When asked how he came to own the restaurant, Joe Gleason simply says, ň€śI was driving by one dayň€¦ and it was for sale.ň€ť The owner of The Ripe Tomato in Malta, NY paints an interesting story of how he launched the quaint upstate New York restaurant after noticing a ň€śFor Saleň€ť sign one day while passing through the town. He also reminisces on his almost 55 years in the food industry having started as a mere dishwasher in Manhattan and purchasing his first of 14 restaurants after only a few short years in the food service industry and with no experience in the ň€śfront-of-the-houseň€ť.
The Rancilio company has been producing high-end espresso machines since 1927, when Roberto Rancilio first established the "Officine meccaniche RR". Today, Rancilio is at the front of the espresso pack. In June 2008 the company expanded by purchasing Ergo coffee systems AG of Switzerland.
Man has always liked sweet things. In times past they braved bee stings before they learnt to control the bees. Later came sugar from cane - so precious that in earlier times it was used more as a condiment is today, merely being sprinkled over food. In more recent times, beets, parsnips, carrots and other foods that are naturally sweet have all been used to provide that sugary flavour. Then, with modern dietetics we began to realise that eating lots of very sweet, fat heavy foods wasn"t the best for the human body.