Riverside Fish House - Gaston Alive Magazine

Servers L-R, Shana Dease, 16 years, Victoria McClure, Pam Spencer, 8 years, Lori Turner, 16 years,Not Pictured-Adam Lane, 16 yearsGA!: Some of your servers have been here 16 years or more-that’s unheard of!Jeff: We love our employees-they are not kin but you would think that they were.GA!: Everything looks and smells great-what are some of the favorites?Jeff: Flounder, green (Calabash) shrimp, and believe it or not, chicken tenders. And we recently installed a firegrill, and our grilled items have really taken off. Lots of fire grilledflavor and healthy too!GA!: What’s the best part about being theowner of Riverside?Jeff: I think Emily loves getting out and talking to folks, and I enjoybeing a manager and leader, and seeing my ideas come to fruition.GA!: Jeff, for folks that haven’t been here-whyshould they give Riverside a try?Jeff: Delicious food, great service and reputation, owned by localfolks that are invested in the community, and the fact that we arenot a bland, cookie cutter franchise-we’re hometown!GA!: What do you and Emily like to do whenyou are not working?Jeff: We don’t get to as much as we would like, but we love totravel, especially the Caribbean. I think Emily’s goal is to visit everyisland in the Caribbean, and we have actually been to quite a few.GA!: What is the funniest or most unusualthing that has happened at Riverside?Jeff: We had a pretty famous college basketball team come inquite a few years ago. They came in the back door and ate in the back dining room so they wouldn’t be mobbedby fans while they ate.>>Article continued on page 32.Riverside Fish Camp1341 Dallas Stanley Hwy • Dallas, NCPhone704-922-836013