The Good Life – September-October 2019
On the cover, Fix It Forward - The Mechanics of Faith, Local Hero, Vietnam Veteran - Mike Gruchalla, Having a Beer with the "Voice of the Bison" and Program Director - Jeff Culhane and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.
On the cover, Fix It Forward - The Mechanics of Faith, Local Hero, Vietnam Veteran - Mike Gruchalla, Having a Beer with the "Voice of the Bison" and Program Director - Jeff Culhane and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.
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<strong>Good</strong> <strong>Life</strong>: Are there any drastic changes you two have<br />
in the works for this place?<br />
Micah Leitel: Our main goal is consistency. We want to<br />
provide the same experience to the guests they’ve come<br />
to expect. For now, we already have an existing clientele<br />
that love the place, so why mess with that? Give them<br />
what they want in the way they want it. Will it be exactly<br />
the same this time next year? I highly doubt it. It will<br />
always evolve.<br />
Anna Weisenburger: We didn’t<br />
want to rip the rug out<br />
from anybody.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are some things that just won’t change because<br />
they’re not broken, but we definitely will slowly put<br />
our mark on things.<br />
GL: What’s something unique about how Rustica<br />
functions?<br />
ML: Our kitchen team is pretty awesome. <strong>The</strong>y’re<br />
very dedicated and disciplined, and that’s kind of rare.<br />
Usually, kitchens are very chaotic places, but ours is<br />
serene. Even on a wild Saturday night, nobody’s fighting<br />
with each other. I can’t recall the last argument that was<br />
in the kitchen. That’s something special.<br />
AW: <strong>The</strong>re’s not a lot of drama. Everybody jives together<br />
really well. Another unique thing about our operation<br />
is that we don’t have a specific dishwasher. Everybody<br />
washes dishes back there. If someone isn’t as busy, they<br />
go wash dishes. It is complete teamwork all across the<br />
board. Nobody is too good for anything.<br />
“<br />
We didn’t want to rip the rug out from anybody.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are some things that just won’t change<br />
because they’re not broken, but we definitely will<br />
slowly put our mark on things.”<br />
— Anna Weisenburger<br />
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