Hello, you guys see me. Trying to get at this, I'm not a tech person just pulled up. I don't even know if you're watching. Hello hello. Can you just see shit? Alright, sorry guys. I wasn't getting any feedback or response from anyone cool. Awesome. Awesome guys so as if you guys haven't the cafe owner in a little bit, but you can go ahead and start eating first. so this place is called MCA FFA they moved into town about how I think that's than a year ago, they're located on Olympic between I believe it's Nola and Elgin near Vermont and election they specialize in coffee drink that's what they started off with. now. I do a variety of food items that's Super del. I used to every morning before and I just wanted to introduce him. but before I begin, that's why we're starting the smoke bomb is because businesses have been hit by this Coven 19 lockdown. Obviously it is in our best interest in social distance. Stay at home to not leave home for essential items unless its board to take care of the order to give support to somebody. But with all of in addition to about to cry right now and should to. Lots of people losing not knowing what their April first we have been struggling. Whoo hold on just a second. This is struggling to keep open. I don't know if you guys like Bubba Guy and 10 locations everybody go on all locations we have restaurants even that I know here in Los Angeles about them being. Caprio Cafe It's Jen has temporarily closed expected to made. Florie expected to win April 30. How are these people gonna survive this coffee and dumb? Closed today they were close today. Hope Cafe close today They were close yet voted will close to their close yesterday so every day that passes a Congress decides not our people. People die financially emotionally mentally and our government job is to be of the people for the people. It's not just such phrases that you can casually throw here and there and it's already been our small businesses are our individuals struggling and with the owner of. Capital be meeting his sales went down 60 percent, so what are we doing? What are we in government? What are we what the sorry I was gonna, but what are we doing? Alright getting that out? tune in I promise. I won't get emotional in the future but tune in tomorrow we might feature a restaurant called Niagara. I don't know but tune in for extra these. some of these locations don't even have delivery or toward available. You're getting it up on board. I know I was talking to Jed and he'll talk more he's made for setting. The delivery service but before let's look at what they offer, this is an OG Chai latte, a tea latte. I have oatmeal. it's amazing That's so good, it's with oat milk and it has the teeth with it where you can actually believe with your latte, Let me just try to see if I can shoot from an angle. so I'm gonna go for a second so this food we're looking at And I I lift them up to show you as well. so there. It's Super Super good. I'll try by right now. Look at that so much cheese in there so much. It's really good one of my favorites. Hmm. See how the cheese melts the sorry I'm talking with my mouth full so I drink out of my paper straws. So you go friendly. I was gonna just take my gosh everything another bite. Just a good. I don't know how I'm gonna eat all before it comes on. This I wouldn't phone so I could show you guys but really good. The grilled cheese sandwiches are unreal because you said. you got a fork. I'll leave myself with chopsticks the cop salad. Evan you like awesome. I can't eat the chicken because I'm Peskin. It's got the chicken. The chicken Really good. Maybe I'll just eat chicken for the the land. This dressing on there. hold on there's still some chicken take it all the time I haven't had it for like 15 years so. Do that now? alright? They do post mates they're trying to get their delivery setup right now but as strong or there's a lot of restaurants that consult the people from Grub from Uber Eats, they all House to the business and verify. so look right here. Oh my gosh there's bacon bacon, but you guys can have it. I can't. I'll put that but yes, avocado salad mouth. So good amazing. Alright. I'm definitely gonna call this. Yeah. it was bacon. The thing is onion right here. I'm moving on the side he has really good. there's special issues they have all the different toast sandwich breakfast menus. I'm a big breakfast person to know me personally I have here sorry guys. I'm just gonna try to see if he's trying to again or not. alright. So I have here a Tater tots Tater tots and I have here the popular matter Well, I like an all member. Jed when he comes and talk about what dishes our favorites, but this is my favorite, it has like so many different cheese in there, plus tomato and everything else If you guys know me egg. so what I'm gonna do. Is do. So here's later tots put my son there. Alright, that's not work. Well, I thought on there. Alright and after that dump this on to here, yeah Bam yes. Recipe forces Tater top yum Who's down for this bar say hey, give me some. So it's about 1217, I think on in like three minutes Rebecca favor free or Hannah or issue or whoever give MCO call and let them know that you can dial in soon just talk to Jed to that zoom link I guess so yeah now, let's go ahead and try tater tots and egg. It's so good. Alright, let's see what's making you guys hungry, go ahead and order they do deliver climates right now. so if you if you are and get a delivery on post mates and you host a picture, I will send you a personal, don't say Hey, what's up? I'm about to eat this. So good thanks for being so so good. Oh my gosh. I don't know how I'm gonna eat this all I could be doing yoga like three hours today. Yoke is like dripping oh man. I wish I capabilities for you. Kind of together last minute because as I was hearing about how this is were struggling, I didn't sleep so I stayed two tens my late and my messages I started crying when I after, she told me global guys like close down I I came back and I was just looking at the different ones and seeing how oh my God it's crazy. That even this food is kept too. So good just one second guys. I'm gonna