One of the most important things about a business is the brand. Her daughter, Erica Thompson, helped create it.
“We wanted a name and logo that attracted the good, country locals around here, but still attracted the people traveling through Millen,” Erica Thompson said.
It took Beth and Erica many months to come up with a cute, catchy name and logo. They narrowed down the list to a couple of names, but realized one had been copyrighted.
“After we found out that many of the names we were fond of were copyrighted, we knew we had to be clever and unique,” Beth said. “That’s when we came up with Amazin Grazin.”
Erica was charged with decorating the entire restaurant in a a rustic farmhouse style.
“Finding good and honest help has definitely been the most challenging thing as a restaurant owner,” Beth said. “Every time that I thought I had a good group of girls, one would not show up, or someone would quit. Most of the people I hired were high-school girls that needed some extra spending money. I handle mostly everything in the kitchen, so I mainly needed waitresses and help washing dishes and stuff.”