Popular owners, Louie and Chris, smiling again.....

If you ever wanted to be served like you’re important, there’s a place for you to visit – in Watseka.

VIPS Restaurant is serving customers again. And doing it with a smile. That’s the only way to do it, according to owners Louie and Chris Kantzioris. And that’s good reason why customers /friends have welcomed Louie, Chris and associates back to town. Chris says ‘this is where it’s at’........

"It's great to be back.  We've had a warm welcome," Chris tells WGFA/WIBK News. "Growing up here as a kid, I never thought I'd be back operating the restaurant I grew up in. It's been great. I couldn't be happier."

It’s wasn’t all that happy this past month, when, just two months after re-opening VIPS experienced yet another flood. The place was shuttered, forcing another clean-up and the business at a stand-still.

But the employees rallied. And Chris and Louie can’t say Thank You enough. Both say friends at the Iroquois Farmers State Bank have been so-supportive in getting the business back in shape. Now, all the smiling servers are doing it again. Chris says, ‘boy, what a challenge and relief’...........

"We knew with the flood history, there wasa risk.  We had plans to do someting to fight it off this summer, but it came again just two months after we opened., Chris said.  "It was devastating, forced out in quick order and closed for 19 days.  VIPS offers new menu items...daily specials, including a $5 lunch special Mon thru Friday. There’s All You Can Eat Fish Fridays Carry-outs too !

Chris says he’s always learning from the best --- HIS DAD, Louie, and others in the business. VIPS is all about Very Important People Served. Knowing and respecting the people served is the motto; Chris says that’s passed along every day to his employees – the servers are tour guides, “Team Work Makes the Dream Work.”

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