Mäni’s Blog Café

Mäni's Morsel: "Club Med"... sort of.

In last week's Morsel, Olive Oil or Olive "Oilay", we talked about how fabulous olive oil is and how studies show it's use, in combination with the "traditional" eating practices of the people around the Mediterranean, called "The Mediterranean Diet", can significantly reduce the risk of early death.

So, for those of you not familiar with The Mediterranean Diet, let's take a quick look inside the secrets of this new way of eating... you just might want to join the "club".

Mäni's is Back Open for Business

Our maintenance is complete and we're back in business.  Remember, we're honoring Dine For America today so stop on by for your favorite dessert, soup or entree.  We are donating $1 for every customer who comes in today.

Mäni's Morsel: Is it Olive Oil or Olive "Oilay"?

According to "Olive Oil Health & Nutritional Information", since 11/01/04, the Food and Drug Administration (USA) now permits the following claim on olive oil labels:

"Limited and not conclusive scientific evidence suggests that eating about two tablespoons (23 grams) of olive oil daily may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease due to monounsaturated fat in olive oil. To achieve this possible benefit, olive oil should replace a similar amount of saturated fat and not increase the total amount of calories you eat in a day."

We all know that olive oil is good for you, and many believe it's an "elixir of life", that not only helps prevent heart attacks and arteriosclerosis, it protects against colon cancer, reduces the effects of aging, and may even act as an aphrodisiac!

Hmmm ...for the aphrodisiac effect do we drink it or just rub it all over each other? Was there a deeper symbolic meaning in the fact that Popeye had a thing for Olive Oil?

We may never know, but...

Making Lemonade When Life Gives You A Lemon

Well, we got our lemon alright!  We were hit with a maintenance issue that required us to be closed for 3 days.  Since we're open 18 hours a day 7 days a week, we had to close to take care of a much needed issue.  So we decided to close during our slower days, Monday through Wednesday and re-open on Thursday.  We're very sorry to have inconveniced our valued guests and certainly our regulars!

So during that time we've had an entire company meeting at LACMA in the park and came up with some great ideas from staff to better serve our guests.  As soon as they're implemented, we'll let you all know.

We've finalized our new color scheme for retail, finalized our new casual shirts for retail team members, shopped for new chairs for the restaurant and more.

So that's the lemonade we made from the lemon we were dealt.  We also passed out coffee coupons to customers who came by while we were closed.  If you came by and we were closed, just ask us for your complimentary coffee drink, next time you come to visit us for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack.

Larry

UPDATE: "Dine For America"

Due to a necessary maintenance repair, Mäni's will be closed for business from Monday, October 3rd through Wednesday, October 5th.

Since October 5th is "Dine For America" day across the nation, we will simply use Thursday, October 6th as our personal "Dine For America" day.  Read the "Dine For America" story! http://manisbakerycafe.blogs.com/cafe/2005/09/manis_morsel_oc.html

We really want to be a part of this fundraiser, so Please visit us on Thursday, the 6th!!! For every customer we have on Thursday, we will donate 1 dollar to the "Dine For America" Fund.

Again, it's a great way for you to participate in this fundraiser without donating from your own wallet!

We really encourage you to visit your "second favorite" (participating) establishment on Wednesday the 5th and support "Dine For America".

For more information visit the "Dine For America" website.

We'll see you on Thursday, October 6th. Tell all your friends to come too... make us pay a lot!