Cape Cod Café
Café
society is something that many of us as customers and/or social theorists take
for granted. Cafés are places where we are not simply served hot beverages but
are also in some way partaking of a specific form of public life. Some where
you can go and relax, and there’s also really good food. It is this latter
aspect that has attracted the attention of
social folks.
At Cape Cod Cafe, we are committed to satisfying our customers
with great food and excellent service. We offer a wide variety of delicious
dishes for Lunch and Dinner. Whatever you're in the mood for, you can find it
here! E. James Jamoulis purchased the Cape Cod Café in 1947. He formulated a pizza
recipe and worked day and night to build up the business. He alternated between
the bar and kitchen. Bar pizza was not known by that name around that time. In
the late 70’s James’s son Jim and his wife Lynne took over the business and
made Cape Cod Café what it is today. Although James’s other sons Jimmy and Jonathan
help to keep up the family tradition. It's hard to find a crispy "bar" pizza around this area and Cape
Cod Cafe has it. Their cheese is to die for and the buffalo chicken and bbq
chicken pizzas. T are fabulous with a kick.
As
you walk in the front entrance there are 12 long shaped tables along the side
of the café window with cushioned stools for customers to sit. There is a wide
open front counter where were always there to greet you as soon as you walk in
the door. There is also a pop machine to the far right on the wall of the
store. The customer walks up to the middle of the front counter to place their
order where the 3 cashier stations are located. The customer can also see all
the toppings that would go on the pizza, and get to see everything be done
fresh right in front of them.
From the front, it is also clear to see
through the giant windows on the side of the building to the light and fresh
air in. the nice wooded area outside, is such a nice sit to look at when I’m
out checking tables. Behind and to the left were the giant ovens that hold more
than 300 pizzas. The store's phone where the delivery calls are processed is
located on a shelf behind a wall that extends half way into the store's width.
Behind the phone station is the primary packing station where the pizza dough
is flattened, prepared to be topped, and where the finished pizza is cut and
boxed. To the far right is a high shelf used to stack extra cardboard pizza
boxes.
To
the right of this station is the Hobart dough-mixing machine, which is used to make
and prepare the pizza dough or to shred the block of cheese, right in front of
the customer’s very eyes. Mostly everything we do, sandwiches, pizzas and
salads were in front of the customers. Then to the right of that is the walk in
freezer where many ingredients are kept such as cheese, dough balls, and
toppings. Also, tomatos, peppers, onions (my favorite to cut). Cucumbers,
celery, broccoli, and many more.
The
atmosphere is different every single day, the attitudes of everyone cann effect
you in the matter of seconds. The color of the walls are a subtle green, very
calming. With wide windows open for some lighting. Clean and very comfortable
tables, with children’s booster seats if needed. Customers can range from nice,
to great, to really rude. its always a loud enedergy because of all the
employees talking, the openeing and closing of the ovens, the banging on the
grill.
There’s
also loud noise of pizza pans dropping and phones ringing of the hook with the
girls saying “cafe cod cafe, please hold." sometimes we lost the service,
but they always called back. You can’t even stand still for a second before the
managers are telling you to do soemthing. Then when they tell you to do soemthing
they ask you to stop that and do soemthing else. Then when they see you didnt fisnish
what they ask before, they get mad but their the ones rushing us around.
Sometimes they put alot more pressure on the
girls than they should. Overall working in a rushed crazxy atmosphere like this
is the best, and i wouldnt change it for anything. i work my butt off for these
people and i see that they realize that. A lot of other work places ive seen
dont really respect their employess as much as my job does. We are like a small
knit family, which gets closer every day. We always have each other’s back. Their
always there when I need them and that’s the best, when you actually like your
job and the environment your in.
