LPC is a Winner!

got a text from larry, my boss from the restaurant, at like 7:30 friday night.  it said: can you come here at 9 tonight?  very vague. very random. so i called for some clarity, which i didn't get.  just said it was a " staff meeting of sorts" & i could bring zane.  anyway turns out our restaurant: La Piazza Cafe won TEN different awards (see above coupon for list), making us the most awarded restaurant in Palm Coast for 2009 & the second most awarded restaurant in the county with 200+ restaurants.  one other restaurant - the Golden Lion won one more award then us. so this impromptu "meeting" was purely celebratory.  one of  the coolest awards we won was for "best waitstaff" - i know my one day a week weighed in heavily!=)  the highlight of the night was definitely when jess- one of the night servers dumped the big bucket of ice water that had been chilling the champagne bottles over larry's head. it was a very superbowl-esque moment.  i wish y'all knew larry so you could understand how funny it is to watch this man get ice water dumped over his head.  he is a grumpy-devious-infuriating-hard-working-Italian-Staten-Island-New-Yorker straight out of a movie.  you either love him or hate him, which of course it's mostly the former- he worked his way into all of our hearts, and you know deep down that you're in his.  & di- lar's wife- made this homemade angel food/devil's food cake combination with homemade buttercream frosting & fresh raspberries.  it was divine.  anyway all in all- a very fun night to be apart of & feeling super proud of larry senior, diane & junior for this huge accomplishment!