Title: General Manager, Tommy's Joynt
Home town: Los Angeles, I was born here but I've only been living here the past six years
1. What's the key to the success of Tommy's Joynt?
A couple of things--it doesn't matter if you were here in 1955 or 1995, everything tastes the same and tastes delicious. The food, the flavors, the quality, the quantity for the price are all the same as they ever were. It's extremely consistent. With so many pricey trendy places this place stays the same.
The decor was actually done on purpose. In 1947 my uncle Tommy hired someone to decorate the place with all this stuff. Now it's considered "collectibles" but then it was junk. People always want to buy pieces but I tell them if I started selling things it wouldn't be the same.
In the last ten years we've changed the carrot cake and added chocolate cake. We have salmon and mac and cheese once a week but really not much else has changed.