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VERY CULINARYLife has been full of “Pastabilites” for this Charlotte family-run food businessTEXT BY HEIDI BILLOTTOPHOTOGRAPHY BY GERIN CHOINIEREThen and Now - Tommy and DebbieGeorge with son Max just after theshop opened in the black and whiteinsert; in the color shot, Tommy andDebbie George with Dylan George,GM of Pasta & Provisions68 | CHARLOTTE LIVING
THE FORWARDThis story starts by looking back.Circa 1984, Boston, Mass. A young, single Tommy George is looking for workto help pay expenses while he is in school studying Spanish at UMass-Boston.He takes a job with a company called Al Capone Cheese Co., selling wholesalecut-to-order cheeses.Tommy’s education took him to Spain on an exchange program, so the job waspart time at first. It was in Boston, that Tommy met his wife to be, Debbie. Thecouple got engaged in Spain and then found themselves back in Massachusetts.Soon the couple was married and before too much longer, little ones followed –three boys to be exact. In what seemed like no time, the couple had become afamily of five.Tommy needed to take care of his growing family and so went back to workfor Capone, but now he was not only selling cheese, but fresh made pasta as well.Back in the day fresh made pasta was a rare commodity and Tommy sold highquality product to all the big names in the culinary industry. Becausehe was great at what he did and processed anuncanny attention to detail andTommy, Debbie and MichaelGeorge, happy to be outsidethe first ever Pasta &Provisions in Charlotte NCCHAPTER 1 – PROVIDENCE ROADWhen Tommy & Debbie George make a decision to roll, things happenfast. With three young boys – Max, 4 years old; Dylan, 3 years old andSimon, 3 months – they flew down to Charlotte for a week to secure asmall business loan and find a location for a shop all their own. At firstthey thought they would continue with the wholesale format towhich they had been accustomed.But when they found the small shotgun space in the Myers Parkneighborhood on Providence Road, the concept changed gears andwent from wholesale to retail.The couple moved back to Charlotte in the late summer of 1992,signed the loan papers and the shop’s lease all in the same day.offered excellent customerservice, he was invited to big dinners at allthe up and coming places and became a bit of a celebrity in NewEngland culinary circles. Life was good but work was intense.The George’s and their young family were in a city with noextended family support. Tommy feared becoming a workaholic,spending his time and energy building a business forsomeone else and didn’t want that kind of life for himself orhis family.Encouraged by Tommy’s brother Michael, Debbie and Tommydecided to take the leap of faith, write a business plan and opena shop of their own, back home in Charlotte, NC.
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