71dine: An Introduction

Have you ever wondered what drives the owners of your favorite hometown restaurants? Why do they do what they do, and what stories lay hidden behind their unique culinary craft? Welcome to the world of 71dine, a journey into the heart of independently owned eateries in Southern Colorado. This isn't a review show - it's a passion project, focused on unearthing the stories behind the food and the dedicated individuals who serve it. 

Transcript

Joe: 0:16

You're listening to Joe and the 7 One Dine podcast. Welcome to the aforementioned 7 One Dine podcast. I am your host, joe Now, yes, if you visited the website, we were going to do our official launch on Thursday August 31st. However, due to circumstances within our control, we decided to do our official launch on Thursday September 7th. As you might expect, we have received a number of questions wanting to know what 7 One Dine is, what our mission is and why we are here. Many of these questions have come via our website. Many have come through our email, but the vast majority of the questions we have encountered have come from our interactions with the community that is Southern Colorado. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that you have the same, similar or different questions about 7 One Dine. Where do we begin? Let me tell you a brief story.

Joe: 1:24

7 One Dine has been six years in the making Now. I'm not saying it took six years from conception to where we are today. What I'm saying is I kept putting off this podcast to do other podcasts which I thought would have a broader audience. Now I have worked in marketing and advertising in radio, television and print here in Southern Colorado and during that time I fell in love with the independently owned restaurants and the people associated with those establishments. Before we continue, let's pause here, because I know you might be thinking great, another dining review site, like we need one of those. Let me set your mind at ease and tell you that this is not a dining review site. Our focus here is the people, the history and the culture, in that order. What does this mean for you? Well, the answer to that is incredibly simple. We want to share the stories of why these amazing people do what they do day in and day out, the journey that led them to this exact moment, and an understanding of the pride they apply to their craft. Taking it one step further, we also want the stories of the customers what drew them to this restaurant and why they frequent it as often as they do. With that out of the way, won't you please join me on an abridged audio version of our FAQs?

Joe: 2:58

The question we get most often is are you going to post negative reviews? Well, if you remember what I said earlier, we aren't a review site. So if you aren't a review site, you can't post negative reviews. Are you going to post negative stories? Well, no, of course not, because these aren't our stories. These are their stories.

Joe: 3:23

If you haven't posted anything about my favorite restaurant, should we take that as you don't like it? No, of course not. All that means is we haven't had a chance to visit. Well, if that's the case, do you take recommendations or suggestions? Absolutely Easiest way to do that Visit our website at 7oneDinecom, click on the contact page, fill out the recommendation form and then hit submit.

Joe: 3:51

Be honest with me the restaurants are paying you to do this, right? Nope, we don't receive, nor do we ask for, any compensation in any form from any of the restaurants that we post here and share their stories. To expound on that. We cover everything from travel, advertising and promotion, production and, yes, even maintaining the website and this podcast. Of course, it's our sincerest hope that these restaurants that we highlight refer us to those that they know within the industry, and we hope that you recommend this podcast and our website to your friends and family to help us grow and ensure we're going to be around for many years to come.

Joe: 4:37

What do you get out of this? Are you kidding me? I get to travel throughout Southern Colorado with my friends and my family and meet new friends and new families and understand their passion while also pursuing my passion. Unless we forget, I get to share all that passion with you. It's a win, win, win. And last but not least, why are you doing this? I'm not exaggerated when I say that I could do an entire podcast episode based on this one question alone.

Joe: 5:15

In the interest of time and aside from the people, the culture and the food, to us, dining out should be more than just a meal. It should be an experience, and we want you to view it the same exact way. A restaurant is so much more than a location name and the type of food they serve. It really is the people. We want our experience to be your experience. These people aren't just feeding you, they are welcoming you into their home, and one other reason we are big proponents of supporting our community through spending locally.

Joe: 5:55

Stories that we have already uncovered touch on every emotion imaginable. Stories with such a long history they run three and four generations deep Stories that will tug at your heartstrings as you come to know these people and their personal goals and their personal missions. And stories that sound so preposterous, so exaggerated you won't believe they're true. As this introductory episode comes to a close, I want to express my appreciation to those of you who have listened to this episode, who are going to share this episode with your friends and family, and to those of you who are going to keep coming back, week after week, to listen to these incredible stories. Just a reminder our first episode releases Thursday, september 7th. Want to know who it is? Visit our website at 719.com. Don't forget, you can find the 719 podcast on Spotify, apple, google Stitcher, basically wherever podcasts are located. That's where we'll be. Visit us at 719.com.