Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. --Mother Teresa
We left happier than we arrived.
Young cousins who live in MidTown Reno had contacted us to rave about Michael's Deli & Catering, so off they took us for a try out.
I so love it when a business does everything so well that I'm able to write a High Five-star review.
Here's a nifty oasis of sensory pleasure.
Service staff graciously answered all our questions promptly which made a good first impression. We opted for the Daily Specials.
Did what they're in business to do
Has a user-friendly menu, average prices, food that enriches life, a happy selection of choices, and fresh ingredients.
Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living. --Sikh Guru Nanak.
This business:
Charged the prices posted.
Delivered what they advertise.
Place was clean and organized.
Ambiance was welcoming.
No one here offered to commit fraud to reward us, pay us or compensate us for posting 5 star reviews of this business.
I rate 'em a 3 stars aka A-OK, which is NOT a negative review..
A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference. -- Eeyore
Customer service was above-average earning 'em another review star for going beyond with: 1) It was refreshing to see that although they were busy none of the staff was surly with customers. 2) Are a Veteran-Friendly business accommodating to we disabled Veterans for our Special-Needs due to our military service connected disabled disabilities. 3) I was in Happiness-Is-Homemade high alert so after eating so I walked around checking out everything. An employee spotted it, walked over, introduced them self, offered to answer any questions I might have about their vast wall decorations.
Owners of this business like their Freedom, have taken the pledge To Leave No Veteran Behind with a Military and Veterans Discount as a thank you to Veterans with a publicly disclosed daily Veteran Discount which provides resource to ensure Veterans (rare 7% of the population) and GIs (rare one-half of one percent of the population) opportunity to participate in American Dream Veterans and GIs' sacrifices have made possible for 100% of the population. That earned 'em another review star for going beyond what they're in in business to do.
I'll be back. For my Customer Rule is: Always patronize again a business that has treated you well AND supports Veterans and Active Duty with a publicly disclosed daily Military and Veterans Discount.
March is Women's History Month
Captain Allison Jaslow, US Army and 2-tour Iraq war Veteran, on ROTC scholarship graduated from U of Central Missouri and Wentworth Military Academy and Junior College, then commissioned into US Army.
She formerly served on Board of Directors for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America "IAVA", was founding Director on Board of 2LT Richard W. Collins III Foundation, and was first and only woman on Board of Trustees for Wentworth Military Academy. Jaslow is a Term Member of Council on Foreign Relations, a Charter Member of National Parks Conservation Association Veterans Council, and was named both an Aspen Institute Ideas Festival Scholar and Aspen Security Forum Scholar.
Jaslow's military awards include Bronze Star Medal and Army Commendation Medal with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster.
Served on staff of several Members of Congress, and as White House communications aide. Jaslow's former Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
In her role as Executive Director of IAVA, Jaslow led national campaign to increase recognition of, and support for, women Veterans with her "She Who Borne the Battle" campaign.
Jaslow--a passionate fighter for the rights, protections and well-being of women GIs and Veterans, said, "I'm very committed to being seen and heard, so that our nation supports women Veterans and women in the military as we should. The single greatest barrier to women Veterans is recognition. People literally don't think of a woman who looks like me when they imagine an Iraq War Veteran, which leaves many women Veterans feeling invisible. And as we know, when you're invisible, you can be ignored."
Lack of recognition and "invisible" are what I as a woman Veteran have infuriatingly routinely experienced for more than fifty years, and continue to experience.
Jaslow says, "With less than 1/2 of 1% of Americans Serving in uniform since 9/11, compared with 12% during World War II, I'm motivated in large part by just simply making sure those who Serve or have Served aren't overlooked and misunderstood. We have Troops in harm's way in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Niger, other places. How often do you see them in the news? Not nearly enough."
Jaslow continues to serve as CEO of IAVA since 2023, continuing as the Veterans organization's first female leader and making her the first openly gay individual to lead a major US Veterans' organization. read more