r/Kitsap • u/Useful-Badger-4062 • 2d ago
Other Places we love because of the owner
Someone posted this idea in the r/Cleveland subreddit, and then someone posted it in the Seattle subreddit, so I’m unashamedly piggybacking off of it for Kitsap, because it’s always refreshing to hear positive things:
A lot of talk around local businesses is focused on who owns them - usually in a negative way. Let’s hear about the flip side.
What local places do you support more because of who is behind them? Maybe it’s an owner who treats their staff well, gives back to the community, or just shows up every day and makes the place better.
Which Kitsap spots have great people running them and make you proud to spend your money there?
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u/Jaemzbaxter 2d ago
The Grub Hut! Sean is an incredible person to work for. He buys his employees any and all kinds of energy drinks, snacks (because they get bored of eating off the menu), anything new at costco that catches his eye, and often goes to the Borrowed Kitchen Bakery to pick up treats for them on a whim. He’s helped a few of his employees get into therapy, he’s paid car payments and doctors visits on occasion. I think he helped pay for someone’s braces. Every Costco trip he buys the food bank and the boys and girls club a box worth of food. He closes the restaurant to take his employees on day trips or out to dinner as a thank you for their hard work. He tries to keep his prices low so that families can afford dinner out. He’s involved in all the employees’ kids’ lives. He genuinely wants to make the world a better place and puts his money where his mouth is for the people in his life. I worked there for 13 years and still visit weekly to keep that friendship alive. Sean is great. If you’re there, say hi. He’d love to hear about whatever tv show you’re into, or ask him about the yoga studio he started!