The Restaurant at the End of the universe - our journey to Gotland Sweden as restaurateurs

2017 Part II In early June we finally received the Molino, now our production costs for the corn tortillas would reduce dramatically...

We closed Bad Wolf just before Christmas, completing our first season in Visby. Our first Christmas with Einar was pretty special, and I...

When I was in Surface Warfare Officer School (SWOS) in 2000 I had gotten a kidney stone, it was the worst most nagging pain of my life...

It was a slow start to the summer of 2016. With the extra employees we hired earlier in the year we felt confident going into the summer,...

We celebrated our first Christmas in Sweden up in the Cantina with a Swedish Julbord (Christmas Table), watching Lord of the Rings and...

As the fall quickly approached and the tourists dwindled we had more time to discuss our business position; from our experience in the...

Nothing says Thanksgiving or Christmas like soft fluffy yeast rolls with cinnamon honey butter. I've served these every year for the past...

Much like the week after our grand opening, the whole month of June was much slower than hoped, in fact as perhaps the only restaurant...

The day of our grand opening was finally here, Tuesday May 5th 2015. It had been a little less than one year from the first time Erik and...

In Sweden bachelor (Svensexa) and bachelorette (Möhippa) parties have only recently grown in popularity, but in the US they are a...

It was still a rather cold February that year and it was snowing when we arrived at Arlanda. It had been a hectic two months getting...

Now it is early December 2014 and Erik and I are frantically planning our move. To put this in a bit of perspective from the time of...

So, finally the day had arrived. We drove out to Gothem on that chilly November morning to view the property. We met with our realtor and...

It's time to make croissants!

After just a few weeks of planning our restaurant concept and working out the estimated budget including rennovations, sales, etc...we...

To back track a little bit and answer the most asked question, Why Gotland? Erik and I first came to Gotland on vacation in 2014 (1 year...

The beginning, our journey to Gotland, Sweden and starting our first restaurant.