see if he's trying to plug in and Gonna send a quick invite. but I am really busy so that's fine brother that business you guys more this is my favourite come so this even though I like the other ones too but at my brother like is my name Hmm. I think egg is one of the primary haven't gone. so good though. But what did Oh, hey Me. You can't come to the meeting. Let me invite him this one then really quick and that's the case okay. Sorry guys technical difficulties thanks for being with us. So coffee Now dot com. alright so I did tended to him on the invite So, let's see if he's able to join. Oh, my gosh, I can feel the eggs I love it. So I sent him to zoom meeting. Oh there you go. I think it's something that happened. Yeah Jazz. What's up? Alright. Can you slow down the volume? Yes up? How are you you're mine because of these hater tots? I like put the egg over the top nice good. Thank you say bye. I appreciate it my favorite dishes that I was telling about was this I even show them the toast grilled cheese. huh. Oh this is like the sky. We have a full time but you know with everything we're on like a screw so other than that we're taking over the comb. Yes, tell us how that's been like. I mean it's been tough. just because like I know I'm the operating partner here so many has when you're done. I'm trying to like get everybody more and more as possible in terms of this, but yeah, it's tough. Yeah. when did it start affecting you guys as a business weeks ago that one Monday one cleared so locked down blame. That's when it really, we saw our numbers drop dramatically. Unfortunately, I mean I like to talk a lot like just how blessed we are to be considered like a necessity because a lot of people aren't able to do work. so I mean we're taking the most of it. okay. I mean, where did where any employees laid off yet. we had some plays that are more so part of just from I mean I think what's helped with our situation is that we were worthless. We're about so we were just. We wanted to end on some newest one into in place there will be could keep on just because we're down from like three point two, the people that we kept on how to be able to do everything and the people that we just weren't there yet in terms of their training, so that was really tough for us. Yeah, I mean even at frequent to be like family cozy environment for sure, I'm also translate to your status with you that probably let your mind. It's like how do I take care of this, but those are with me to ensure. They're they're sustainability to go ahead and the bills you know when everybody they're on their game, they're doing their job and then it's as the job the job for else. So I mean, of course, I'd like felt like that I was able to provide for my people. That was that was the tough part. So I mean there's not really much that we can do. We're all like you know, sort of high and just to hear any updates. but yeah, I mean as of right now, we're on lockdown until April 19. Like you guys be okay for the next I means March twentieth. I think that's still about a week More. Three weeks, Yeah, I don't know I mean it's so every time there's a new update like the our business as people feel a little bit more comfortable going out slowly starts to rise. but at the same time I know like right now, just shutdown parks and everything, but he's leaving the House. so what other reason besides the door? Do you want the House shade everybody that comes by coffee? Oh, yeah. it's just it's a tough. yes that you had mentioned earlier like you're still like 60 percent. Yeah, I mean. Half so I don't know if you before, but a lot of people if you've been here, that's in our sales point of our two story cabin spaces really like the sign point. We've always been at Cafe to where people from USC from from Southwestern law and just hang out and just feel like outside a home. so yeah being unable to have where we're trying to product in their coffee just give it keeps on normality that day. Yeah, I mean your bruise like top notch and they know exactly what they're doing every time. I go there. They never mess up on a Dream. Drink or tea drink like your slapdash is they're they're top-notch service engine for that and then have you actually heard of the Boba Guys actually closed down 17 locates this week. Yeah. So I mean after you told me that when we were speak earlier, I compare and I decided like trying to reason why you know they're sitting in, but it does not everybody getting to your bulb's right now we have to. it's like it's tough and for them I I can feel for that guy. I can imagine we have. Eight 10 here right now hold your employees. so I mean after you told me that I was kinda taken back and all the guys was one of the inspirations that we have in terms of like innovation is something different in this and so you know now that being tell us more about like how MCA was you guys moved in to the spot where you know where what is mean mean and it seems like I don't have your breeze is your they know their shit. They know the craft. Yes. yes. Tell us about this story. Okay, or my part my partner I go to the company so Emily actually runs a travel as right now, the travel agency isn't, but they were running buses from here. It's like Grand Canyon stuff like that. so as the child I mean as the buses came through, they wanted to provide but Joe over and decided we're not like another cafe. We want things. I don't really. I can like that line but to say town and he brought me in in terms of branding at first. Have a graphic design background, so I'm a design, but he brought me in for that stuff, but eventually a little more help in terms of made me happy. So it came about. It's called MCO. That's it's short for Mason and Cohen, which is Joe's names. So from the start, it's our in every day or they were in every day and his dog name other shop and yeah, so it's always been family. It's always been like space out of the House. We didn't wanna be too pretentious. We didn't wanna be like we have better coffee than everybody else. We just wanted to provide that keep our mouth shut and let. Take it for what it was. Yeah. That's that's amazing. regards