Congratulations to Bill Pearson, my boss and owner of the Blue Crab Restaurant, on the great success of your "Wacky Wednesday" breakfast special. You, your kitchen staff and your servers (me) have done an outstanding job. ...more

November 20, 2008

Wal-Mart isn't the only 'Rollin' Back The Prices' place. I found that the Blue Crab restaurant is doing it too. Can you believe 99-cent coffee? In this day and age. And $1.99 for a draft beer. If you look you'll see a rollback on entrees too. It's almost un-American. But not according to Jim Pearson, brother to owner Bill Pearson, it's like offering their customers a "gas break" he told me. "It's a little too soon to tell if it's going to affect the bottom line," Jim said of the price adjustment. What they are hoping for is that an increase in customer volume will offset any loss from the individual meals. Because, Jim says, "When you give to the community quite often it comes back to you." "The customers love it," waitress Terri Trainer said of the new prices. So do I. ...more

June 14, 2008