As the busy holiday period wound to a close at The Standard restaurant in Toledo, the owners surprised their staff with a three-day cruise to the Bahamas.
Admitting that their team of cooks, servers, and hosts were the “lifeblood” of the business, Chef Jeff Dinnebeil and his wife, co-owner of The Standard Megan Lingsweiler, got the idea to reward their team after enjoying a cruise vacation with their own children last year.
The couple even took a few loyal customers and former team members out with them to the Royal Caribbean cruise, which stopped at the islands of Nassau and Bimini…