Roscoe’s joins the only a few locations in Santa Maria to supply 24-hour service, however solely on choose nights. From Sunday via Thursday, the restaurant’s hours are from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Friday and Saturday it’s set for twenty-four hours. The restaurant is understood for having sizable parts and in addition serves wine, beer and wine-based cocktails.

“We’re open seven days every week and a few of our fashionable dishes embrace the catfish, the home made mac and cheese, the home made rooster and dumpling soup, home made chili and the smothered rooster with two sides,” Burns mentioned.

“They cannot get sufficient of it.”

Roscoe’s Kitchen offers all kinds of meals and Burns says that there’s something for everyone.

“We do homestyle cooking, breakfast, ribs, tri-tip, pork ribs, beef ribs, and the menu features a veggie skillet for those that do not eat meat,” mentioned Burns. “We bought our new menu that simply got here out first of the 12 months, ‘Roscoe’s South of the Border menu,’ with avenue tacos, burritos and different good names I can’t pronounce.”

Burns says though the placement of the restaurant had a nasty stigma, with previous companies closing after a number of months often, this neighborhood has actually stepped up and been in step with the restaurant, even clients from Lompoc, Arroyo Grande and so far as Santa Barbara have been recognized to go to.

“We all know the neighborhood actually cares as a result of we bought such a big repeat buyer base and that is the very best factor. We bought those who eat with us two, thrice every week,” mentioned Burns. “Hey, we bought those who eat twice a day with us and we positively admire that as a result of it makes us really feel we’re doing one thing proper.”

Roscoe’s is situated on the former longtime location of the Marie Callender’s restaurant that closed in 2007. There have been numerous eating places there through the years since, with Saigon Delicacies, a Vietnamese restaurant, occupying the house earlier than Roscoe’s took over.

Amongst the regulars at Burns’ new place is Horace Grant, an American former skilled basketball participant who performed for the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. Grant donated two of his former basketball jerseys to Roscoe’s, that are displayed for everybody to see.

Roscoe’s Kitchen plans to develop its reference to the neighborhood via persevering with donations and giving again to the neighborhood in numerous methods. Burns has just lately been appointed as Director of the Harvest Neighborhood Heart, in mild of Reverend Orie Johnson just lately passing away in September of final 12 months.

“We do rather a lot with donations and volunteering with the youngsters from the faculties. Proper now we’re working with the Harvest Neighborhood Heart as a result of we’re additionally affiliated with them,” mentioned Burns. “In the course of the holidays, we fed 40 children and supplied Christmas presents to children.”

Burns says that the restaurant is a spot for the neighborhood to attach whether or not it’s consuming with household, conducting a enterprise assembly and even having fun with a particular night time out.

“We carry a way of peace and that is principally what we need to do right here, we offer a very good environment, we have free Wi-Fi and countless shops for laptops and extra,” mentioned Burns. “Some nights we now have karaoke, DJs or dwell music and folks make reservations for events right here too.”

Burn says the restaurant is called after Roscoe Holloway, who’s lived in Santa Maria since 1958 and is 86 years previous.

“Roscoe has been on the town since there was just one visitors mild. He and I’d attend church collectively and he’s the chairman of our deacon board and I’m the assistant. We determined to enter enterprise collectively,” mentioned Burns.

Roscoe’s Kitchen is a Black-owned household enterprise that plans to remain open for generations.

“Roscoe had a imaginative and prescient and he did not know I had some experience and we put that collectively and made it occur,” Burns mentioned. “It’s one thing we hope to have the ability to go away for our households.”

Roscoe’s Kitchen is situated 229 City Heart E in Santa Maria. To make a reservation for a particular occasion comparable to to have fun a birthday, anniversary or retirement, name Roscoe’s Kitchen at 805-623-8866 or go to https://www.roscoeskitchensantamaria.com/