09/28/2026
I’ve been putting this off.
Not because I’m not excited about what comes next.
I am. But because changing the name of this page means admitting that one of the biggest chapters of my life really is over.
For years, this page has been Amici.
And Amici was never just a restaurant to me.
It was my kitchen. My business. My classroom. My home away from home. It was birthdays, weddings, celebrations, packed trivia nights, crazy weekends, holidays, fundraisers, arguments, laughter, exhaustion, friendships, mistakes, victories and a whole lot of food.
It was our employees who became family.
It was the regulars who didn't need menus.
It was people walking through those doors for the first time and somehow becoming part of our lives.
And it was all of you.
When we took over Amici in March of 2020, I don't think anyone could have imagined what the next six years were going to look like. We fought through things I never thought we'd have to fight through. There were incredible highs and some lows that nearly broke me.
Eventually, the day came when we had to close the doors.
I thought saying goodbye that day would be the hardest part.
Turns out, this little button that changes the name of a page isn't much easier.
Because once I press it, you're not going to see "Amici Italian Restaurant" at the top of this page anymore.
And that hurts more than I expected it to.
But I don't want this page, or the community we built here, to simply disappear.
So instead, I'm taking all of you with me into whatever comes next.
The restaurant may be gone, but the guy who spent his life standing behind those stoves is still here. I'm still creating. Still experimenting. Still coming up with ideas that probably make Jenn wonder what the hell I'm doing.
And somehow, out of one of the hardest periods of my life, I found myself excited about creating something again.
Something completely different.
Something fun.
Something that gave me that feeling I haven't had in a while of wondering...
"What if this actually becomes something?"
And that's where our next chapter begins.
Very soon, this page is going to have a different name and look a little different.
Before that happens, though, I needed there to be one final post here from Amici.
Thank you.
To every employee who ever clocked in.
Every customer who ever walked through our doors.
Every person who ordered dinner, came to trivia, celebrated something with us, recommended us, defended us, supported us, laughed with us, cried with us, or simply sat down at one of our tables and let us cook for you.
Thank you for letting me be your chef.
Thank you for letting us be part of your lives.
And thank you for being part of mine.
I will always be proud of what Amici was.
I will always miss it.
And I will never forget it.
But I think it's finally time to find out what's next.
Arrivederci, Amici. ❤️🇮🇹 Eternal love and respect.
And to everyone who decides to stick around...
I've got something pretty fu***ng cool to show you.
🚀🐰🍬
