The picture-perfect ‘Christmas-y look’ down to the last perfect detail done to perfection by a professional décor artist; that polished look you see all over the mall and in every chain restaurant; the look that screams IMPERSONAL in your face! ‘’No, not once have we thought of going down that road,’’ says Betsy, who along with Jim started Frog and The Peach way back in 1983 when Christmas was, well, a little different.
‘’We used to be closed on Christmas Eve. It was a time for our staff and guests to be away visiting family but over the years things change and our guests were asking to bring their families here. The holiday fever caught on with the staff too!’’ muses Betsy. The servers strung lights, the cooks hung ornaments and Jim wandered around the restaurant directing and encouraging the ‘family’ not unlike what you would find in a traditional family Christmas. The emphasis was DIY. The hand-made won over the factory-manufactured and the warped sauté pan filled with a crowded string of chili pepper lights won hands-down over the ‘perfect’ rigid Nutcracker. He could take the seemingly tacky and make it a work of art. His vision made the Christmas décor of The Frog and The Peach the talk of the town.
28 Christmases later, Christmas Eve is a busy night and the do-it-our-way decorating tradition lives on. And like every year, Jim is at the helm of this year’s decorations. Making wreaths from old ornaments and candelabras from old antlers, hanging masses of giant snowflakes and creating his own brand of festivity in the air! We see it as a labor of love by our ‘family’ so that you could come in and bask in the warmth of the personal touch we bring to your dining experience. It’s in the food and it’s in the décor.
Sorry, professional decorators but this family likes to DIY.
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