\u201cThis is her dream.\u201d
\nPat Morningstar said those words in January 2005 about the restaurant he and his wife opened in Bellwood one year ago next week.
\nThe restaurant had been a dream of Crindy Morningstar for 20 years. She had worked in area restaurants before opening the Morning Star on January 24 of last year.
\nWhen The Daily Herald caught up with the couple earlier this week, Crindy was busy cooking in the kitchen while husband Pat was busy working on the books in the back.
\nThe pair took time out to talk about how things have gone in the first year of operations. Pat Morningstar wanted to emphasize his thanks to the customers who have supported the business.
\nOne of those customers, James Patterson of Bellwood, said he stops in at the restaurant about three times a week.
\n\u201cI think we needed it here a long time ago,\u201d said Patterson. \u201cI\u2019m a morning person, I had been going back and forth to Altoona for the last (several) years.\u201d
\nHe said with the restaurant in Bellwood he could walk there and take care of other chores along the way.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s nice here,\u201d said Patterson. \u201cIt\u2019s convenient. They\u2019re nice people here.\u201d
\nCrindy Morningstar said, \u201cI\u2019m doing what I like to do. It\u2019s well worth it. From day one we have done homestyle meals and we don\u2019t take shortcuts. Everything is homemade. No pre-packaged food. That\u2019s the way we will continue to do it.
\n\u201cOur customers are very important to us, \u201c she added. \u201cThey\u2019re the ones that keep our doors open and we\u2019d like to thank them for a good year and hopefully many more.\u201d
\nPat Morningstar called the first year \u201ca learning experience.\u201d
\nThe restaurant plans to have specials throughout the coming week in honor of the first anniversary.
\nThe business employs about a dozen people according to the owners.
\nThe Morning Star is open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, Sundays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and is located in the 400 block on Main Street. The business phone number is 742-9100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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