Teresa
&
John
O'Brien
established the Celtic Cafe' in May
of 2003.
When we first decided to go into owning a
restaurant, we
decided it would be best to make
the restaurant an extension of ourselves.
Teresa, being an Irish immigrant from county Roscommon ,
Ireland,
immigrated in 1967 to the United States.
I, John O'Brien, was born in a small farming community
in
upstate Pennsylvania.
The family then moved to South Carolina &
then on to Georgia.
I literally grew
up in the restaurant business.
Some of
my first memories were playing with the lobsters in my mother's first
restaurant.
At the age of 8 I was already bussing tables at country
clubs.
I attended culinary school at Central Piedmont Community
College
in Charlotte, NC.
Soon thereafter I worked in Atlanta for several years
gaining
experience
and working my way up the ladder. Moving to Winston-Salem in
1996,
I worked at The Piedmont Club, Buena Vista Bistro,
New Town
Bistro & Bermuda Village retirement resort.
We opened
the Celtic Cafe' to extend the same friendliness,
warmth
and
great
cuisine that we experience in Ireland.
We hope
that you will enjoy the food, atmosphere, and staff as
much as we do.
"Go raibh
mile maith agat"
(a thousand
thanks)
John O'Brien