Matt Lewis stands inside the Mean Mug coffee shop on Main Street. Lewis is a businessman who owns part of the shop as well as part of the Terminal Brewhouse, Hair of the Dog and the Honest Pint.Matt Lewis hates sleep.
Owning a restaurant takes a lot of work. A huge amount of effort goes into menu creation, staffing, finding distributors, marketing and the thousands of little problems that develop every day at just one restaurant.
Lewis has four.
But don’t feel bad for him. He knew what he was getting into after he built his first venture, Hair of the Dog. Back in 2005, he’d work constructing the space until he passed out in a sleeping bag on the floor.
“Then I woke up and started working again,” he said. “The reward is I can build something that’s going to become a staple to this city.”