Editor’s word: In 2022, each Morgan County and the town of Martinsville will have fun their bicentennial. This 12 months, the Reporter-Occasions is publishing a collection of tales in celebration of the 2 hundredth birthdays for each Morgan County and Martinsville. This story is the fourth half in that collection.
MOORESVILLE — You’ll be arduous pressed to search out somebody in Mooresville, or central Indiana for that matter, who doesn’t find out about Grey Bros. Cafeteria. The restaurant has provided scrumptious household recipes for over 70 years, and remains to be going robust at this time.
Zach Grey, the supervisor of the restaurant and son of proprietor Merrill Grey, stated nearly all of the boys in his household have been concerned within the operation ultimately.
“All of the brothers.” Grey stated. “We simply take mother’s recipes and grandma’s recipes.”
The family-owned restaurant, positioned at 555 S. Indiana St, Mooresville, has been open for the reason that Nineteen Forties, and has managed to remain robust regardless of many setbacks as a result of COVID.
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The restaurant, which was open each day, just lately needed to start closing on Mondays, though they have been nonetheless in excessive demand, and closed their takeout line as properly.
Zach Grey attributed the closure to lack of staff to cowl the shifts wanted to maintain the takeout line open and the restaurant totally staffed all week.
“That is a foul factor, as a result of we’re often busy on that day,” Grey stated. “It is arduous to search out staff. They’re actually arduous to come back by. It is arduous to work the folks we’ve so many days with out killing them.”
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The principle meals service line will accommodate takeout orders for the foreseeable future.
“We do not have sufficient folks to run it on either side,” Grey added. “However actually we do the identical quantity of enterprise as when it was open. If we get extra staffing I may see us positively opening it again up.”
Nevertheless, Grey added he was grateful for the purchasers, each new and regulars, who’ve been coming in and supporting the restaurant, particularly within the wake of the pandemic.
“Previously 12 months you’ve got positively seen extra folks are available in, you’ve got seen an increasing number of of their faces,” Grey stated. “Despite the fact that it has been Covid the previous two years, the previous 12 months actually has been overwhelmingly busy nonetheless. It has been nice.”
“The influence from COVID has actually been the short-staffing and attempting to regulate to it.” Grey added. “Undoubtedly a variety of neighborhood assist. You see locals come via fairly a bit.”
Grey famous his favourite facet of the restaurant was figuring out the meals was satisfying to the purchasers.
“It is satisfying seeing the client’s face and delight with their households,” Grey stated. “It has been difficult, however we positively have adjusted to that each day.”
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Whereas Grey Bros. affords a big selection of things within the restaurant, it’s arguably most well-known for its pies.
Actually, the enterprise is a part of the Hoosier Pie Path, together with the Martinsville Sweet Kitchen, with the Indiana Foodways Alliance.
To contact Grey Bros. for catering, or to inquire about job alternatives, contact Billy Beasley at 317-831-7234.
Contact Reporter-Occasions reporter Grace Phillips at gphillips@reporter-times.com or at 765-346-4815