01/06/2015
MY OPEN LETTER...
What up! It’s your boy...Marco Blue..LOL..It’s 2015 ya’ll and the last year and a half has been a tough one for me. As most of you know, Marco’s Pita (The Shop!) burned down July 12th, 2013. I had been open for 20 years without any disaster but GOD took it away from me for reasons I now understand. For a year, I worked really hard trying to open the doors back up- I got new plans drawn up and approved by the city and started construction. During this time I was trying to buy the building from my landlord but instead of hearing me out, he pressured me every month for his money. So with the city demands, me not wanting to spend any more money fixing up a building that I don’t own and with funds starting to get low, I spent many days praying about this, and made a decision to STOP. As of today, Marco’s Pita is still my brand and business but doesn’t have a physical address. I am taking this opportunity to take some time off to learn the restaurant business even more and will be back with a bang, at the right time...GOD willing. Yes, I am very emotional because my business was my everything...it was my life and as of today, I cannot drive down Ponce without getting emotional, so I don’t...
Many of you have reached out to me, checked on me and offered me some great encouragement and advice and I THANK YOU. I will say, after making the decision not to re-open at that location, I felt a big weight off my back. I’ve been able to experience and see different things these last couple of years that has helped me grow. Running a business is really hard work and I’ve spent so many years putting everything and everyone before me. Now that GOD has given me a next chapter, it will involve doing everything that makes ME happy. I told myself that I wasn’t going in to 2015 feeling, looking or even hustling the same way...something had to change so I have changed my lifestyle...
I have chosen to live bi-coastal -ATLANTA, CALIFORNIA AND DETROIT. I have not left Atlanta (I still have my home there and I will continue DJing, doing events and real estate there). During this down time, I have gotten closer to GOD and my family which I’m so happy about. I’ve made some good connections and gotten some very needed mental rest. Most of all, I can finally say that I am HAPPY! By the grace of GOD, I have had some doors and opportunities open up for me that I am about to jump on. During this time, I will still continue to perfect my craft and look for another dope location to come back with an even bigger and better restaurant.
The last couple of years have really taught me that it’s time to live...and live for ME so I’m going to follow GOD'S direction that he has for this new journey in my life. I’ve experienced so many deaths these last few years-perfectly healthy friends and family dying all of a sudden...SMH... Although death is something that is inevitable, I have experienced way too many people close to me passing away and I refuse to to just exist...its time for me to tackle life.
To sum this up, I want to thank everyone who has supported me and my business over the years. Although I may not know your first name, I remember all of your faces. Feeding the world is what I am about so I’ll be back in the food game soon enough….Until then, you will see me on another journey..I can’t WAIT to show you some dope concepts I have in store!!
ONE + LOVE... KISS THE SKY...ITS NOT WHO YOU KNOW ITS WHO KNOWS YOU...MARCO BLUE JOHNSON…MY STORY..THE BOOK IS COMING...
