Sean Feeney

And it has been amazing to watch people that come in to celebrate and people that need to get picked up.

And I think realizing that it makes that awesome responsibility we have to make it bigger than just a two hour dining experience transactional.

It's really going through this journey of life.

And I think that is what gives us joy.

And I think there's just so many cool ways to do it through modes that currently exist.

And I think there's modes that can exist, whether that's

sending text messages leading up to their dining experience with us, sending surveys after their dining experience with us.

All those things exist.

You get a lot of great information that way.

After the first year of Lilia being opened, it was a wild success in anyone's mind, Missy and mine included.

Having said that, we sat down and said, okay, what could we focus on year two on?

Number one, we were very honest with each other that we were not going to be a wine destination.

We knew we could grow into that.

So let's do that.

Let's find someone who is amazing at wine and like invest in our wine program.

Number two, are we the perfect version of ourselves?

Are we truly the perfect balance between art and commerce?

Are we maximizing our operational efficiency?

I did not know if that was the case.

We were very profitable.