Another ramble from me.... but I think it's an important one, which includes what we're all about - It is the brink of the week when The Big Bang makes its reappearance on the Oxford scene - We have grown at a terrifying rate, as eight year olds always seem to. Our new home, which I'm hoping you'll come to get a look at over the coming week or two, is much larger, much more central and holds much more potential than our much loved Jericho home, from the past eight years. It's a place which has never been fully embraced by Oxford, but I feel it's time to do so. It has so much potential, so much history and a wealth of character that you can't match anywhere else in the City. With The Big Bang sitting at the heart of it, I feel you now have a Castle Quarter to be truly proud of, and I hope I can count on your support.
We've had a VIP lunch on Wednesday (for some of Britain's most influential tour party operators, I'm never one to start the easy way), then I'm inviting everyone, and I really mean everyone, you included, for an opening night party from 7:30pm on Saturday 29th September. No entry charge, just come down and see what we've done - I'll be putting a couple of free drinks on the bar (as few as I can get away with), doing my best to bring out nibbles throughout the evening and having a cheap bar, even if it's not free, to welcome you to our new place and try to ensure that you regard it as the new heart of Oxford.
I have to admit, in this quiet moment before the storm, that I'm quite nervous. It's a terrific challenge, one that I am delighted by the prospect of, but I have no misconceptions about how hard we are going to have to work, to make this your favourite new Oxford restaurant, yet we have lots of history on our side - People seem to like what we do, and I believe we've just grown all that you love and transported it to a better place.
I'd like to recruit your help, if I may; if you dine here and don't like anything you experience, or just think we can do something a bit better, or even you just want to send us a compliment and tell us we're travelling in roughly the right direction, then please drop me a line, stop me and chat. I'm adamant that the only way to ensure you come here, as opposed to a chain restaurant, is by ensuring we're offering you a home from home, a place for reassuring, unpretentious, local, ethically sourced, affordable and fun food, in a tremendous atmosphere, in what I believe is the smartest courtyard and finest restaurant in Oxford.
Please take our Big Bang newspapers away and share them with schools, colleges and shops around Oxfordshire, tell friends about us, recommend us, think of bringing folks to see us when they visit Oxford, and we'll do our best to give you everything you want in return. In this economy, our promise to you, in return, is that we'll always stay as affordable as we can. We will always source from the most interesting array of Oxfordshire suppliers, so you can always rest assured that you are supporting the components of this county which most need it and when you fancy a Great British, as opposed to an Indian or a Chinese meal, we'll be there, turning out the greatest British classics we can.
I keenly look forward to hearing your thoughts, and to seeing you all shortly
Max
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