

00:42:50,544 --> 00:42:53,555

people love your products, they

don't necessarily wanna tell people

:

00:42:53,555 --> 00:42:54,494

that they're shopping there- Yeah

:

00:42:54,494 --> 00:42:54,645

and things

:

00:42:54,645 --> 00:42:55,125

like that.

:

00:42:55,274 --> 00:42:55,465

So we're

:

00:42:55,465 --> 00:42:57,015

used to being like, you know, the guys

:

00:42:57,015 --> 00:42:57,564

in the corner.

:

00:42:57,564 --> 00:42:59,305

So now people are like,

"Hey, we like you."

:

00:42:59,305 --> 00:43:01,024

and I'm like, "Ah."

:

00:43:01,925 --> 00:43:01,955

I,

:

00:43:01,955 --> 00:43:02,975

don't know how to act."

:

00:43:02,975 --> 00:43:03,205

Nice.

:

00:43:03,205 --> 00:43:03,265

But

:

00:43:03,265 --> 00:43:03,465

Boys: like-

:

00:43:04,145 --> 00:43:04,265

Rob: I

:

00:43:04,265 --> 00:43:04,785

appreciate it too.

:

00:43:04,785 --> 00:43:05,045

Thank you.

:

00:43:05,045 --> 00:43:05,985

You guys are fantastic.

:

00:43:06,375 --> 00:43:06,745

Boys: That's awesome.

:

00:43:06,745 --> 00:43:07,595

I greatly appreciate it.

:

00:43:07,595 --> 00:43:09,945

and I'm gonna have to stop by

now, knowing- Yes ... that it's

:

00:43:09,945 --> 00:43:11,225

open at 7:00 in the morning now.

:

00:43:11,255 --> 00:43:11,505

Rob: Oh,

:

00:43:11,565 --> 00:43:11,725

Boys: yeah.

:

00:43:11,755 --> 00:43:11,784

Oh,

:

00:43:11,784 --> 00:43:11,845

yeah.

:

00:43:11,845 --> 00:43:12,244

Run by.

:

00:43:12,244 --> 00:43:12,654

Rob: It's me

:

00:43:12,685 --> 00:43:13,435

every morning, so

:

00:43:13,435 --> 00:43:13,994

come and see me.

:

00:43:13,994 --> 00:43:14,205

Definitely.

:

00:43:14,385 --> 00:43:15,324

Sunday is ...it's

:

00:43:15,324 --> 00:43:16,994

the only day I try not to be there.

:

00:43:17,185 --> 00:43:17,375

Right.

:

00:43:17,404 --> 00:43:17,984

Other than that,

:

00:43:17,984 --> 00:43:18,095

you're

:

00:43:18,095 --> 00:43:18,915

getting me whether you

:

00:43:18,915 --> 00:43:19,545

like it or not,

:

00:43:19,615 --> 00:43:19,765

so.

:

00:43:19,765 --> 00:43:19,884

Very

:

00:43:19,884 --> 00:43:20,814

Boys: good.

:

00:43:20,814 --> 00:43:22,935

But he still works Sundays.

:

00:43:22,965 --> 00:43:23,195

Rob: Yeah.

:

00:43:23,244 --> 00:43:23,705

Boys: Well, Yeah.

:

00:43:23,824 --> 00:43:25,465

As a business owner,

you're always working.

:

00:43:25,505 --> 00:43:25,845

Rob: Oh, yeah.

:

00:43:25,935 --> 00:43:25,994

Yeah.

:

00:43:25,994 --> 00:43:27,285

There's always something going on.

:

00:43:27,285 --> 00:43:30,375

Got new designs, New

something, you know, Mm-hmm.

:

00:43:30,375 --> 00:43:31,035

we do all of our...

:

00:43:31,035 --> 00:43:32,435

o- Everything we do in, in-house.

:

00:43:32,465 --> 00:43:33,804

I mean, from our website to...