to a lot of people do have they sort of compare not compare well, at least in my circles. We tend to talk about the dual state same conversation, but if you guys have a connection to the capital for sure, I mean to be we had the advantage coffee excuse opponents. Sorry, it's like the cafe you learn so much use money and then you open day. That's the story of my coffee experience. Of Joe's Coffee comes with a lifespan of this, so that forced us to be guest the new kids on the block and be as humble as and take in as much as we can because we had nothing else to be so we brought in simple. I guess that cafe to help us out and really just the ropes as a consultant. They're not this right now. they've gone to. I guess one more court job, but the date lot of our roots was based on how they do it over. The time we wanted something a little bit slower a little bit more intimate cuz great number, they're they're more like grabbing in out compared to much space like chill. So right. Yeah. So I mean a lot of consultants. we have a couple of ways that came from Cafe as well and just like guys it was another institution and we really amazed what we know were there the owner's name is the chance to meet him, but yeah, I'm just like with the stories and how to ship. It's like really honorable and we're. Big fan. Yeah. Yeah. No. I have games, yeah and joy like Bird Cafe The cafe double check the original location during a bomb was sick and I was an amazing story if you read about for those who are well, Thank you so much for sharing that I mean you you did a job on the location and like the the environment upstairs. I know that whenever we go, we like love the music so sometimes sometimes we love that we don't do our work and just link to the music. Yeah, but there's. Come in that like we don't want like some people like it's kinda a little bit and we do parts were like some study test. but on a Friday afternoon, we made it a point to like we're gonna set a vibe here and my partner Joe is really a good place when when people to turn the music down mostly. But if it's like a Friday or Saturday, we'll try and stick as well, makes our place, but in sole and try our personality in the space as much as possible. So I think I'm just thankful for lady. that's around here. It was still like coming by and my whole too. They're amazing, they're 10 percent during think above and beyond coming, you know with the social media like keep on look out for like everything else that other restaurants are doing out there be posted so I mean I can't pull out there like the best for sure. Oh, how are you guys? I don't hold takeout and like there's your sister. Do you have sex or you know, say thankfully with parking lot that makes it a little bit. yeah, that will change a lot. But yeah, I'm sorry about that makes it a lot easier to get people can Park without work that and at the same time we. Weren't need to like step in and grab hub, but at this kinda like us to look into it. so we're setting its and deliveries and purpose to make a lot less contact with you know with other people so people take out they can they can stop by. Can they do foreign voters before they exactly. So I think a man is it's in the link of an Instagram you can go I would recommend calling in to five minutes ahead really help set in your order should be ready by the time outta here. Yeah. What's your Instagram at? That's cool awesome. Delivery services are currently on they can order from well right now why many deliveries were trying to sites, but, as can imagine, I'm sorry wrapped to come out and actually fit busy your story. Make sure it's all planned. so we're taking it little by little but it's very soon. we're we're setting it up as we speak. Okay. So that's probably the first delivery app that people should go to. Yeah. I wanna see how that goes. We've never actually done a delivery. I mean that I'm so like how much cut they take it will do to our business that out and see all the others. If it makes sense. Okay got it. Now, just not going on to the food portion, I know that you're short staffed and you have to go back to kitchen. but before people, though, like I would love to learn how came up with these food items like this is obviously my favorite. I get this all the time the grilled cheese. It's amazing. I don't know you get the bread. Yeah, you know, I have to tell us your OG Charlotte with I've never had this Journal of La. Oh. yeah like I've never in the moment. I tasted it. I've been getting every single time. I go there whether it's awesome version or a cold version like how did you come up with the OG latte the grilled? What are your other favorite food? I can know it's tough like basis. Imma be like really, I mean I have nothing. we went to places like Colombia and blue bottle, we did have their own. He wanted to refine a little bit on each other actually before it goes up so on that and then just think about taste we're inspired by things that like bring your brisket burrito. Joe has really deep breaths on our brisket burrito is alternated and like all these things like that. So there's like little scary in there that kinda show our personality. Yeah right, okay. I'm just gonna. Go down just a little bit just to see if it says this place is unavailable and yeah, there's still getting it up. Yeah. Yeah, that the name is MCO Coffee, not MCO Cafe across MC Poppy MCO. Yes, it's great. so so for that and another person is asking if we want to buy a card. How does that work? and I know that we you and I talked about it with the episode new I mean we're so new. we're just sitting. I just happen. We're about like 16, including our soft opening, so all that stuff for planning to get down there and once our business started to settle down, I think we're also like looking now so give them post like the first thing that we're trying to set up and so. So that coming soon, just I guess keep yeah whether fair food items that you should have done. I should take him like a food items and a lot of people tender or your. it's for sure they calling latte. I think that's what makes us a little bit so that falling lattes are always latte milk espresso