Kismet Cafe

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12/27/2022

We haven't forgotten y'all... Js 😉

11/16/2021

Devoted Husband, Father, beloved friend Louis DiGiovanni passed away unexpectedly. Let us rally around… Kacie Daniels needs your support for Louis DiGiovanni

05/09/2021

HAPPY SUNDAY!! I just wanted to take a moment to love on the person I would elect for, "Mother of The Year!!!".

I have to put in my nomination for none other than Kacie and her crazy ass!!

She loves me, for being me. Like all of you...she wishes I would talk less!! But, I can't. And, since I told her I wouldn't gush over her...I sent her what I WOULD have wrote if I WAS to gush over her.

BUT, ya know what....I'm gonna post it to y'all anyway!!

So, to the WOMAN who has made me a better person for my children. Who shut down the most successful new restaurant in the area because BABIES DON'T KEEP. Who taught me you can't measure success with dollar bills. To the woman who made me taste her damn homemade sloppy joe at 8 am before I even had coffee...BECAUSE she doesn't eat poor helpless animals (yet, doesn't make a point of saying anything about it. She just bites and chews what she likes). To this woman...
My own personal CAPTIAN SAVE A HO!! I LOVE YOU!!

I LOVE YOU for showing me human decency exists. And that I should never, ever, EVER care what anyone thinks of me. That living the truth...makes it's so you never have to answer to anyone.

I would be lost today if it wasn't for Kacie. I hope you all have a Kacie in your life. If not, I can led you mine...but, damn, she's a busy girl!! See exhibit A: The wake and birthday party she threw in the last few weeks...tip of the ice berg!

Have a beautiful day to all of US kicking ASS!! XOXO

12/06/2020

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Merry Christmas to you all!!!!

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11/23/2020

Hey, it's Dee...

(Disclaimer: Kacie doesn't know I'm here, so this is all me!! If she hops on later and yells at me, know it's from a place of love....here it goes...sit down and grab a coffee, I'll wait....)

I feel we just up and disappeared. You all followed us, and were so kind, and we just POOFED AWAY! Which was kinda the point. We JUMPED deep back into our houses. We had to make them a HOME again. Mine looked like my kids threw a frat party for tweens!...SOOOOO, while we slowly gain control over our kids, laundry, "things that broke and you pretended you were gonna fix", bills, yet more kids......there's this PANDEMIC, that's really starting to make everything feel weird.

I went to the bank to, " Get my $hit in order", and when the bank representative asked if she could help out in any other way...we had an actual moment of, " Well, what do you bring to the table?" Every one brings something to the table. It's your time to let your strengths shine. I'd trade a quiche for someone to fix my sink. The only thing you can take from this world is relationships. Relationships. And it doesn't matter if that relationship is packaged up in Gucci or Goodwill. When push comes to shove, if you got my back...I don't care where your money went.

Kismet is here. It's not just a restaurant. It's what transpires, every day. You all believed in us. We made friends with so many of you. I wish more of you could have come through the doors. If you're all still here, let's make something of this page...
Maybe we share things.
You gotta be kind, or Bye Felicia.
Kacie and I will pop on and let ya know what's going on.

We have ideas to be able to feed you again. Small scale. Food truck? I don't know. We can bring the food and love. Sugar balls, fo sho!!!

But, ( I have to say it...) during unprecedented times, let's do something unprecedented...
I'll take any ideas of where to go from here. Not a community page...a, "Let's help you find your tribe" and a, "Let's be fu***ng real.", page. Maybe Kacie and I can video tape some of this chaos!!

Hold on tight...love one another. Feel free to leave ideas. I'll actually read and get back to y'all...there was never anytime before!

Love, health and happiness,
Dee (and Kacie, if she approves)

11/12/2020

Okay, so I just read your post, Dee Krassa, I love your damn face right off. We are right where we need to be and that my dear friends... And I MEAN ALL OF YOU.. that, is KISMET BABY!!! You guys are beyond amazing like nothing I've ever seen the likes of and we truly cherish each and everyone of you, and in doing so we will find a way somehow someday to bring you all back the sugar balls, Olive burgers and onion rings. That's what it was and all it was ever meant to bE.. HAPPINESS TO ORDER.. when we all needed it the most, and the ONLY and I mean ONLY sad part of leaving it behind, is losing that. But like Dee said YOU ALL HAVE BECOME FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND NOBODYS GIVING THAT UP, WE PROMISE!!! Give us a few years to raise these kiddos up proper and fully and Well be seeing y'all. And again PLEASE don't feel bad guys, this was 💯 our decision, you just gotta know when to hold em and when to fold em. ;) ALL OUR LOVE AND APPRECIATION.. ~~~DEE & KACIE~~~

