Each Wednesday, The Citizen features someone in the food services industry from the Finger Lakes community in The Banks:
This week, we spotlight Jennifer Davis of Macs Family Restaurant in Elbridge.
Q. What is the one food you cannot live without?
A. Chocolate. Chocolate. Chocolate!
Q. Fill in the blank. People would be surprised to know that even though I work in the food industry, when I am at home in the kitchen, I __________.
A. Hate to cook.
Q. What do you like most about living and working in the Finger Lakes region?
A. The change of seasons.
Q. If you were given a million dollars to open your own restaurant or bar, describe the bar or restaurant and what type of food you would serve.
A. I would open a family restaurant.
Q. Where would it be located? Why?
A. Sylvan Beach, because this location offers a great cross section of people from central New York.
Q. On the day of your restaurant/bar's grand opening, if you could select anyone in the world to be your first three guests, who would they be?
A. Mark Granger, Bo Bice and my father.
Q. Describe your most embarrassing moment while working on the job.
A. The day I was squeezing hot sauce into a togo cup and I squeezed to hard and the top popped off and went all over me. This was also after an incident with syrup!
Q. What are the attributes of a great boss?
A. Friendly, a good sense of humor and fair.
Q. What have you learned are the top three things to run a successful food business?
A. To have friendly service, great food and a good location.
Q. If you weren't working in the food business what would you like to be doing?
A. Law enforcement.
Q. Ughh. What's the one food which you absolutely can't stomach? Why?
A. Liver. It looks and smells awful.
Q. What is the one food you cannot live without?
A. Chocolate. Chocolate. Chocolate!
Q. Fill in the blank. People would be surprised to know that even though I work in the food industry, when I am at home in the kitchen, I __________.
A. Hate to cook.
Q. What do you like most about living and working in the Finger Lakes region?
A. The change of seasons.
Q. If you were given a million dollars to open your own restaurant or bar, describe the bar or restaurant and what type of food you would serve.
A. I would open a family restaurant.
Q. Where would it be located? Why?
A. Sylvan Beach, because this location offers a great cross section of people from central New York.
Q. On the day of your restaurant/bar's grand opening, if you could select anyone in the world to be your first three guests, who would they be?
A. Mark Granger, Bo Bice and my father.
Q. Describe your most embarrassing moment while working on the job.
A. The day I was squeezing hot sauce into a togo cup and I squeezed to hard and the top popped off and went all over me. This was also after an incident with syrup!
Q. What are the attributes of a great boss?
A. Friendly, a good sense of humor and fair.
Q. What have you learned are the top three things to run a successful food business?
A. To have friendly service, great food and a good location.
Q. If you weren't working in the food business what would you like to be doing?
A. Law enforcement.
Q. Ughh. What's the one food which you absolutely can't stomach? Why?
A. Liver. It looks and smells awful.