HOSPITALITY JEN TOBIAS-STRUSKI HAS THE STORY BEHIND THIS FAMILY AND VETERAN OWN
BUSINESS.
>> OPENING A RESTAURANT DURING A PANDEMIC IT MAY SEEM RISKY TO THE AVERAGE
PERSON BECOME POTTERIES IDEA
WAS ALREADY AN IDEA THAT WE
WERE GOING TO HAVE A YEAR FROM
NOW CHEF MARK SIERRA
ARMY VETERAN, AND OWNER OF
COMPADRES HILL COUNTRY CLUB
SIENA IS QUICKLY MAKING A NAME
FOR HIMSELF HERE
IN BOERNE WITH HIS RIO GRANDE
VALLEY FLAVORS COMBINED WITH
WHAT HE CALLS
TEX MEX WITH THE HILL COUNTRY
TO IS. BUT ALL THIS WOULDN’T BE
IF HE DIDN’T GET LAID OFF FROM
HIS JOB AS A CHEF AND AREA
COUNTRY CLUB. THE GOOD THING IS
MY MILITARY AND STING
KICK THEM. YOU KNOW NOW YOU GOT
TO SURVIVE.
>> WELL ON MY WAY HOME I CALLED
MY WIFE AND I THOUGHT WHAT
HAPPENED SHE DIDN’T BELIEVE
RIGHT. SHE’S LIKE NO YOU’RE
PLAYING YOUR BECAUSE I’M ALWAYS
JOKING AROUND.
SO I TOLD HER SHE’S LIKE NOW OR
ELSE LIKE IT, I’M REALLY COMING
HOME, I GOT LET GO.
>> SO BACK IN THE SPRING WITH
ONLY $390 IN THEIR ACCOUNTS.
THEY STARTED COMBINED RAISE
WITH THE SOCIAL
MEDIA ACCOUNT. COOKIE HAD A
KITCHEN, WE CREATED THE SOCIAL
MEDIA.
>> FRENZY THEY JUST BLEW UP
BECAUSE I JUST STARTED MAKING
IT SOUND LIKE COMPETITORS WAS
ALREADY IN EXISTENCE UP AND
COMING EVERYBODY TOOK A LIKING
TO OUR LOCAL THEY’RE LIKE IT,
PERFECT FOR THE HILL COUNTRY.
BUT SO WE WENT FROM SELLING 30
COURT TODAY OF OUR CHICKEN
PULSE.
ALL THAT 50 COURT TODAY, 60
COURT TODAY, THEN WE JUST
INTRODUCED A SECOND ITEM WHICH
WAS A SOURCE OR AND WAFFLES
OUTSIDE WHICH WE GOT THE NAME
FROM AN 80’S MOVIE THE 3 AMIGOS
AT THIS TIME IS WHEN THE
PANDEMIC WAS REALLY BAD RIGHT
SO NOBODY EVERYBODY WAS AFRAID
TO GET OUT.
SO WE DECIDED I WAS LIKE LOOK I
STAY UP ALL NIGHT COOKING ON
THE SOUP AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
NOW I’M GOING TO COME TO YOU SO
WE WERE DELIVERING ALL THE WAY
TO INGRAM COMFORT
STONE OAK. I MEAN ALL AROUND
THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR LIKE A
MONTH AND A HALF 2 MONTHS.
>> SO WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE FOOD
THAT HAVE BEEN GOING FROM A
$390 INVESTMENT MAKING $4,000
JUST 2 WEEKS OF FOOD
DELIVERIES. HERE’S THE ANSWER.
ONE WORD.
GRANDMA.
>> THEY WERE ALREADY IN THEIR
70’S WHEN THEY TOOK ME ANSWER
THERE 7172. I WAS ONLY
10 MONTHS OLD BY THE TIME I WAS
10 YEARS OLD MY GRANDMOTHER
SUFFERED FROM DIABETES.
LIKE A LOT OF HISPANIC FAMILIES
YOU KNOW RUNS IN THE FAMILY.
SHE WENT BLIND SO WHEN SHE WENT
BLIND.
>> IT STARTED WHERE.
>> THEY HAD A SHE HAD A HOME
HOSPICE SLATING RIGHT THAT
WOULD COME IN COOK FOR
WELL WE REMEMBER WHEN YOU COOK
FOR HER OBVIOUSLY I YOU GOT A
LITTLE ONE WHICH WAS ME I WOULD
ASK WELL WHAT’S FOR LUNCH.
THEY DON’T PAY ME TO COOK FOR
YOU TO PAY ME A CAFE THEM OTHER
MY GRANDMOTHER HEARD THAT VOICE
SHE GOT MAD. RANDOLPH AND SAID
YOU KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO
TEACH YOU WIND. I WANT TO TAKE
YOU.
AND AS REAGAN
TALKED SO, AND THAT SHE JUST I
MEAN SHE SHE JUST TIME
EVERYTHING FROM TOUCH TASTE
FEEL.
>> AND SMELL.
SHE WAS BLIND, SHE WOULD JUST
PUT MY HAND OUT AND SHE WOULD
TELL ME HOW MUCH OF THAT STUFF
TO PUT IN. AND THAT WAS IT WHEN
WE GO TO
A TV. SHE WALKED WITH ME I DID
YOU KNOW SHE WALKING HURRICANE
OR WHATEVER AND SHE WOULD TEACH
ME HOW DID LISTEN TO FRUIT WHAT
TYPE OF MEAT AGAIN STUFF LIKE
THAT. SO THAT’S HOW
I LEARNED.
>> AND THIS IS WHERE YOU’LL
FIND THEM NOW IN THE HEART OF
BOERNE WITH THE FULL ON
RESTAURANT, THIS IS OUR SECOND
VISIT BUT THE FIRST ONE WE.
>> WHEN WE COME BACK WE’RE
GOING TO COME BACK FOR A SECOND
ONE. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT
THE
PATRIOTS GOT.
>> FLAVOR AND YES, EVEN
CELEBRITIES LIKE HIS NEW BUDDY
GOLDBERG CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF
THE FOOD BY IF ANYBODY, THOSE
WITH THE BEST THING THEY HAVE
ON THE MENU IS AND SIT HIM HE’S
GOING TO BE SMOKING LESSON.
YEAH, YOU KNOW MEAN WHY NOT
LEARN FROM THE BEST.
>> THERE’S
A VERY A CLOSE AND VERY WORK
ETHIC THAT IS INVOLVED YOU KNOW
WITH WITH WITH WHO I AM.
>> PROVING WITH HARD WORK AND