11/12/2020

Hey Everyone,

Don't worry Kismet is still around...just not in the form of a restaurant. But, when it was it was the most MAGICAL CHAPTER OF MY LIFE. Never before have I learned more about myself...and more importantly more about others. How I see them. How I treat them. How we give and take from one another (sometimes I take more than I deserve.) And how I need to take care of myself and stop relying on others. I get to live my truth...and, the TRUTH IS...I was out of my mind thinking I could open a successful ( by definition: The ACCOMPLISHMENT of an aim or purpose), all on my own!!! I sunk my life savings into to thinking I (emphasis on the I, since you can't emphasis I) could open a "cute little place" with my cute, little kids. I busted my ass for months...just cleaning. I couldn't even think of opening. I signed contracts, I spent money...I was in deep. Kacie stopped by...on a whim. We honestly just worked together on the weekends. But, every weekend...for years. We never missed a Saturday or Sunday. I might have, but never Kacie. She worked through everything from missed recitals, to intolerable pain. I sat pain out. She was looking around at the mess I created. Her heart told her, "Someone's gotta help this woman out." And she did. I gave blood, sweat and tears. She gave that and time, and knowledgeable, exhaustion and fear of defeat. I took a back seat while Kacie whirled around me and put all the broken puzzles pieces back together. She had to work twice as hard to keep things going. Because while she was falling apart..she couldn't watch me fall apart, too. The hours were numerous...but the results were UNREAL. I am so thankful to have been able to share, what Kacie brought to you. I've never witnessed anything like it. While we made it appear that Kismet had arrived...and we were strong. Our homes were falling apart. We had to get our priorities (by definition: the fact or condition of being regarded or treated as more IMPORTANT). The restaurant became our priority. Which should be impossible, with eight kids acting a fool for our attention. Even broken bones!! And, when a kid breaks a bone and the other "competent" parent thinks he has an "ouchie" you have to go to your kid. And, when you run a place with two people and one leaves....🤷

We never built a strong foundation. We built it. We brought it. We conquered. We made a restaurant out of nothing. No menu, no name, no concept. We wanted to bring back life...how we knew it. 2020 is a s**t show. We made you hand dipped shakes, home made onion rings. Kacie made every order in her own. No help. We had lines on the weekends. Our sales were outrageous...but, underneath, we were treading water.

We did the right. We walked away. We just walked away. We couldn't serve you properly, and raise eight kids during s**t show 2020. We are both ring leaders of our family circus and we need to get our priorities straight. We do love you all. Especially the repeat customers who became our "I'll catch up dish for a burger" friends.

A friend of ours has bought our equipment (that I NEVER should have bought)...and is opening a good old mom and pop diner). Please frequent them. It's not our time. Perhaps it's there's. I hear they're gonna have killer coffee.

We love you all, my kids are literally screaming for me. I'm hiding in piles of laundry like E.T....so, I'm gonna edit this later. I'll die if I lose all these writing!!

Kacie and Dee
Kismet forever

11/01/2020

First of all....I was positive I posted to y'all at the beginning of the weekend.....

We have been faced with opening the most AMAZING place for you all to gather. I know this because I wait on each an every one of you. Kacie has cooked every single item for each of you. The compliments of what we deliver to you, have been the reason we push forward.

There is no denying the music, the old school vibe of decor and food, the laughter, malts and SUGAR BALLS...are just what WE ALL NEED RIGHT NOW!!! YOU'RE CONTINUED PATRONAGE IS OUTSTANDING AND APPRECIATED....

YET...we are still navigating everything it takes to keep the place running at our standards. We have dealt with the usually ups and downs of opening a restaurant...we also have had to deal with Covid standards, which are slowly getting more strict. There has been catastrophic failures with our equipment...this weekend we lost all our food...and weren't able to open for Halloween weekend.

We will be taking this time to regroup and refocus. Clean and come up with the best way to present Kismet to you with all the changing standards and unexpected pitfalls

Kismet is an entity of its own. Those who have been here, know. It's unlike any, "Hole in the wall", you've ever been to. The food is THAT good. The feel is that comforting. We love bringing it to you as much as you've loved coming back 3 or 4 times already!!!

We will be having a meeting of the minds to get us back up and running. Fill the place with food and love and a few employees to help us deliver the best experience ever!!!

We will be closed until next weekend.

We are just like you. A couple moms out numbered by kids. School, on-line school, Halloween, a bunch of teen girls, pre teens, broken bones, bills, birthdays and achy joints!!!

But, we also know how to find strength to persevere!!
We appreciate your patience while Kismet is breathed some new life!!!

Love, health and happiness,
Dee and Kacie