:

00:43:34,114 --> 00:43:38,274

We just hired a graphic designer, brand

manager and all that several months ago.

:

00:43:38,305 --> 00:43:38,434

Yeah.

:

00:43:38,654 --> 00:43:38,724

But

:

00:43:38,724 --> 00:43:39,285

that's so new

:

00:43:39,285 --> 00:43:39,434

for

:

00:43:39,434 --> 00:43:39,875

us, you know?

:

00:43:39,875 --> 00:43:39,965

Right.

:

00:43:39,965 --> 00:43:41,235

So it's been amazing being able to

:

00:43:41,235 --> 00:43:43,814

kind of pawn that stuff off and

have the Yeah ...opportunity

:

00:43:43,814 --> 00:43:45,265

to do better things.

:

00:43:45,485 --> 00:43:45,575

Boys: Nice.

:

00:43:46,015 --> 00:43:46,335

Awesome.

:

00:43:46,364 --> 00:43:46,744

Very good.

:

00:43:46,774 --> 00:43:46,904

Yes.

:

00:43:47,395 --> 00:43:48,244

So check them out.

:

00:43:48,244 --> 00:43:49,494

They're in the Cotton Exchange.

:

00:43:49,875 --> 00:43:50,904

They're on-

:

00:43:51,154 --> 00:43:51,945

Rob: Courtyard Level.

:

00:43:52,105 --> 00:43:52,555

Boys: There you go.

:

00:43:52,974 --> 00:43:54,244

For me, I

:

00:43:54,894 --> 00:43:56,724

never know, 'cause I show up so early.

:

00:43:56,724 --> 00:43:56,785

Yeah.

:

00:43:56,785 --> 00:43:57,524

I'm like, I don't know which

:

00:43:57,524 --> 00:43:58,104

way to go in."

:

00:43:58,104 --> 00:43:58,234

So

:

00:43:58,234 --> 00:44:02,014

I go in off the- ... the

hill across from- Mm.

:

00:44:02,094 --> 00:44:03,004

Mm-hmm ... the community college.

:

00:44:03,055 --> 00:44:04,805

But technically, you should

be able to come off of Front

:

00:44:04,805 --> 00:44:05,104

Street.

:

00:44:05,254 --> 00:44:05,794

Rob: Absolutely.

:

00:44:06,004 --> 00:44:08,964

Come right in on Front Street,

right b- through the iron gates next

:

00:44:08,964 --> 00:44:09,764

to The Basics.

:

00:44:09,764 --> 00:44:09,824

Mm-hmm.

:

00:44:10,025 --> 00:44:10,184

And we're

:

00:44:10,184 --> 00:44:11,574

basically behind The Basics.

:

00:44:11,845 --> 00:44:14,004

Or if you're coming in off Walnut

Street, you're gonna come up

:

00:44:14,004 --> 00:44:15,834

the steps right above Patty's Hollow,

:

00:44:15,944 --> 00:44:18,025

and we're gonna be right there

Yeah ... in the courtyard for you.

:

00:44:18,404 --> 00:44:18,625

Boys: Sweet.

:

00:44:18,625 --> 00:44:20,284

yeah, so check them out.

:

00:44:20,625 --> 00:44:21,354

rain or shine.

:

00:44:21,354 --> 00:44:21,845

They got some good

:

00:44:21,845 --> 00:44:22,125

food.

:

00:44:22,275 --> 00:44:22,744

Rob: Come and see

:

00:44:22,744 --> 00:44:23,084

us.

:

00:44:23,394 --> 00:44:24,064

Thanks, guys.

:

00:44:24,275 --> 00:44:24,974

Boys: Appreciate you.

:

00:44:24,974 --> 00:44:25,184

Thank you.

:

00:44:25,244 --> 00:44:26,455

We'll catch you guys the next one.

:

00:44:26,654 --> 00:44:27,044

Cheers.

:

00:44:27,044 --> 00:44:27,404

Cheers.

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