and then it's back to zero. So that's pretty easy job. They are most popular last year. okay and then beside so I have the cop salad is really good. The toast I like killed the touchdown. and then the cheese are their food items that are popular items should just relax. I mean we're trying to build this thing like avocado sandwich and we felt that was pretty pretty unique mean our chef. We're still kind of seeing it right now, but it would be like the fried avocado sandwiches what we're really trying to push out there. so I mean with with the oatmeal, we're doing things that are vegan vegetarian the same time you won't even notice it unless so. Yeah, so those two things aren't push forward. Okay cool. now I know just a few more items before you go. what are things I know that like even heard the government, the government or the Senate. they just passed a church only an average which they've been fighting for for days and like any relief will be going home soon. Is there something like you would like be a great thing that business owners like yourself could just do an unlocked on? yeah, I don't. Signed I Grant, I'm sure would be helpful but I don't know that stimulus. I saw some of the the numbers and then what is going out to like individual they acknowledge and they need help on because this is gonna have a very. I guess pretty butterfly effects that is gonna hurt our Street. It's never gonna be like it was before institutions are closing down and just to put everything on Pause on this for like a month, let's do some pretty damage. I can't speak on that. I'm not anywhere near like close to like being my opinion on what we should do, but I'm just trying to prepare for that. In regards to what what are the things that you last minute words in term community or I guess you're asked operations community. I mean no I'd I blood from a third-party perspective. you guys upset kinda good sturdy community. Yeah, which by you, they automatically know coffee like during pre covered and I would always be packed like morning with lines during the afternoon and evening stairs like what is she will bring to you Christian and then any less. That's watching I'm getting a little bit. I mean you know that we are terms of like this, but at the same time for we are torn, we want to test to like stop this virus and do what's best for the people. I wanna believe that we're buying necessity and we are our best to keep everybody in the community, but just an art torn into like should we be open best thing. I just want people to know it's a tough call. It's a tough saying as it to be like we're gonna but at the same time, bring people out in about doing this tall be done with so it's something that I about constantly on an hour. And so if I miss my last words would be like complete the mission and is a popular tweet that I saw just go out. go outside of. Have you complete shambles back. okay and complete the mission. go back this amazing OG latte like at the minimum we got cheese. Yeah, goes typical cafes and restaurants. you guys are hit the hardest right now. A lot of people are just going to the markets and then going home and then they frequency any of the restaurants are, but you guys also a stream insisted. Feed yourself to feature employees and so thank you so much for being on. is there any way that we can help like I mean there's plenty just putting the word we are provisions to our our Instagram I guess so yeah just trying to be there for you guys and what's your Instagram again this time. Yeah at one word. Yeah. so just make sure to follow through with this. we're gonna go live and then we're gonna edit it and then we're gonna all our our platform. Thanks so thank you. Much for coming on yours, I think tomorrow we'll hit up some other strength. Yeah, this is gonna be exciting to see who else you guys doing a great job. I mean your campaign or okay great. Thank you. let us know anything else that we can in the future too. sure. Thank you for stay safe for everybody. Thanks. Alright. Take care. Bye. Alright guys so that was he's really cool guy an amazing guy Like so far, left check share this all with you and we'll try to find out if I can next time have my phone on Zoom and like just do this so you guys can look food but please go out and support. I know that all of us are kind of uncertain about what's what's but you have it if you're able to please go and support even if it's once a week or once every two weeks, whatever your personal things allow because it's so important and another thing you guys can do excuse me my. Gosh, this is my first time doing a multiple on how not burp I have so much guess. TMI but go ahead. be ethically engaged. Call your city Council people call your state reps. Call your federal reps. I don't know if they'll do any good because he's black all your senators do word out that our small businesses now, it doesn't make sense that it's already been two weeks and nothing has happened for anywhere. This is our people because this is what makes up the lifeline and and the core of what America and who America is is is us the. And so go ahead and reach out to those reps tuned to try to probably do one restaurant. It's on the front of her owns a restaurant. They're they're so we'll probably go ahead and share look out Close from us from me or Instagram post for us as to win the next month with the local cafe owner and but okay guys. Alright. Thanks. I'm gonna check out later. Oh. Before I go, visit David Kim 2020 dot com. We have finance director would be like why didn't you mention it? we have if if if ever men is doing is new and we're like for me, I was crying last night up until is it makes you realize that I fucked up in so many ways how it's not even I don't know it seems so easy to just go ahead and solution and then deliver that to that not happening. there's disc. Systemic failure everywhere everything just needs to be changed, November third or if you haven't had a primary election, go out and vote voting is your power go ahead and change things if we mobilize and organize likes, go out and vote to remove career. 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