TASTE OF THE TREASURE COAST
how the service works.
With barely a word spoken between
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them, the servers carry out an
order in a graceful presentation. “It
is all about the service,” Hill-Howell
says. “We work together as a team, a
‘well-oiled machine’ as one customer
said. That was a big compliment.”
“We have a great staff. Most important
I trust them and they trust
me,” Buchner says. “Where would I
be without them? I am nobody.”
Buchner advises even the stuffiest
customers to eat the steak and enjoy
the flavor.
“The closer to the bone, the sweeter
the meat,” he tells them. “You are
in my backyard now so pick up the
bone and eat it.” Other steaks are
sliced off at the bone in the kitchen.
“You get all of the flavor without
wrestling it off the bone.”
At age 72, Buchner shows no signs
of stopping as he operates the restaurant
out of a cubbyhole office barely
larger than a phone booth.
“If I retired it would drive me
crazy,” he says. ‘I love my employees
and my customers are great people.
I am needed here.”
Owners of the adjacent Bunkhouse Coffee Bar, Jeff Blake and Kelly Adams prepare to eat their meal of
salmon and an Idaho baked potato. Private outside dining is popular during the season.
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Fine Northern & Southern Italian Cuisine
• Impressive Wine Selection • Gluten Free Dishes available
• Quaint & Comfortable • Indulge in Dessert
Open Tues. - Sun. 5pm-10pm
512 West 3rd Street, Stuart
772.223.0077 Reserve for 6 or more
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