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A QUICK CHAT One year after relaunching the classic Mayer’s Tavern on the harbor, Alex Laudeman discusses restaurant calamities, having a dad in the business, and those legendary fried scallops. interview jack wright photograph jessica orlowicz It’s been a year since you opened Mayer’s Tavern. What’s been the highlight? People! People are the hardest thing but also the best thing. It makes me beyond happy when there’s a restaurant full of happy customers and happy employees. There’s nothing better. And go on, tell us about one or two of the mishaps because we all know they happen (we had about 143 here at Exit Zero Filling Station...) Running a restaurant is basically just hopping from one calamity to the next, but some really stand out. On the day we were set to open to the public, our connection to the sewer main in the street stopped functioning (unrelated to us). Everything ground to a halt for a few hours until that got fixed. Thankfully Lower Township was right on it and it didn’t delay the opening. But I was a little stressed. Amazing. We had the exact same problem the Saturday of St Patrick’s weekend. Never happens on a Tuesday morning, right. Anything that has surprised you? How much I honestly love working with my family. I thought it would be harder because you hear the horror stories, but working with my dad [Lobster House owner Keith Laudeman] has been better than I could ask for. My mom and sister both started working at the restaurant later in the season and it’s so much fun to be with them! What’s been the general feedback from the customers? People love the renovation and we get a lot of good feedback on the food. I think people understood what we were going for with the new Mayer’s and they love it. Any idea about the rough split of new customers to old faithfuls? I’m not too sure. I would say more new customers than old, but we still get a lot of people coming in and reminiscing, which I love. We also get a lot of local kids my age who were brought in for lunch as children with their dads. Now they are coming in with their kids. And the fried scallops.... what’s been the feedback on those? I really did not anticipate how popular they would be. I’m proud that they’ve organically become our signature because it’s a true Cape May tradition, caught on local boats by local people. Is there anything you would have done differently? There’s little things you find along the way that need to be changed, but overall no. I’m super lucky to have the wisdom of my dad behind me. He’s been at this a very long time and helped me avoid a hundred landmines. Did you get a chance to actually do anything for fun in Cape May while you were open, or was it pretty much work, sleep, repeat? It really was work/sleep/repeat which gets a little brutal on both body and mind. But I squeezed in pilates classes as much as possible exit zero 10 april-may and made it to the beach a couple of times. I can’t complain because I really do love what I do, and I get a break in the winter. What did you get up to during the break? Go anywhere fun? A lot of time with my husband and cats in Brooklyn, and a lot of travel. I’m not going to list everywhere I went because honestly it’s indulgent, but I hit three continents. Any plans to tweak anything this year? Yes, always! Things ran very well last year but there’s always room for improvement and more creativity. Assuming you WILL get some time off this year, what will be the things you plan on enjoying in the Cape May area this summer? The beach and wine with my friend Lindsay [owner of Givens Circle], hopefully at the same time. Is that illegal? Don’t tell...
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