⚠️ LITTLE UPDATE FOR YOU FOLKS ⚠️ We are so profoundly touched by the outpouring of support we’ve received over the past...

⚠️ LITTLE UPDATE FOR YOU FOLKS ⚠️

We are so profoundly touched by the outpouring of support we’ve received over the past two weeks. I made that initial post in about five minutes on Canva after an especially stressful week at the shop.

I expected some community support, but I never could have predicted what happened next. We’ve been packed out for the last two weeks straight. We’ve had to increase our daily pars just to keep up and keep ourselves from selling out, and at one point we actually had to close down because we were insanely over capacity.

Like so many lifelong cooks and chefs, opening a restaurant was always a dream of mine. I’m incredibly blessed that I got to do it with my best friend and baby mama, Heff.

I’ll be the first to admit that I was extremely naive during that first year or so. I made basically every mistake in the book. But with the love, support, and partnership of my family, especially my aunt and my mother, we were able to turn Heff’s into what it is today.

We’ve won awards. We’ve been on national TV. We’ve fed famous rappers, wrestlers, actors, and everyone in between. But honestly, the greatest satisfaction I receive is watching my community, my Winston-Salem, show up for us every single day.

Our regulars. Our familiar faces. Our unhoused friends we’ve come to know and love. The people who have supported us since day one and the people who just discovered us yesterday.

From the absolute bottom of our hearts, thank you. We love you all more than you know.

With that being said…

HEFF’S LIVES TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY ‼️‼️‼️

Because of your overwhelming support, we’ve been able to catch up a little bit. We still need you to show up, but for the first time in a while, we can finally see a glimpse of the path forward.

So please, continue to support local whenever you can. And if it isn’t with us, support one of the other locally owned businesses downtown. Every dollar, every meal, every share, and every kind word makes a difference.

Thank you for keepin us going.

- Justin