Meet The Owners! Steve &
Debbye Greer
Steve and I opened The Concord Grill the day after we were
married 22 years ago. On a personal note, even
though I know The Concord Grill is the best restaurant in
St. Louis, we do occasionally tend to eat elsewhere.
I am not the greatest storyteller but do want to share
something with all of you. We have been frequenting
another restaurant, which will remain nameless, for over
25 years from the time we started dating until now.
We went there for my birthday a few months ago.
First of all we noticed they were not very busy. We
also became aware of major modifications that had been
made to their business; changes that made them the famous
restaurant they take pleasure in owning. Serving
bread and butter has been eliminated. There was no
meat on their signature salad and the portions were
definitely smaller while the prices were drastically
higher among other things. Needless to say we will
not be going back. The economy is hurting everyone
and restaurants are on the top of the list. We are
certain many eating establishments have made changes to
absorb the hit of having less business.We
have made a promise to ourselves and now to you, our
valued and appreciated customers, that we will never
compromise our portion size and/or the quality of
food. With food prices on the rise with no decrease
in sight, we try to have coupons available at all times so
you will continue coming in to enjoy our great food.
Times are tough for all of us and we want to make sure you
get the best value for your dollar. Over the past
year or two we have learned not to take anything for
granted. There are so many new restaurants near us
and more to come. We greatly appreciate your
continued patronage when you "choose"
to eat at The Concord Grill. Operating a restaurant
is definitely a challenge, however still so very
rewarding. I am still in the kitchen cooking and
Steve is now working outside of the restaurant. I am
almost always here if you have a question, comment or
concern. Just ask for me and I will do my best to
help.
We have two daughters 18
and 20. Their favorite thing used to be to help me
in the kitchen but once in a while you will see Allison
bussing tables and Jami is a waitress on the
weekends. Allison is graduating from high school
this year and
Jami will be attending Webster University in the fall to
finish getting her degree in Elementary Education and is going on to be an Elementary
School teacher.
Meet
Our Staff
Most of the servers you
see day in and day out have been here for a very long
time. Margie and Kris continue to run things
during the day. They know what you are going to
drink and eat when they see you walk in the door for
lunch. Sometimes they need roller skates to keep up
with the pace but they wouldn't have it any other
way. We also want to thank Jami, Allison, Stacey,
Jesse, Julie, Shawn, Cole, Kaitlin,
Kirsten, Samantha, Krysta, Carol, and Vicky for being such great servers and
bussers. As far as I'm
concerned, all of the employees are appreciated regardless
of the job they perform. Our main goal as a team is
to serve you and satisfy as many customers as
possible. These people are the heart and soul of The
Concord Grill. We could not operate our business
without them.
Meet
Our Customers
If you are
reading this today, you are probably one who is now part
of our extended family. You are our
"regulars" to whom we look forward to seeing
every week and for some, every day. Over the past 22
years, our customers and business associates have become
our friends. We have seen you come in here on first
dates, celebrating birthdays, engagements, graduations and
anniversaries. We have seen you bring your children
and grandchildren back and introducing them to our Concord
Kids Menu. During lunch there is a flow of regular
customers and we greatly appreciate your business.
We take it as a great compliment when we see the same
customers day after day. Performance Automotive, SBC
Graphics, Allen Transmissions, The Linde Group, Kutis
Funeral Home, Mary & Carol from ReMax, Gravois Auto Repair and many local car
dealerships. Believe it or not, we do know many of
your names and your businesses but there are too many to
list. Just know we thank everyone: friends, family,
employees and customers (old and new). Let's try for
another 22 years. Maybe by then I can stop cooking
and just let the "little owners" take over.
A thank you
to some of the best food service companies in the business
- Kenrick's Meats and M&L Foods. I am proud to
be purchasing all of our meat from Kenrick's Meats &
Catering. They are an awesome group of people to do
business with. Our ground chuck is brought in fresh
over 4 times a week and it is the best quality of meat I
have found in 22 years. I have used many many food
companies over the years and the search for "the
best" is over. Thank you Kenrick's!
Looking forward to many more years of doing business with
you.
Most
important - a special thanks to our parents for their
years of support. We never would have made it this
far without them.
Debbye & Steve
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