April & May 2019
April & May 2019 Color Issue
April & May 2019
Color Issue
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Life At Exit<br />
Zero Filling<br />
Station?<br />
It’s A Gas.<br />
Nearly one year after opening an<br />
ambitious (crazy?) conglomeration on<br />
the island, Exit Zero owner Jack Wright<br />
dishes about what he’s learned.<br />
photography suzanne kulperger<br />
Here at Exit Zero, we’re big cheerleaders for local businesses.<br />
Whether they’re brand new, celebrating a special anniversary,<br />
or just because we want to check in to see how they’re doing,<br />
we’re quick to publish stories on them. We HAVEN’T, however,<br />
been quick to publish a story on ourselves, even though, if I do<br />
say so myself, the opening of Exit Zero Filling Station last August<br />
was a pretty big deal. It’s not often you get to see a gas station, a<br />
restaurant, a retail store and a publishing company all rolled into<br />
one. (And there’s probably a very good reason for that.) But, hey,<br />
that’s us! In the big charcoal metal building on Sunset Boulevard<br />
that a lot of people dig, and a few, well... it’s too industrial for some<br />
people’s tastes.<br />
Matters took an even more interesting turn earlier this year<br />
when Exit Zero Filling Station proudly took hold of the first-ever<br />
restaurant liquor license awarded in West Cape <strong>May</strong>.<br />
So I thought I would bring readers up to date with everything<br />
that’s been going on here. It hasn’t been easy. Oh no, not one little<br />
bit. Anyone who has run a restaurant will tell you so. Anyone who’s<br />
run a gas station will tell you so. Anyone who still publishes print<br />
magazines in this internet-infested age will tell you so.<br />
Excuse my self-indulgence while I share my experiences and<br />
thoughts (in a very random manner) from our first year — because<br />
who else is going to ask me?<br />
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